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Forums > Living in Kunming > Recieving packages from US

Picked up packages at 225 Beijing Lu. But this was before the customs office opened.

There is a China Post and a China Postal savings it 225 Beijing Lu. Just north of the bank is an alley. A bit down the alley there was a China Post facility that did not look like a post office.

Bring your passport and tracking number.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Travel w/ Cancelled Passport?

I am a little confused. The “RESIDENCE PERMIT FOR FOREIGNER IN THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA” is a sticker, used since at least 2005, on a page in my passport.

The flimsy piece of paper is the “REGISTRATION VOUCHER OF RESIDENCE FOR VISITORS FROM OVERSEAS” which you get from the local PSB office when you do the household registration.

In June 2005, when I renewed my passport I was not given a new “RESIDENCE PERMIT” but was told to carry both the new and hole punched old passport. I did go to the local PSB office and got a new “REGISTRATION VOUCHER OF RESIDENCE” from the local PBS. I traveled in June 2005 with both passports with no problem.

In July 2005, I got a new “RESIDENCE PERMIT” in July and began to travel again but without my old passport. I had a lot of trouble checking into hotels and in Shanghai the police were called. It turns out the hotels needed to know the date of my last China entry. The police were cordial and advised I carry my old passport.

Instead, I flew to Zhuhai, walked into Macau and back into Zhuhai with the requisite new entry stamp. End of problems.

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Forums > Travel Yunnan > Nujiang Itenerary

@alien: I agree. Riding the train or bus in the day time is a good way to appreciate the country. I would use the ride to plan additional trips based on what I saw.

Planning can be over done as well. Speaking pretty good Mandarin can be (or was 20-25 years ago) pretty useless in the hinterlands. I would start with a list of stops and then just go for two or three weeks. I found flexibility reduced stress and disappointment.

I got to over 90 cities in China with few problems by going alone and just going.

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Vang Vieng is a great place. I stay at the Elephant Crossing hotel. Quite nice but $45USD a night. A bit steep for the backpackers and consumers of 'magic" goods. So it is pretty quiet.

Rooms face the river and Karst formations. Clouds and wisps of clouds in and around the Karst mountains provide a constantly changing view.

Vang Vieng is my favorite sit-and-do-nothing place on Laos.

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bluppfisk is right. Calibre is really good and easy to use. I have found making your own original ebooks for the kindle fairly easy. I do it this way: Word -> RTF -> MOBI. PDF docs can be converted as well but it depends on how the PDF doc was created. Color photos can look sad on the kindle so they are best converted to BW first.

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Walter, got mine from Kindle. Project Gutenberg has a version with illustrations.

Actually, Project Gutenberg has more than 200 FREE downloads on China. Many of these are in Chinese, 汉字。

Any .mobi ebook will work on a Kindle or Kindle for PC or Mac.

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Good for quality, but pricey, hand tools.

Be aware they will push whatever they are selling. Some of the staff have no idea about the technical side of appliances.

I went there to buy a stove. I repeatedly told them I would be using bottled gas. They sold me a stove. When I went to my local gas guy, I learned there are at least three kinds of gas sold. Luckily, B&Q did not deliver as promised. I went back to the store and discovered they had sold me a stove they needed to be hooked up to the gas main. I got my money back.

The sales lady was almost in tears, 没有问题！I don't know if it a safety or design issue, but I would think B&Q would know and care.

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Last week had an 8:45am flight.

Subway starts at 9am. I have no idea where to catch an airport express bus. Eight taxis refused to go to the airport. After almost an hour standing on Beijing Lu took a black taxi, this dude drives slower than my mother, 120 yuan.

Flight back was delayed so I learned the subway stops running at 6:10pm.

Getting a taxi back was easy, more taxis than customers. Taxi was 87 yuan including 1o yuan toll, airport to Beichen area. Yes, he took a longer route than necessary.

Kunming imagines being a gateway for international travelers. New airport but hard to get to and from it.

World Class Airport, NOT!

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Tonight "Peacock", a performance by Yang Liping (杨丽萍), to begin her world tour, 8pm, 100-1680 yuan at Yunna Haigeng Auditorium.

Saw this lady perform at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, in California, in 1995. Quite a good and interesting show.

I'm going to try to make it.

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Not so good. Kimchi had a very sour taste. Other food was nothing to brag about. I don't think I would go back.