Originally Posted by
Feielle
My company is doing a lot of work for a few sponsors of the Olympics this year, and very last-minute they decided they needed an on-site graphics coordinator. Kind of nice, since I'm getting a passport, visa, trip to China and tickets to the closing ceremonies out of it, gratis from our client.
Thing is, the last time I went abroad was 1998, and that was when I went to England for a few months. I've never been anywhere in Asia, and most certainly not to China. The very few people I've talked to that have gone tell me it's going to be pretty hairy finding my way around, since very little of the population speaks English and I don't have anything resembling a knowledge of the Chinese language.
Also, a few others have mentioned that China is a haven for cool, cheap electronic gadgets, and being a bit of a technophile myself, this sounds promising.
Most times I'm on-site as a graphics op, its mostly spent pulling 14-hours workdays from my hotel room, but I'd like to take this opportunity to at least see a part of Beijing.
Anyone here ever been and has a few tips/pointers?