Lijiang is small city, not too many expats there I imagine, though it's beauty does attract a few I imagine. How's your Chinese? How are you planning to educate your daughters? (assuming they will be living with you)
Lijiang is small city, not too many expats there I imagine, though it's beauty does attract a few I imagine. How's your Chinese? How are you planning to educate your daughters? (assuming they will be living with you)
so family reunion (spouse etc) visa is 2 years now? I thought it needed renewing every year.
@Liu yeh but those young guns are making money for their bosses and spending their money in the bars - double win for GDP!
Just to be clear, point 3 was a joke.. who knows the real motivation(s)
There could be a few things behind it.
1) Old people are more likely to die, from covid, and just in general. That creates a headache for everyone involved when the person is foreign and the family want the body or ashes to be repatriated.
2) Closing a loophole - working visas are not given to the 60+, so to stop older folks getting a student visa and working on it.
3) Protecting young innocent students from dirty old sexpats
Generally speaking, the places that have dealt with this best are the ones with the least freedom to start with, because they didn't hesitate to act quickly to curtail the spread. However, that doesn't mean they are best places to live once the crisis is over. I'm glad that the worst of the racism hasn't yet reached Kunming. But, it may do in the coming days/weeks/months, so be prepared.
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a very pleasant park with a tall pagoda you can climb and take photos of the city if you wish. Roses in summer, blossom in spring, nice lawn to sit on, bbq areas.
Recently the food seems to be better. Decent steak at a decent price, decent pizza, some decent wine, and the music is more suitable these days (Rammenstein wasn't the right mood music for Cantina)!
Had lunch - grilled chicken on top of mashed cuttlefish and a salad. The chicken was tasty and well cooked, and there was plenty of meat/fish to fill up even a hungry person. The salad was overdressed and nothing special - I won't order one next time. The service is a decent imitation of what you might find in the west. A large menu of food and drink. A nice civilised place to go for food or drink, but some of the dishes (i.e. the steaks) are very pricey. You could easily spend 300rmb+ per person here. Equally, it is possible to have lunch for under 60rmb per person (as we did). Warning - the bottle of water on each table costs an eye watering 48rmb! Don't be a sucker by opening it!
Went for a spot of lunch. Best pizza I've had in Kunming by some distance. In fact, one of the best pizzas I've ever had - quality ingredients, thin base, cooked to perfection. Sashimi salmon tasted very fresh and was well presented. The drinks are expensive, and one of the waiters was letting the side down by being a bit scruffy and impolite (hence not 5 stars), but definitely go and try the pizza.
Not bad. Pizza base was a little thick for my taste. Great selection of craft beers in the fridge, a few beers on tap, and well priced mixed drinks and cocktails. Staff were pleasant. A 14" pizza is the perfect size for two people, and very reasonably priced at 45-70RMB. Beware that the English menu, whilst written in perfect English, is not necessarily accurate. I ordered the 'local one' pizza expecting pepperoni and mango but got neither. The waitress explained that was a mistake on the menu. Would be nice if the menu corresponded with what you get on the plate! Hopefully this will get sorted.
Forecast for Kunming's next subway line: Wait and see
发布者Alex and Alien - I think you have the 2014 attacks to thank for that - they built the subway planning to use the south entrance, then decided for security reasons to have everyone enter through the north side. I agree that it totally sucks, having to walk for what seems like miles with your bags around the outside of the station.
Yunnan reveals extensive four-year aviation plan
发布者indeed, Geezer. What is needed is better use of the facilities already available. Kunming has a direct flight to Paris, great, but it's only twice a week so not that useful unless you are a flexible flier. If it was every other day, that would be more useful.
A brief history of Chinese Labor Day
发布者good little article Jordan
A ride to Chenghai Lake and the Yangtze River
发布者I see you went for the photo cliche of an old woman in a market. Still none the wiser how to go there, what you can do there, etc. Oh well...
Getting Away: Ten days of Bengali bedlam
发布者Great little article, very interesting