--- a/booklet.tex Sun Aug 16 20:02:48 2015 +0800
+++ b/booklet.tex Mon Aug 17 07:42:19 2015 +0800
@@ -154,21 +154,21 @@
\item \textbf{Traffic}\hspace{3mm}
Do not even think of renting a car in China. Hence, while in
China, you probably will be mostly going around on foot. Be
-careful though: You might come from a region where traffic rules are
-organised so that pedestrians are mostly
-treated with respect by all other road users, or even have an
-``elevated status'' because they are considered the ``weakest''.
-Traffic in China is, in contrast, organised more, shall we say,
-according to a Darwinian model: Under no circumstance assume a
-car (or even a bicycle or one of the noiseless electric motor bikes) will stop for you. As pedestrian, you
-have to take care of everybody else. Therefore, whenever
-possible cross roads at traffic lights and even if the light
-shows green for you, look out for cars that pay no attention to this
-fact. Also, zebra crossings do \emph{not}, I repeat, \emph{do not}
-have any special meaning in
-China for the road users higher up the traffic ladder
-(i.e.~bicycles and above).
-Even if it sounds too funny, take
+careful though: You might come from a region where traffic
+rules are organised so that pedestrians are mostly treated
+with respect by all other road users, or even have an
+``elevated status'' because they are considered the
+``weakest''. Traffic in China is, in contrast, organised more,
+shall we say, according to a Darwinian model: Under no
+circumstance assume a car (or even a bicycle or one of the
+many noiseless electric motor bikes) will stop for you. As
+pedestrian, you have to take care of everybody else.
+Therefore, whenever possible cross roads at traffic lights and
+even if the light shows green for you, look out for cars that
+pay no attention to this fact. Also, zebra crossings do
+\emph{not}, I repeat, \emph{do not} have any special meaning
+in China for the road users higher up the traffic ladder
+(i.e.~bicycles and above). Even if it sounds too funny, take
our word and head this advice\ldots{}it might increase your
life-expectancy.
@@ -198,16 +198,15 @@
you will be in China. Ditto Twitter. Skype and Facetime, in
contrast, work fine.
-\item \textbf{Map of Hotel / Taxis}\hspace{3mm} While more and
-more young Chinese are exposed to English, you cannot
-rely on anyone of the general public speaking more than a few
-words. Rather, you have to always calculate with the very,
-very likely scenario that nobody speaks any English at all
-and all signs around you are written in characters that do
-not give you the
-slightest idea what they are about. This means you always
-have to prepare your travelling beforehand and ask us for help
-if you are unsure!
+\item \textbf{Map of Hotel / Taxis}\hspace{3mm}
+While more and more young Chinese are exposed to English, you
+cannot rely on anyone of the general public speaking more than
+a few words. Rather, you have to always calculate with the
+very, very likely scenario that nobody speaks any English at
+all and all signs around you are written in characters that do
+not give you the slightest idea what they are about. This
+means you always have to prepare your travelling beforehand
+and ask us for help if you are unsure!
One part of \emph{every} trip preparation, including your
arrival, should be to carry with you a printed copy of the map
@@ -231,6 +230,15 @@
street curb. You need to pay them in cash. They are always
metered.
+%There is a slight chance you will come across one of the all
+%electric taxi, which are slightly more expensive, than ``normal''
+%taxis. You can recognise them as they are the only taxis built
+%by the maker BYD and look more like a compact SUV, rather than
+%the ``normal'' sedan-style taxi. I have not driven yet in one,
+%but have seen them in the Xinjiekou shopping area. If you do not
+%want to pay the additional price tag, you are assumed to just
+%wave them away and wait for the next taxi.
+
\item \textbf{Tips in Restaurants, Taxi}\hspace{3mm}One easy
aspect of travelling in China are matters to do with tipping:
no tips are expected when paying at a restaurant, for a taxi
@@ -294,14 +302,14 @@
The way is marked yellow in the map below.
This option takes approximately
55 minutes and costs 7 RMB for the metro ticket and
- around 36 RMB for the taxi.
+ around 36 RMB for the taxi.\\[-10mm]\mbox{}
\begin{center}
- \includegraphics[scale=0.3]{travel_guide/ggg.jpg}
+ \includegraphics[scale=0.19]{travel_guide/ggg.jpg}
\end{center}
\item If you already prepared to pay 7 RMB for the metro, why
- not adding 2 more RMBs and going the whole way by metro?
+ not adding 2 more and going the whole way by metro?
This is the third
option. The disadvantage is that you need to change
at Nanjing Nan Railway Station to Line 3 and at
@@ -406,29 +414,25 @@
\item \textbf{Option 2 Maglev train / Metro}:
Of course travelling on the Maglev is pretty cool\ldots{}
reaching speeds of 415 km/h at certain(!) times of the day,
-namely 9:02--10:47 and 15:02--16:47. At other times it will
-travel at mere speeds of 300 km/h, which you get in China
-also with conventional high-speed trains. Anyway, a
-ticket for the Maglev will set you back around 50 RMB (\euro{}7, \$8). The
-ticket can be paid in cash or by credit card.
-The service of the Maglev
-starts at 7:02 and finished the day at 21:42.
