I seem to remember from similar topics on TheBeijinger that you should never take responsibility at the scene, never move your vehicle until a police officer orders you to do so, never agree to pay anything before an official settlement is ready or a court orders you to, use up your guanxi if you have any and never even think about visiting the other part at hospital or at his home afterwards since they'll use it against you as you taking responsibility. It's sad but the traffic here is dog-eat-dog and the laws of the road reflect that. What's even more sad is that it's often worth it to "give a gift" to some high ranking policeman to make the report more favourable towards you. In a country with many poor people rest assured that a large percentage of them will try to bleed you dry if they get the opportunity since you are the rich, car wielding foreigner (alledgedly). You need to do everything you can to protect yourself, especially if you didn't do anything wrong.
Yet again I am confirmed in my choice of not owning or operating a car in this country. Btw it's despicable that the security police shows up and leaves immediately since we all know how Chinese people like their fights to be: bloody, 10 vs 1 and they don't stop until you lie worryingly still.
It's shorts'n' t-shirt weather from the middle of March untill November here. Last year's rainy season was mild with maybe 10 days of rain a month but that was supposedly an exeption. Anyway clothes is cheap here so don't bring too much of that though sizes are generally small to medium.
True that. Haven't heard of any of the foreigners I know here who's contracted malaria so far. I too heard before I came here that Kunming is malaria-country but it really isn't and anyway the medicine used for treatment here is cheap. A LOT cheaper than the tablets you need to take continously to avoid catching it.
I bought a Hyuandai set with 2 speakers and a sub for 200. The sound is great value for money. Think I got it from Walmart or Carrefour. They both have a good selection in the mid-range.
If I read this correctly it seems that the North is getting a pretty lousy deal. Would seem logical to extend the line by 3-4 stations. That said it looks as if they are doing the initial preparations for building tracks a lot further up North than the diagram suggests.
Let's hope they get some competition soon. Especially since we foreigners often have to pay full price and it can't be right that you can fly to Beijing for half the price of what a ticket for the 40 minutes flight to Xishuangbanna is.
Cloud seeding is based on shaky science at best and claiming to have done it with (obvious) little result seems more like an attempt to get a couple of cheap points with the public. As to the ingenious Long-range-intelligent-fire-bla-bla-bla I am fairly certain that helicopters can do a much better, faster and safer job spreading fire repressing chemicals.
Went there yesterday and it totally made my week. Nice decor and friendly staff and a real salad bar. Sadly we both wanted mexican food so I can't really say much about their other courses. The food was great but just a tad spicier would have improved the dish. The best thing was that we almost had the place to ourselves and we could have a quiet conversation without shouting, spitting Chinese people in the background. I realised how much I had missed that since coming here.
We went to Chicago Coffee a couple of days ago and it was a nice experience. The place is cozy with soft comfy chairs (I realized how much I have missed one since coming here) and they have a nice little collection of English language books in the corner consisting mainly of classics and travel litterature. I was looking forward to trying their advertized tortilla bar but it wasn't up and running that evening.
Instead we went for 2 12 inch pizzas -roast chicken and pepperoni- but we quickly realized that 1 would have been enough. Those things are heavy. I am mainly into Italian style pizza but Chicago's double layered pizzas are well worth a try. Their coffee seems to be a bit on the expensive side but people say good things about it and they have got a nice selection. I wouldn't mind dropping by again some day,, hopefully when they've got the tortilla thing going. English speaking staff btw.
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Detailed Kunming metro plans finally unveiled
发布者If I read this correctly it seems that the North is getting a pretty lousy deal. Would seem logical to extend the line by 3-4 stations. That said it looks as if they are doing the initial preparations for building tracks a lot further up North than the diagram suggests.
Yunnan air ticket prices climbing
发布者Let's hope they get some competition soon. Especially since we foreigners often have to pay full price and it can't be right that you can fly to Beijing for half the price of what a ticket for the 40 minutes flight to Xishuangbanna is.
Drug busts land pair in detention
发布者Obviously the unusual sight of a padded bra gave them away.
GoKunming Weekend Preview
发布者"all-female metal band". I'm pretty sure that's one of those things that's either absolutely awesome or utter crap. No in betweens.
Yunnan drought update
发布者Cloud seeding is based on shaky science at best and claiming to have done it with (obvious) little result seems more like an attempt to get a couple of cheap points with the public. As to the ingenious Long-range-intelligent-fire-bla-bla-bla I am fairly certain that helicopters can do a much better, faster and safer job spreading fire repressing chemicals.