The new connection between Wuhan and Paris are prepared to be active three times a week with AF132. It will leave Paris on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and return from Wuhan on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays with AF139.

The airbus Boeing 777-200ER will serve this route with the capacity of 309 passengers including 35 Business seats, 24 in Premium Voyageur and 250 in the Economy cabin.
The following describes the schedule starting from 11th April:

- Paris-CDB – Wuhan: AF 132 Departure at 16.20 – Arrival in Wuhan the following day at 08.55, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays

- Wuhan – Paris-CDG: AF 139 – Departure at 11.30am – Arrival at Paris-CDG the same day at 17.00, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays

In China, in order to be allowed to drive a car you will need a local driving license. Indeed, your home driving license is not enough as you will be required to obtain a Chinese license as well. Below you will find all the information you need to obtain this license in Chengdu and you can download it in pdf format.

For getting the driving license in Chengdu the Traffic Management Bureau has the following regulations:

Preconditions:

Foreigners should bring the driving license from their home country; if the driving license is not already in Chinese, the applicant should also provide the Chinese translation. For translations, please call local translation agency: 028-86283116.
Have your original driver’s license scanned(both sides) or photographed, send the pictures to

ClC lnterglobal:
E-mail: clc@clc-interglobal.com or quote@clc-interglobal.com

The Vehicle Management Bureau will execute the Vehicle License Protocols Signed with other countries and other related Agreements.

For the foreign driving license holders:

You need to have:

-physical test form filled and verified by hospital staff

-residence verification form by local police station 境外人员住宿登记表

- a visa which is more than 6 months from expiration

-your passport and one copy,

-four 1-inch photos;

-your driving license, one copy of the driving license and the translated version of the driving license from the Notary office, foreign affairs office or local translation agencies

-application form

Note: You can only apply to local driving licenses for the same kinds of vehicles, providing that you meet the application requirements. This means if you drive a car in your home country you will only be able to apply for a car license here, not one for large trucks or motorcycles. If you want to get a license for trucks/motorcycles you will need to attend driving school and complete all of the steps listed in the next section.

For those who do not have driving license:

You need to register in a local Driving School and get the training from the School before passing the examination.

Note: A Translator can be provided for those languages that are not available in the data bank;

Available foreign languages: English and Japanese

Getting the local driving license:

At the Vehicles Management Office, ask for the Driving License Application Form and Vehicles Driver Physical condition Form and fill them.

After that, you will take the physical examination. Hand in the two forms from the exam, and the required documents mentionned above before paying the related fees at the counter.

Hand in the bill in the hall and reserve the date for the examination;

Then, obviously, pass the examination to get your Chinese driving license.

Examination Fee:

Applying Car Driving License: 280 RMB / Person (Can take written test two times before having to pay again)

Applying Motorcycle Driving License: 140 RMB / Person / Times

Retake Examination Fee for Car Driving License: 140 RMB / Person

Retake Examination Fee for Motorcycle License: 70 RMB / Person

Driving License Issue Fee: 10RMB

Note: A translator can be provided for those languages that are not available in the data bank;

Available foreign languages: English and Japanese

Contacts:

Vehicle Management Dept, Traffic Management Bureau, Chengdu

Tele: 028-87850133/134

Information on how to obtain a Chengdu Drivers license –

Si vous souhaitez visiter différentes régions de Chine, vous constaterez rapidement que le train est le moyen le plus économique pour circuler dans le pays, c’est aussi un excellent moyen de rencontrer et d’échanger avec des chinois.

Pour acheter son billet, il faut s’y prendre a l’avance, surtout si c’est durant les périodes de fête chinoise. Si vous ne parlez pas chinois, vous pouvez le faire par le biais de votre hôtel, d’une agence touristique ou d’un bureau d’information touristique (en échange d’une petite commission mais rien d’excessif). On peut réserver un billet jusqu’à cinq à dix jours à l’avance (selon les lignes). Pour les trajets courts, vous pouvez par contre acheter votre billet juste avant le départ.

Pour connaitre les horaires de train, vous pouvez consulter les sites suivants :

http://www.travelchinaguide.com  (en Anglais)

http://www.echinatravel.net (en Anglais et Français)

Il existe 4 classes dans les trains à longues distances:

1/La plus prisée, les couchettes souples (ruanwo). On compte normalement 4 couchettes par compartiment, qui est fermé par une porte. Elles sont plus confortables et certains compartiments ont même la télé et un petit salon. Ce sont aussi les plus chères.

