Recent content by Gus_B

Ok. I'll have to check it out, but it depends on where my hotel is (I don't get to pick). Thanks for your concern :D

Thanks dust! Yeah, I've been looking into things a bit more and it seems that apps like WeChat are the norm over there. It's a bit more complicated than I would have hoped. I will give it a look just to report back (in November), but you might be right in that it would just be easier to splurge...

Thanks Friz. That's just it, it's the kind of place I'm trying to avoid, since I would pretty much be at their mercy.

Thanks Patron, I'll see what I can scrounge up. Most of the advice is to hit the streets and check out the local businesses, but I'm not sure I'm ready for that yet.

Thanks, Blob! I've been there a couple of times but I've never dipped my toe in that pool, as it were. I'll see what I can find!

Hello! First time poster. I will be travelling to Tianjin, China, soon, and wanted to know if anyone has any experience with the hobby in those parts of the world. My Chinese is pretty much limited to "I don't speak Chinese" (wo bu shuo Zhongwen), so I wanted to know if there are any...