Hi All
I like Shaun have never registered ,and i’m not sure if the hotels i stayed in have done so on my behalf either ,although i hear what other members say about it being law to register.
My brother in law is in the local police in Xiapu, Fujian province ,and we generally catch the high speed train into Fuzhou from Xiapu , which is around 40 minutes as opposed to 3.5 hours by Bus or Taxi . On one particular time during my last visit , Lin Fang and myself had to go to Fuzhou ,and generally all the train seats are bookable and number allocated at each stop accurately ,people get on and off ,so everyone has a seat all the time ,the train on particular the day we wanted was fully booked and no seats available ,and there are only 3 trains per day running morning ,noon and evening, which posed us a problem .Lin Fang made a call to her brother to see if he could help
We went for dinner with all her family that evening prior to our seemingly aborted planned trip to Fuzhou ,and her brother presented us with 2 tickets on the train which was supposedly full the day we needed to travel....................so handy to have a brother in law in the police in china..............brings a whole new meaning to the saying “ it’s not what you know it’s who you know”
Cheers
Mike