2/Les couchettes dures (yingwo), c’est ce que la plupart des chinois prennent pour les longs trajets, donc ce sont celles qui sont le moins disponible à la vente. On compte 6 couchettes par compartiment, il n’y a pas de porte et sont moins confortables que les couchettes souples.

3/Les sièges mous (ruanzuo) sont des banquettes à deux places confortables et numérôtés. Les prix sont quasiment équivalents aux couchettes dures mais on peut y dormir assis à peu prêt confortablement.

4/ La classe la moins chère, ce sont les sièges durs (yingzuo) qui comprend une série de banquettes de trois places légèrement rembourrées. Pour un trajet de quelque heure cette catégorie est envisageable. En revanche s’il s’agit de traverser le pays, au bout de quelque heures cela deviens rapidement insupportable.

Here are 11 things you’ll want to know for train travel in China.

1) There are four classes when traveling by train in China. Most expensiveto least is as follows: soft sleeper 软卧 ruǎnwò, hard sleeper 硬卧 yìngwò, soft seat 软座 ruǎn zuò, hard 硬座 yìngzuò. Sometimes there is only one seat class on a train. Occasionally there are standing class tickets as well. For overnight train trips, be sure to purchase a soft or hard sleeper. The soft sleeper shares bunks with 4 people, while the hard sleeper shares with 6. The soft sleeper also has more room to sleep in. Getting a bottom bunk 下铺 xià pù (slightly more expensive) is much easier to get out at night if you have to go the bathroom. You also have much more headroom for when you want to read or use your computer. The other alternatives are middle or upper bunks, or just upper for a soft sleeper. Be sure to have your passport handy. If you are in asoft-sleeper bunk, a train employee will ask for your passport number.

2) You can purchase food on the train, but it is best to bring your own. Food on the dinner cart is small-portioned, overpriced, and not all that good. Make sure to bring drinks, snacks, a sandwich, and a few beers if you’d like.

3) Traveling around certain holidays, namely National Holiday (October 1st-8th) or Spring Festival (early February), can be a complete mess. You should prepare to book your tickets as early as possible, which is usually about 2 weeks. You may want to have a backup plan in mind because it is possible that all the tickets will have been booked out by students who are allowed to book even earlier than regular passengers.

4) Trains leave on time. I have never taken a train that didn’t leave within a couple minutes of its scheduled departure time. You will be allowed to board up to 5 minutes before departure time.

5) You can buy your tickets at the train station, or at kiosks around Chinese cities. The kiosks only charge a 5 kuai commission that is well worth it to avoid the sometimes horrendously long lines at stations. Tickets, as of now, cannot be purchased online. In non-peak travel times, 2-3 days before travel should be ample time to buy your ticket.

6) Bring some magazines, e-readers, iPod, ect. Traveling by train is not the most exciting thing. And because you will mostly travel at night, you will not even have a chance to see the country side. Make sure your batteries are charged for the trip!

7) If you cannot speak Chinese, there will often times be a ticket seller at train stations who can sell you a ticket in English. Don’t expect too much, though. It’s likely they speak just enough English to sell you that said ticket.

Don’t freak out! Chinese trains are mostly full of Chinese people, doing Chinese things. It’s likely you will see people spitting on the train floor.

9) Be very wary of your belongings. Theft is commonplace on Chinese trains
Always sleep with your valuable under your pillow or close to your head. You have less to worry about in a soft sleeper bunk, but still take precautions.

10) Don’t plan anything too important for the next morning. Even though you skip out on having to pay for a hotel for one night, you don’t often get the best night of sleep on a train.

11) When deciding to travel by train or airplane, consider that train stations are often much closer to city centers, and hence, closer to your hotelor guest house. Security for traveling by train is also very minimal, making it easier to get in and out of the station.

All aboard!

