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
>
> DM> Cool. It's nice that work can take me to places I probably wouldn't go
> DM> on my own. And for China, you need a visa (I'm not sure how that works
> DM> for tourists). The long flights and car rides suck, and I'm not really
> DM> a fan of being away from home and the family, but there is a positive
> DM> 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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