Flying for the first time and as I am a farm girl that's never been more than 50 miles from home I have absolutely no idea what I am doing. My flights are Minneapolis to San Francisco to Melbourne Australia both United Airlines and my main question is:

Do I need to do anything with my checked bag in San Fran between the first and second flights or does the airline/airport handle it for me? I'm getting mixed answers from people (and google is worthless)

Secondly, I don't have a phone with a sim card or data plan or whatever, I rely on Wifi for communication. I'm guessing airports have free wifi, but do airplanes? And how hard is it to find a place to charge your devices in airports or even in air?

(Thanks for taking time to answer my dumb questions. Any general advice is welcome too!)

Heading there in a few weeks. Cheers.

Look at this shit, just look at the url even: https://caravanistan.com/east-turkestan/

And the forum on the same site is just full of normal people being like: "Yeah, I am a muslim and all the uighur borderguards were very friendly."

Also noone there apparently gives a fuck about it anyway. The biggest problem in Xinjiang for foreigners seems to be finding a hotel in Kashgar that will take them.

China (中国; Zhōngguó) is one of the world's oldest civilizations. Its long and rich history is present in people's thinking and values, and in the art, architecture, and feats of engineering that remain from dynasties past.

China's hierarchy of administrative divisions has 22 provinces (省 shěng) which tend to have their own cultural identities, and 5 autonomous regions (自治区 zìzhìqū), each with a designated minority ethnic group. These along with four municipalities (直辖市 zhíxiáshì) make up what is known as mainland China (中国大陆 Zhōngguó dàlù).

Northeast China (Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang) Historically known as Manchuria, the Northeast is a land of steppes, vast forests, and long snowy winters. Culturally influenced by Russia, Korea, and Japan, it contains a mix of modern cities and "rust belt" industrial towns.

North China (Shandong, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Henan, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin) The plains of

Vietnam is a country in Southeast Asia with great food and a wealth of natural and cultural attractions. It can be divided into four zones:

• Northern Vietnam The cradle of the Vietnamese civilization. Harbors some of the most magnificent views of Vietnam, as well as the capital city with and the chance to visit indigenous hill peoples.
• Central Coast The ancient city of Hue was the home of the Vietnamese emperors from 1802—1945, and Hoi An is one of the nicest old seacoast towns in Vietnam.
• Central Highlands Lush forest-covered hills featuring indigenous peoples and the occasional elephant.
• Southern Vietnam The economic engine of Vietnam, built around Ho Chi Minh City but also covering the lush and little-visited Mekong Delta, the rice basket of Vietnam.

Some of the main cities and destinations are:

• Hanoi (Hà Nội) — Vietnam's capital and major tourist destination
• Ho Chi Minh City (Th

Cuba is the largest Caribbean island. The country has nine World Heritage Sites, as well as beaches, colonial architecture and distinct cultural history. It has had a communist government since the Cuban Revolution in 1959 and has been under a US embargo ever since.

Cuba can divided into three regions:

• Western Cuba (Pinar del Rio, Artemisa, Havana, Mayabeque, Matanzas, Isla de la Juventud) The capital, the rolling hills of Pinar del Rio and an off-the-beaten-path island with good scuba diving add up to an exciting region.
• Central Cuba (Camagüey, Villa Clara, Cienfuegos, Sancti Spíritus, Ciego de Ávila)
• Eastern Cuba (Las Tunas, Holguin, Santiago de Cuba, Granma, Guantánamo)

Some of the major cities and other destiations are:

• Havana – cosmopolitan capital with a swinging nightlife
• Baracoa – a quaint beach-side town, and Cuba's first capital
• Cienfuegos – a French-founded city that rivaled

https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Mexico

México is known for its cuisine, art, archaeology, history, pyramids, music, museums, haciendas, 9,600 km (6,000 mi) of shoreline, superb architecture, weather from snow-capped mountains in the Sierras to rainy jungles in the southeast and desert in the northwest, many golf courses and excellent fishing. Along with Chile, Colombia, and Peru, this once-poor nation is one of the Pacific Pumas, seeing significant economic growth and improved infrastructure during the 21st century.

México can be separated into 6 regions:

Baja California (Baja California, Baja California Sur) The vast western peninsula, stretching 1,200 km from Tijuana on the US border to Cabo in the south. A land of deserts and undiscovered beaches. One of the biggest whale migrations takes place here every year from December to April. Also includes the far-off-shore Guadalupe Island.

Northern Mexico

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Official List as of 2013-07-01.

• Austria
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Visa Waiver

###How does the 90-day visa waiver for the Schengen Area work?

[Official rules taken on 2015-06-01](http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-

Airlines are massive fuel consumers so if you can travel by train you should do so instead.

tl;dr: There is no Golden Rule to Cheap Tickets from here. Use all the resources below.

These are general guidelines! I encourage you to try other tactics/techniques and experiment with dates, city pairs, search engines, points of sale, and so forth.

##Airfare General Guidelines

###Frequently Asked Questions

1. Can I buy a flight (A-B-C) and only fly the B-C leg? NO. This is not allowed. If you skip any leg in your itinerary, all subsequent legs are cancelled.
2. Want to arrange a longer stopover or return to or from a different city compared to the one you departed from or arrived in? Look at booking a multi-city ticket. Most airline and airfare search engine

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