Re: Episode 7: When international travels and household disasters strike
By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Mon Oct 05 2015 07:48 am
Re: Episode 7: When international travels and household disasters strike
By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Sun Oct 04 2015 19:01:35
Cool. It's nice that work can take me to places I probably wouldn't go on my own. And for China, you need a visa (I'm not sure how that works for tourists). The long flights and car rides suck, and I'm not really a fan of being away from home and the family, but there is a positive side to it for sure.
Yeah, traveling has its plusses and minuses. It definitely can be hard to be away from family; I'm not a big fan of long plane rides myself (mainly because I tend not to be able to sleep on an airplane).
Me too. I made the mistake of a taking a sleeping pill during the return flight of my previous trip to China and all that did was turn my failure to fall and remain asleep into a torture exercise. That's the biggest difference (to me) for first and business class: you can actually fall and stay asleep.
I have a tourist visa for Brazil, which was fairly easy to get, but the ease of getting one probably depends on the country. I was able to apply for & receive the Brazil visa by mail, but from what I've heard, some countries want you to visit their nearest consulate in the US in person to apply/interview for a visa.
In my case, the Chinese company I was visiting sponsored the visa and my employer paid a travel/visa agent to file all the paper work and such. I imagine getting a visa for Cuba, Russia, or Syria, might be more difficult. :-)
digital man
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