Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / July 2005

"I am an Australian citizen planning a trip to Japan, Korea, China,
Taiwan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Loas, Thailand in roughly that order.  As I
am planning to avoid air travel once I am in Tokyo I am hoping to hear
from other travellers how they meet the common entry requirement of
having an onward ticket for places like China. Would I need to book my
train/ferry tickets in advance of leaving home? Or would a ticket back
to Sydney from Thailand be sufficient indication for Chinese
immigration that I was intending to leave?"

Some countries let you show a bank statement as proof that you have
sufficient funds to buy a ticket out.