China again...

[Gert van Santen]

Op 24-2-2011 16:08, Tom Adam schreef:
> 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.

Sjeez, man. Well, all the best, then.

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