• Chaewon
    18·
    9 months ago
    • Get a VPN (I can personally recommend LetsVPN or Astril, both are good) or if you get a HK sim, an esim like holafly, or a roaming plan for your current sim you should be able to use your data without being subject to the great firewall
    • If you have an iPhone then apple maps is pretty decent, Baidu maps is better but in chinese only afaik
    • Get a payment app. I used Alipay as it accepts overseas cards but I think WeChat accepts them now too.
    • Download WeChat anyways because its so useful and you never know when you might want to add someone
    • Make use of the conversation feature on google translate and make sure to download the language packs in case you don’t have internet for whatever reason
    • showmustgo [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      11·
      9 months ago

      Thanks for all the info, I really appreciate it so much!

      I do plan on getting a sim card when we arrive in HK. I got Alipay setup but can’t use WeChat since I have a +1 number.

      Is there a good map service for Android in English?

      And thanks for the VPN recommendations 🙏

      • Chaewon
        5·
        9 months ago

        I’m not sure, sorry… I know some people that used google maps with a VPN but it was a bit of a mixed bag in terms of usefulness.