Forums > Living in Kunming > Advice on allergies - please help! Urine Therapy does work and I use this treatment during allergy season. Urine is great for itchy, watery eyes. I was suffering from a long bout of itchy eyes for several days. I used several eye drops from the pharmacy and paid from 6-30 Yuan for each bottle. I finally used one of the empty bottles and filled it with urine and the itching went away in minutes. Just make sure you use fresh urine in your eyes. Empty the bottle after use and rinse well. Refill with fresh urine when you need to use it again.
Forums > Living in Kunming > New Foreigner Street Is this a street or just one specific building?
This is very close to Jin Ding Temple which is located on the corner of Xue Fu Road + Jin Ding Road (#11 Jin Ding Road).
Forums > Living in Kunming > Kunmings dirty most character filled alleys Most people love routine and walk the same way to and from their destination. When I was temple hunting a few years back I found many of these back alley locations as I was searching for a temple. Most of the temples are not big or well known and they are built and maintained by the small community they serve. Most are small island villages that are now surrounded by large built up areas but if you dont step off the main road you will never find them.
Go to Huan Cheng South Road (Big Road) then turn into Yun Xing Road (Small road) and then find Yong Ning Road (alley). This is a busy little community with many people coming out at night. They set up a market in the street and you can barely walk because it is so busy. You will notice a large area has been demolished. Looks like Hiroshima after the bombing. There you will find a single building still standing - Qing Feng An - When I was there before the destruction began I was able to photograph the small sign you see on the doors of the old houses - Lao Ya Ying Village - Fu Hai Xiang - I was here just 2 days ago and previously in March 2013. I was told the temple will also be destroyed soon but it still remains today. Although much of Lao Ya Village has been destroyed a lot of the remaining village still remains.
Another great place is right behind the Yunnan Arts College. Although a brand new gate has been made for the college on Ke Ye Road, the original main gate is actually in an alley. This alley leads to a village that is still very active and has street markets.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Water Rationing I live in Xi Shan District and Never had a problem with water rationing or loss of pressure. I dont understand why people continue to live where they have these problems. It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
Kunming's bike share options: A user guide
发布者deposit of 99 yuan.. deposit is automatically returned upon each completed payment.
All the 99 yuan deposits can NOT make up for what I saw today during my 40 minute bus ride.
3 bikes which had the seat completely removed and 1 bike that had the from wheel removed.
Cost of repairs and cost of sending workers to do the repairs - Haha!
Kunming's bike share options: A user guide
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Kunming's bike share options: A user guide
发布者Can someone please tell me the meaning of OFO?
Kunming's bike share options: A user guide
发布者What did I see today?
Saw 2 OFO workers wearing yellow vests with letters OFO on the back repairing over a dozen bikes in a street corner near my house.
Saw 2 OFO bikes chained near the rear entrance of Wicker basket. Apparantly they are now OWNED by 2 workers there.
I predict that OFO will be out of business in 3 months. Once a person gets the combination to a bike, it becomes private property and the company can no longer get any revenue from that bike.
Kids are smart and have time and they knnow that people seldom turn the dial of the combination or they just turn the 2 center dials. Within a few minutes of fiddling with a lock anyone can usually get the combination at which time the bike becomes private property. This is why most of the bikes I see kids riding are the yellow OFO bikes.
With no GPS there is no way to track these bikes - Hehe!
Kunming's bike share options: A user guide
发布者I wonder how many people who have commented here have actually used this program here in Kunming.
Bikes used in other provinces or in other countries is NOT the same as here in Kunming.
Since the bikes are scattered everywhere and people are hiding the bikes so they can have sole use of it - how can any person find a bike to use. Unless one is willing to walk long distances and has already paid to be able to use all 3 types of bikes - this program is absolutely useless.
I caught a slumdog hiding a bike in my garden 2 days ago. I see plenty of bikes all over the city so there are plenty to choose from but hundreds of the bikes are intentioanlly hidden after use so they can be used at the doorstep the following day.
In my Resd Qtr I saw 3 bikes totally destroyed - 1 had a flat, other had rear wheel missing and other had handle bars bent. How does anyone bend handle bars unless it is done intentionally. This is just 2 months after the program has begun.
The bikes need to be put in a bike rack where they are easily accessible to all as is in many other civilized cities here in China like Gansu and Guangxi. I am sure there are others.