Some Suggestions Please

maman

koalakoala wrote: »

Me neither. I won't go to any country that makes it difficult or really expensive to get a visa.
So many other places in the world

I think it's £95 for a Chinese person to visit UK for a visit. But if/as you're Australian you won't need one.

Voyager2002

maman wrote: »

Incidentally, we could go to St Petersburg without the hassle as there are different arrangements for cruises. Not sure if that applies to China though. It might be worth checking out.

A transit passenger gets up to two days with no need for a visa. Long enough for quick trips to the Great Wall and Forbidden City, then onwards to Hong Kong or Angkor Wat.

Duckyduck

Voyager2002 wrote: »

A transit passenger gets up to two days with no need for a visa. Long enough for quick trips to the Great Wall and Forbidden City, then onwards to Hong Kong or Angkor Wat.

Depends on the province - you can get 6 days in Shanghai on a transit visa, 72hrs in Beijing and several other hubs. Hong Kong counts as a 3rd country for Transit Visa purposes so can string together a Chinese trip without expensive visas fairly easily.