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3 taboos against flight travel

1. Against eating too much before or during flying. The food would make large quantity of gas under the high altitude circumstance. Eating too much can not only enhance the burden of your heart and the flood circulation, but also cause diseases like nausea, vomit, flight sickness.

2. Against eating too much fibrous food. When people at the altitude of 5000m, the gas inside will be doubled. The fibrous food will make more gas and cause depreesed, stuffy and windy.

3. Against eating too oily food or food with too much protein. These kinds of food are hard for digestion. It may also cause digestion problem.

To keep healthy, some food are recommended as following: bread, snacks, noodles, yoghourt, green vegetables, muscle, animal's liver and some fruit.

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Mr.Robin Rinehart , United States , 2008-4-30 15:46

The Fragrant Hill (Xiang Shan) is very popular with Chinese tourists. Some foreigners also choose it as a side trip for its beautiful scenery. Bear in mind one thing is that do not choose descending the hill by riding horse. Most of them are cheats and they will trap you at the price of Y30.00 yuan per person. Later they will explain you that this price could only take you ride along a very dangerous way, even good rider dare not adventure. With no way, you must listen to their suggestions and ride along the paved way but price at Y180 yuan per person. To ensure the safety, you could only pay the money. If you like to ride down the hill, you may settle the price and the route with the vendor ahead in case of being tricked.

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Ms.Cheryl Chen , China , 2008-4-14 11:19

The subway is an excellent way to quickly get around the city and a traveller can easily figure it out through the station maps and English signs and language. Beijing now has four subway lines:

Line 1 (一号线) runs from the industrial Pingguoyuan (苹果园) area in the west to Sihui East (四惠东) in eastern Beijing. It has 21 stops and follows Chang'an Dajie, the main avenue of Beijing. It links Xidan, Tian'anmen East and West, Wangfujing, Dongdan, Guomao, and Yong'anli. Transfer stations are at Fuxingmen (Line 2), Jianguomen (Line 2), and Sihui/Sihui East (Batong Line).
Line 2 (二号线) is also called the Loop Line (环线) and follows the 2nd Ring Road (二环路). Major stops of interest include Qianmen, a major transportation hub as well as an attraction in its own right. Transfer stations are at Fuxingmen (Line 2), Jianguomen (Line 2), Xizhimen (Line 13), and Dongzhimen (Line 13).
Line 13 (十三号线) does an extended northern semi-loop from Dongzhimen (东直门) via Huilongguan (回龙观) through to Xizhimen (西直门). Transfer stations are at Xizhimen and Dongzhimen (both to Line 2).
The Batong Line (八通线) runs east from Sihui (四惠) to Tuqiao (土桥) in eastern suburban Beijing. Transfer stations are at Sihui and Sihui East (both to Line 1). The Batong Line is not of much use for travelers.

The subway station entrances are identified by a large blue stylized letter B wrapped around a smaller letter D.

Purchase tickets at the window. Note that if you want two tickets, do not show your thumb and index finger, the Chinese way to signify numbers is different from the west, thumb and index finger mean eight not two.

The ticket for Lines 1 and 2 costs ¥3 and transferring between these two lines are free. The fare for Line 13 is ¥3 and for the Batong Line is ¥2. If you are transferring to Line 13 or the Batong Line, purchase the combination ticket (Line 2 and Line 13 fare: ¥5, Line 1 and Batong Line: ¥4).

All the lines use paper tickets, except for Line 13, which has magnetic tickets and automatic fare collection machines. When transferring to Line 13 from Line 2, you will first exchange your paper ticket for a magnetic ticket at the booths before the automatic barrier.

There is also a new pre-paid card system (一卡通 Yīkātōng). There is a ¥20 payment for the card, and then all rides cost ¥3. It can also be used for reduced-price bus rides.

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Mr.Marcus Tang, Beijing , China , 2008-4-8 16:06