We're heading down to Ruili next week for the Water Splashing Festival. I'd love to get a couple of recommendations from someone who's been there within the past year or two. Must-sees, eateries, trips, good deals, anything really.
Not a big wine conu,, conneis,, fan, but you rarely miss on medium priced Spanish or Chilean reds. I find Italian and French wine to be too dry generally. Metro has some excellent South American reds at reasonable prices.
Not trying to take the guy's side here but has it been clearly pointed out to him that she doesn't want that? As Laotou says, we men can be a bit thick sculled and if he just thinks it's all fun and games and she hasn't told him 'no', then I'm inclined to think she should take a stand before involving other people, foreigners or the police (this is exactly what the police would say btw). You mentioned yourself that she's 'too afraid' to say no but that's what she should do first of all. Maybe bring a girlfriend and explain to him that it's not acceptable and she doesn't like it. She can refer to losing face and that Chinese people feel it's embarrassing to be lifted up (which is true) to ease the situation. If he doesn't get the hint and this stuff continues, then she should pursue other -less comfy- options for sure.
I live in Tengchong and we've got plenty of Burmese people here with Burmese registered cars. China and Burma have an extensive range of cooperation regarding working and travelling. I wouldn't be surprised if it was just a matter of a Burmese license being valid in China but I'll ask around. Also there are very lax regulations on Burmese cars entering China while the other way around is near impossible hence Chinese people who do regular business in Burma just buy a car there and drive it both places. Around here the preferred choice seems to be huge Toyota Landcruisers due to the questionable roads.
Yup, Metro is the place. For 500 kuai you can get 7-8 bottles of the not-too-bad stuff. They have some decent whisky and cognac but of course the price is higher. Most blended brand whisky will set you back 100-150 kuai there, and they usually have 2-3 different single malts as well.
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The comment from Chris had deserved a wider audience. Beluga?
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.
Farmers protest land grab south of Kunming
发布者120.000 yuan? That's insanely low for such an area. Are you sure of the numbers?
Beijing green-lights Nu River dam
发布者Sad.
Fracking comes to Southwest China
发布者3 to 5 years to set up rules, regulations and laws on shale gas extraction?! And here I thought that one of the pros of having a government like China's (cough, cough, haaaark, spit!) was that the decision-making process was speedy when needed.
And yes, we all know TallAm has a point unfortunately. Increased consumption pared with limited fossil fuel reserves make it inevitable that every single extractable deposit will be done with eventually, and as time passes, fewer and fewer environmental concerns will be addressed.
Lugu Lake airport slated for 2013
发布者Crossing my fingers they never get it finished.
Kunming new home sales plunge
发布者Wonder how they'll cope with the millions of migrant construction workers in a year or two when constructions grinds down to a 10th of what it is now. Seems like President Jin will be juggling several hot potatoes soon. I'll be looking for an apartment next year, so naturally I wouldn't mind a 15-20 percent drop in real estate prices personally, although I doubt it will be that much. The Chinese characteristics of this particular area of economics tell me no one wants to even consider selling with a loss unless the bank is there, knocking at your door, and the Chinese generally have a significantly smaller percentage of the RE value mortgaged than we on average have in the West due to savings and/or family loans before coughing up with the deposit.
Come to think of it, predicting what's going to happen in China it's a bit like putting on a blindfold, aim, and hope the dart ends up somewhere in the general direction of the board.