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Evan:
The time has come when I have to start considering where in China I want to go next year. A couple of quick questions just in case anybody can answer them:

1. How expensive is it to fly a boat long distance?
2. Is it worth my while bringing the boat with me?
3. Does anybody know if either Beijing or Shanghai have any decent paddling?

Any other general info on traveling with a boat/paddling in China would be appreciated.

Evan

And no I don't really expect a huge response.

Diarmaid:
shanghai is at the mouth of the third longest river in the world... I can't imagine there's a whole lot of elevation.

fityounggranny:
Even if it had elevation....

Its a chinese river... if its any way like the ganges, i would not go near it...

Not if it had the single bestest rapid/wave/run in the world!!!

kill:
Beijing has a newly built artificial slalom course. I'm sure you can check on the web whether or not it's available to the public/ closed/ used as an overflow storage area (get it?)/ used to dispose of young children and Tibetans alike.

A lot of long haul flights just lash the boat on for free. Others charge up to €100 one-way. Others simply refuse. It depends on the airline which depends on the place you're going to. When you know what ailines you might use, check the 'special baggage' list on their website and read about all the crazy stuff that gets taken on planes.

Sean:
Hey evan,

I can tell you that there is definately kayaking in China and most of it is big volume stuff and multiday. I know that there's definately a nice gorge section outside beijing though cant remember the name of the river and haven't paddled it myself. I think Dave Byrne knows a lad over there at the moment but you'll have to ask him. In the mean time these boys may be able to answer some questions for ya, http://www.enrgkayaking.com/index.php?Itemid=86&id=32&option=com_content&task=view Or if you can speak/read chinese this is supposed to be a good website www.raftchina.com

As for bringing your kayak on flights - long haul flights generally let you bring sports equipment for free, as long as you remember to keep things under the weight limit. So for example as happened to me coming back from america last week - I had a luggage limit of 36kg so with my boat weighing 14kg I had 22kgs for clothes etc. I found this easily do-able. The main thing is to find out who you're potentially flying with and give them a bell and check if they have restrictions on sports equipment - I know for example that KLM under no circumstances except kayaks, while Qatar and others have no problems taking boats.

As for wether or not its worth while bringing a boat is up to you. I know some rafting operations out there rent kayaks, though I don't know prices or conditions etc. If you're not going to be paddling much this is a good option. So get in touch with rafting companies and check things out.

Later
Sean

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