Hey, I don't know if anyone from India is planning the same or not. But I think its difficult to enter China from India via Road or rail network due to the relations between two countries and of course not forgetting about Tibet ;)
But it seems pretty interesting so I did search a little and found that one Chinese guy actually did this and shared it on his blog. Sharing those links with you 1. http://www.indiamike.com/india/indian-railways-f10/china-to-bangladesh-by-land-a-railfan-s-journey-in-india-t127648/ 2. http://www.yaohua2000.org/2010/20101222/en-1.html Please do let me know if anyone from India is up for this adventure :) (Or anyone from Europe planning to go China via India) On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 4:01 AM, Andrew Lih <[email protected]> wrote: > Thomas, > > The cell coverage is quite excellent in China especially when compared to > the US. In fact, the rural areas of China are paid attention to in > particular since the legitimacy of the telco duopoly rests on supplying > universal coverage. > > A number of years ago, I was traveling from Guilin down to a small town in > southern China by river. It would be several hours on a boat, creeping down > the stream surrounded by the steep karst mountain valleys you see in > postcards. The problem: I needed to make a crucial phone conference call at > a particular time, while in transit on the five hour boat ride. I figured > it'd be impossible to get a cell signal. > > I asked the hotel concierge before I left, "Is there a small town I could > stop in and make a landline call?" > > He looked at me quite confused, and said there should be cell phone > coverage the entire way. > > He was right -- during the 5 hour ride, I never saw less than 80% signal > reception and the phone call was crystal clear. All throughout China in > rural and isolated areas, it's common and expected to get wireless signal. > > Don't even get me started on how bad the US is in this regard. :) > > > > > On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Jan 19, 2013 3:48 PM, "Alan C Y Lai (Wikimedia)" < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> > 3G coverage in China is fairly decent I think - if you can have >> pictures from things like gridlocks on motorways to riots in towns on Weibo >> or other online forums fairly quickly then you can see that the mobile >> coverage is extensive. >> >> I know coverage in urban areas is pretty good, but have they really got >> good coverage in rural areas? That would require far more investment in >> mobile infrastructure that we've had in the UK! >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> > > > -- > -Andrew Lih > Associate professor of journalism > USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism > Email: [email protected] > WEB: http://www.andrewlih.com > BOOK: The Wikipedia Revolution: http:/www.wikipediarevolution.com > PROJECT: WikiFactcheck: http://wikifactcheck.org/wiki > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > -- Thanks Arnav (ricku). (User:Rangilo_Gujarati) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rangilo_Gujarati>
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