软卧下: Soft-sleeper bottom bunk ( most comfortable)
硬卧下: Hard-sleeper bottom bunk (second most comfortable)

No. Speed Wuhan-Changsha Time Runtime Hard seat Soft seat

G1061 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 12:28-13:49 1 Hour 21 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1067 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 13:00-14:21 1 Hour 21 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1081 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 15:08-16:28 1 Hour 20 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1003 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 10:00-11:11 1 Hour 11 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1041 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 09:23-10:50 1 Hour 27 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1059 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 12:13-13:33 1 Hour 20 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1065 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 12:50-14:10 1 Hour 20 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1079 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 14:42-16:03 1 Hour 21 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Sea t280

G1031 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 08:08-09:35 1 Hour 27 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1063 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 12:39-13:59 1 Hour 20 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1091 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 06:40-18:00 1 Hour 20 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1023 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 07:12-08:39 1 Hour 27 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1037 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 08:50-10:25 1 Hour 35 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1049 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 10:42-12:10 1 Hour 28 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1051 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 11:02-12:29 1 Hour 27 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1071 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 13:34-14:54 1 Hour 20 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1097 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 17:34-19:02 1 Hour 28 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1107 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 20:00-21:29 1 Hour 29 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1001 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 09:00-10:11 1 Hour 11 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1007 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 15:00-16:11 1 Hour 11 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1021 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 07:00-08:21 1 Hour 21 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1027 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 07:40-09:07 1 Hour 27 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1033 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 08:24-09:45 1 Hour 21 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1045 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 10:08-11:36 1 Hour 28 Min Hard Seat175 Soft Seat 280

G1085 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 15:34-16:55 1 Hour 21 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1103 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 19:13-20:41 1 Hour 28 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1115 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 17:54-19:21 1 Hour 27 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1009 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 16:00-17:11 1 Hour 11 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1029 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 07:56-09:17 1 Hour 21 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1035 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 08:37-09:57 1 Hour 20 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1047 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 0:22-11:49 1 Hour 27 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1053 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 11:22-12:42 1 Hour 20 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1073 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 13:50-15:24 1 Hour 34 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1087 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 15:50-17:23 1 Hour 33 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1095 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 17:17-18:44 1 Hour 27 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1105 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 19:35-21:10 1 Hour 35 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1011 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 17:00-18:11 1 Hour11 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1055 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 11:35-12:56 1 Hour 21 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1069 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 13:15-14:35 1 Hour 20 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1075 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 14:10-15:30 1 Hour 20 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1089 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 16:20-17:40 1 Hour 20 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1093 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 17:06-18:26 1 Hour 20 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1101 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 8:45-20:20 1 Hour 35 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1005 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 14:00-15:11 1 Hour 11 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1039 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 09:13-10:41 1 Hour 28 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1043 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 09:42-11:17 1 Hour 35 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1057 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 11:54-13:15 1 Hour 21 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1077 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 14:27-15:47 1 Hour 20 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1083 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 15:16-16:44 1 Hour 28 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1099 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 18:15-19:43 1 Hour 28 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

G1113 High Speed Wuhan-Changsha (South) 11:13-12:34 1 Hour 21 Min Hard Seat 175 Soft Seat 280

The first phase linking Wuchang and Wuhan main line stations is under construction and is due to open in 2012. The second phase would take the line under the Yangtze river to Hanyang. Completion of the 16·4 km section with 13 stations, two of which would be elevated and the rest underground, is envisaged in 2015.

Line 2 is now under construction, with completion due in 2012. This will also run mainly underground on a northwest-southeast alignment between Hankou and Wuchang districts, with two branches in Wuchang. On April 21 a tunnel boring machine completed a 3 km drive from Wuchang to Hankou, which included a 1·3 km section under the Yangtze river.

Wuhan Line 1 is an elevated light metro line which entered service in September 2004 and was extended at both ends in July 2010. The 28·9 km route runs through Hankou district from Dijiao in the east to Dongwu Dadao in the west and has 25 stations in service. A further two have yet to open.

Le Taxi-book est un guide utile regroupant les endroits clés de Wuhan mais c’est également une façon de communiquer avec les locaux.

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Taxi-Book – L’application:

• Connait des centaines de lieux clés dans la ville
• Connait votre position + Trouve votre destination
• Parle chinois pour vous
• Disponible sur iPad, iPhone and iPod touch
• “lieu le plus proche”

http://www.yocoy.com/yocoy/en/taxi-book_index.php

L’application a été créée pour aider à se déplacer facilement à travers la ville dans les lieux principaux. Il suffit de choisir un emplacement pour que l’adresse et le nom du lieu apparaissent avec des instructions pour le chauffeur de taxi local.

L’application possède aussi des options permettant de communiquer avec les habitants dans leur langue. Toute les phrases sont écrites en Chinois et peuvent être dites à travers le traducteur à voix haute. Certaines phrases proposent directement des réponses que vous pouvez vous-même réutiliser par la suite. Un dictionnaire Anglais-Chinois, avec plus de 12 000 mots peut être utilisé pour remplir les trous dans certaines phrases.

