China again...

[Tom Adam]

Op 24-2-2011 15:19, Joost Schuttelaar schreef:
> On Feb 24, 2011, at 15:18 , Tom Adam wrote:
>
>> I'm still not fully recovered from the medical test I had to go through
>> to get this visa.
> Seriously?
>
That was some serious hell to go through.
First they wanted to stick a needle in my arm. I explained them I wanted 
to see them take a needle out of a new blister. It took them another 30 
min. before they complied to my request. Faith was gone by than. They 
took like 500cc of blood in 3 hours. They just put me in a chair and 
forgot about me.
The X-ray was just scary. The machine looked like a nuclear submarine 
from the 50's.
Than the urine sample, I had to go pie outside (-12degrees) in the most 
disgusting shed. You had to run though the whole hospital to put your 
sample somewhere. I actually followed a trace of urine to find the right 
room...
Than they lost my papers. Wait another hour. Finally some medic came to 
me, looked at me for 5 min and declared me healthy... (I guess, he just 
shoved me in the hallway...)
Nobody spoke English, and my translator was not allowed to follow me 
during some of the tests. (I get it for the x-ray thing, but just try to 
do an eye test with Chinese characters...)
Nop, next time I request a visa in the EU. It's expensive as hell, but 
at least you can have the tests done in 2 hours.

Cheers,
ToAd