More Travel Tips for Those Still Waiting

1) When you exchange your dollars into yuan, ask for some smaller bills to carry (5, 10 and 20 yuan). This way when you are out and about shopping, you can give exact change and avoid any "not so real" yuan.
2) The main power in the hotel room works by inserting your room key in a slot. There is also a main power button by the nightstand. Don't wake up at 3am thinking your power is out and call housekeeping to fix. It is really embarrassing when they just turn the main power button back on. Not the WE did that...I'm just sayin'.
3) Consider bringing a digital voice recorder and sitting close to the front of the bus. It helps ward off car sickness, but the guide will also talk about many subjects on the way to the sights and you might want to listen to it again. They may have an different perspective on international adoption, family life in China, the purpose of splits pants and specific province information.