From Kaptin M:
The last thing you need, is to find yourself stuck in a foreign country where EVERYTHING (that means street signs, menus, radio & television, bus signs, application forms, utilities bills, etc) is ALL in Chinese.
After the novelty wears off you'll realise that the crew don't really want you joining them when they stop over, but if you do tag along it will be on their terms (you'll be offered exotic foods - snakes, tortoises, frogs, rats, pig's ear..) and you'll find yourself excluded from 99% of the conversation, because it's too difficult for them to converse amongst themselves in a foreign language.
And then you find that you're saving what? $300..$500 per month?
The flying might seem appealing at first, but it will be the Dollars that will make or break you after 6-12 months.
Sounds a lot like China Airlines, only for LESS money...