L’application du Taxi-Book est un développement commun entre Yocoy et Taxi-Book. Ils ont combiné leurs expertises respectives sur des points clés pour créer cet outil pratique. La première édition concerne la ville de Chengdu, une métropole de 11 million d’habitants dans le sud-ouest de la Chine. Plusieurs autres villes chinoises seront bientôt disponibles.

•Lieu : Plus de 300 pages divisées en 10 catégories sont représentées.

•Les lieux sont accompagnés de détails tels que le nom en anglais et en Chinois, l’adresse, le numéro de téléphone et les coordonnées GPS.

•Visualiser les localisations des lieux sur la Carte et trouver des endroits proches facilement (connexion internet exigées). Vous pouvez également ajouter vos propres lieux ainsi que entrer et enregistrer des données si vous avez découvert de nouveaux lieux qui ne sont pas présents sur l’application.

•Des que vous avez choisi un endroit, appuyez sur le bouton Taxi-Card afin de faire apparaitre une page simple vous permettant de dire clairement au Chauffeur de taxi ou vous souhaitez vous rendre. Montrez la page au chauffeur and secouez votre téléphone pour que la phrase avec l’adresse désirée soit prononcée.

•Taxi-Card : Choisissez parmi plusieurs couleurs pour customiser la page selonvotre gout.
•Dialogues : Des conversations particulières à utiliser dans un taxi tel que : « Mettez le compteur s’il vous plait. » ou « Combien de temps dure le trajet environ ? »

•Phrases basiques : Pour des situations de tous les jours, pour dire des choses comme « bonjour », « merci » , dire votre prénom ou encore demander au sont les toilettes.

•Favoris : Choisissez vos endroits préférés et ajoutez les à votre liste de favoris pour un accès plus rapide et facile.

http://itunes.apple.com/be/app/wuhan-taxi-book/id435476015?mt=8

Maxxelli -blog: When was the Jiuzhai Valley National Park created and why?
Kieran: Established in 1984 to strengthen the works of conservation of Giant Panda habitats in the Jiuzhai Valley Nature Reserve.

Maxxelli blog: What kind of visitors do you receive?
Kieran: Vistors are nature lovers from all over China and the world. These range from young hikers from home and abroad, adventure travellers and older Chinese people who have been dreaming of coming here all their lives.

Maxxelli-blog:What can we do there?
Kieran: Many things:
• Nature holidays
• Site seeing
• Hiking and camping
• Learning about Tibetan culture
• Weekend getaways

Maxxelli-blog: When can we go there and how much does that cost?
Kieran: Jiuzhai Valley National Park is open 365 days a year and each season offers something different. Opening hours and entrance prices for the park differ according to the season. During the summer the park is a celebration of everything blue and green. The autumn colours have inspired many Chinese poets and during the winter, the park’s driest season the mountains can be a barron brown colour or a “winter fairyland” when covered in snow. Because of the destruction that fire could cause the region (most villagers still live in wooden homes) some trails and parts of the park are closed during the winter.

Official Park Opening hours:

May 1 – November 15 – 7:00am to 6:30pm
November 16 – April 30 – 7:00am to 6:00pm

Peak Season – April 1 – November 15
Off peak – November 16 – March 31

Ticket Price:

Full price adult
Peak – 220 RMB
Off-Peak – 80 RMB

Student* / OAP*
Peak – 170 RMB
Off Peak – 70 RMB

One Day Bus ticket:
Peak – 90 RMB
Off Peak – 80 RMB
Children under 1.3m travel on park busses free of charge

Student* / OAP*
Peak – 90 RMB
Off Peak – 80 RMB

Second day ticket:
From November 16th to April 30th the cost of a second days ticket is 20 RMB. The park staff will take your picture on entry to the park on your first day to validate your ticket for the second day
* Must have valid international identification.

Jiuzhai Valley National Park for Maxxelli-blog –

Contact

*Name en – Jiuzhai Valley National Park
*Name ch – 九寨沟
*Address en – Jiuzhai Valley National Park, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan, China.
*Adress ch – 中国 四川 阿坝藏族羌族自治州九寨沟管理局
*Phone number –  0873-7739753
*Website - http://www.jiuzhai.com/language/english/index.html