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Travelling to China Tips

July 5th, 2011

You are not specifically required to have any vaccinations for your travel to China but travel doctors recommend your routine immunization be up-to-date for: Tetanus-diphtheria (DPT), measles/Mumps/Rubella (MMR), Varicella (Chickenpox). Moreover, if you are arriving in China from a Yellow-Fever-affected area, you are specifically required to have proper vaccinations.

Some other immunizations recommended depending on your age and the area you are going to visit, are: Hepatitis A & B, Typhoid, Japanese Encephalitis and Rabies.

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Find Out the Best Times to Travel to China

July 5th, 2011

When choosing the best time to travel to China or even to travel in China, you need to take into account both the weather and public holidays.

Weather

In terms of land mass, China is the world’s third biggest country. China’s climate varies from sub arctic in the North (incredibly cold) to tropical (incredibly hot and sticky) in the South. In terms of topography/terrain China is also very diverse with mountains, deserts, and plateaus in the east and plains, large rivers and hills in the west. Just in terms of elevation you have Mount Everest in Tibet, the highest point in the world with a height of 8,848 meters above sea level You then have the Turpan depression in Xinjiang Autonomous Region with an elevation of 154 meters below sea level. The world’s fifth lowest point.

Such extremes means that there are times when the weather will be suitable and make a great travel experience and there are times when the weather will be very unsuitable and make for a travel experience you’d rather not remember.

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