-To take this option
-at the airport, you will need to follow the Maglev signs. The
-main problem with
-this option, however, is that you can only travel until Longyang
-Road Station and then have to
-change into the overcrowded and much, much slower metro Line 2.
-The change to the
-metro is a short walk from the Maglev. You have to first buy a
-ticket inside the metro station. The good thing
-about this option is that metro travelling in Shanghai is
-pretty easy for foreigners as all stations are signed out in
-letters. For buying a ticket for the metro, check the section
-about buying a metro ticket in Nanjing (the procedure is
-pretty universal in China; the only exception is that
-in Shanghai the metro ticket is a paper ticket, while in
-Nanjing it is a blue plastic chip).
+namely 9:02--10:47 and 15:02--16:47. At other times it will
+travel at mere speeds of 300 km/h, which you get in China also
+with conventional high-speed trains. Anyway, a ticket for the
+Maglev will set you back around 50 RMB (\euro{}7, \$8). The
+ticket can be paid in cash or by credit card. The service of
+the Maglev starts at 7:02 and finished the day at 21:42. To
+take this option at the airport, you will need to follow the
+Maglev signs. The main problem with this option, however, is
+that you can only travel until Longyang Road Station and then
+have to change into the overcrowded and much, much slower
+metro Line 2. The change to the metro is a short walk from the
+Maglev. You have to first buy a ticket inside the metro
+station. The good thing about this option is that metro
+travelling in Shanghai is pretty easy for foreigners as all
+stations are signed out in letters. For buying a ticket for
+the metro, check the section about buying a metro ticket in
+Nanjing (the procedure is pretty universal in China; the only
+exception is that in Shanghai the metro ticket is a paper
+ticket, while in Nanjing it is a blue plastic chip).
Overall the journey time of this option is around 2h. So
unless you really want to sample the feeling of travelling for
@@ -512,11 +516,11 @@
Sunday (23rd) in a conference room on the 4th floor of Hanyuan
Hotel. There will be a reception desk of ITP from Thursday
until Sunday on the 1st floor close to the hotel check in.
-There will be a welcome reception on Sunday (23th) also on the
+The welcome reception is on Sunday (23th) at ??? and also on the
first floor. The ITP conference will take place on the 6th
floor and starting from Monday the reception desk will be just
outside the conference hall. On Wednesday (26th) afternoon
-there will be the ITP-excursion to Yangzhou and the Slender
+we will leave for ITP-excursion to Yangzhou and the Slender
West Lake (see Sect.~\ref{excursion}). The Coq tutorial will
take place from Thursday (27th) until Saturday (29th) on the
4th floor. The programme of the talks is at the end of this
@@ -525,22 +529,25 @@
Breakfast and lunches are served on 1st floor next to hotel
registration desk. The breakfast buffet is open from 7:00
until 9:00. When you check into the hotel, you will receive a
-green paper ticket for each day which you have to show before
+green paper ticket for each dayHi, which you have to show before
going to breakfast. Hanyuan Hotel also includes a very good
-restaurant, but unfortunately it is a bit on the pricier side.
+restaurant on the 2nd floor, but unfortunately it is a bit
+on the pricier side for China.
\begin{itemize}
-\item\textbf{Near the Hotel}\hspace{3mm}The Hanyuan hotel is
-located at the intersection of a big road (NingHang Road 宁杭公路)
-and a smaller road (TongWei Road 童卫路). If you need a taxi to
-go to Downtown Nanjing, for example, it is probably the easiest to hail
-down a taxi at the big street. An ATM machine is situated a few
-minutes down the smaller TongWei Road. If you want to take a
-walk in the evening, Xingyuan suggest a stroll through the
-Purple Mountain Area on the top-right in the map in
-Fig.~\ref{hotelmap}. This area is approximately a 15 minutes
-walk away from the hotel and contains for example the Sun Yat
-Sen memorial and the Linggu pagoda.
+\item\textbf{Near the Hotel}\hspace{3mm}
+
+The Hanyuan hotel is located at the intersection of a big road
+(Houbiaoying Road 后标营路) and a smaller road (TongWei Road 童卫路).
+If you need a taxi to go to Downtown Nanjing, for example, it
+is probably the easiest to hail down a taxi at the big street.
+An ATM machine is situated a few minutes down the smaller
+TongWei Road. If you want to take a walk in the evening,
+Xingyuan suggest a stroll through the Purple Mountain Area on
+the top-right in the map in Fig.~\ref{hotelmap}. This area is
+approximately a 15 minutes walk away from the hotel and
+contains for example the Sun Yat Sen memorial and the Linggu
+pagoda.
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[scale=0.45]{travel_guide/map1a.jpg}
@@ -588,7 +595,7 @@
There is also a smaller shopping area in the ``middle'' of
Tongwei road including some native restaurants, and also some
-restaurants on the opposite side of NingHang Road. A smaller
+restaurants on the opposite side of Houbiaoying Road. A smaller
supermarket is at the end of Tongwei Road and a bigger one
in the Xiamafang area.
\end{itemize}
@@ -631,7 +638,7 @@
\noindent There is also another substantial and impressive
section of the remaining city visible very close to the hotel:
-Walk the NingHuan Road towards the city centre, once you
+Walk the Houbiaoying Road towards the city centre, once you
traversed the river, bear right. You will see a rather
tall wall build of grey stones.