If a couple of hundred million people have the same habit, that's culture. If that culture keeps on for 20 years, then that's tradition. Feel free to substitute any numbers that pop in your head. What's all this about again?
Welcome back Matt.
Just so you know, Lee Kum Kee is made in Guangdong province, but so was this tablet I'm typing with.
Overland, it's a 22 hour train ride from Guangzhou, assuming zero delays. Soft sleeper costs like almost 600rmb each one way, and you might not even get tickets as it's a high season fight for those even.
1200 roundtrip airfare during high season? You better press book before price goes up or availability drops to less than 6. Those taxes and fuel charge suck though, but it's the same everywhere alas.
It's rained on me every time I have visited Lijiang. Mostly at night, but at times all day. It is the rainy season right now, so all of Yunnan is under a rain / thunderstorms forecast. I recall enough nice days there that I don't think Lijiang qualifies for perpetual clouds and no sun. But it's probably awful cold in the winter, especially in a Chinese apartment with no insulation or central heating.
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Never gotten sick once at Sals. Their food is TexMex, so yeah, not authentic Mexican food, but pretty authentic as TexMex goes. Burrito wrap has improved a lot. Like the draft beer option now.
If you haven't had dairy products in a while, and do eat here, best forgo the sour cream. Nothing wrong with it, in fact it's the best sour cream in Kunming, but if you've eaten Chinese for month or months with no dairy intake, your system will react to sour cream or probably any liquid dairy product not so well. Maybe that's what happened with nailer and tallamerican.
Update:
It's now 5 working days for regular processing. So I submitted my application a bit before 5pm on a Friday and was told to pick it up next week Friday after 5pm.
Cost is now 400rmb for a single 30 day entry. Or that was what I was charged anyways. There are no posted prices and its cash only with no receipt except for your passport pickup. That's like $65 USD.
You can pay another 150rmb for 2 day or 100rmb for 3 day processing. For 400rmb, they should process it in three days like they used to before, but now you'd pay 500rmb. The office is still like deserted most of the time, so why does it take longer now and cost extra. If you opted for 2 day, thats like $90 usd. All other neighboring countries charge like $25usd.
The rest of and cope review is still good for hours and location.
Far out, less people. Big enough to get lost in. Pretty and quiet near dusk. 20yuan entrance fee.
Like everyone else says, best Indian food in Kunming. They have lunch plates and dinner plates. Show up before 1pm for lunch.
They are on the 4th floor of the half empty shopping mall. Best way is too take the elevator past the KFC around the corner from Starbucks.
Most individual dishes can feed only two hungry guys, so order more if you are starving. Naan order can take care of one only.
Five stars for the food. Go with Yereth's recommendations, plus any vegetable the waitress says is fresh.
Beware that Xue Fu lu is one way, so many taxis have to take a roundabout way to get here.
Yuxi begins experiment as one of China's 'Sponge Cities'
发布者Those are some big names Yuxi got designated with. Sounds like a worthwhile use of funds.
Larung Gar: Sichuan's extraordinary Buddhist retreat
发布者Great article. Never knew this place existed. And thumbs up photos.
Yunnan's "largest illegal animal smuggling ring" broken up
发布者Is it a crime if the TCM practitioner has the dead parts of endangered species or prescribes them for an ailment?
We're number 2! China releases "livable cities" index
发布者Tough to beat Qingdao. That cheap fresh draft beer is an unfair advantage on the happiness index!
Wrongful murder conviction spawns US$1.45 million lawsuit
发布者Props to her lawyer for being able to secure a retrial and getting her exonerated. Also, I am impressed that the Yunnan High Court chose a 17 year old (at time) housekeeper from a poor background over local police and prosecutors. Too bad her civil suit has to go to the court that wrongly convicted her.
The original case would be over ten years old now. That's a lifetime ago at China pace. Very unlikely they kept DNA evidence and since they did an all out effort on her, probably very little other suspects questioned or witness statements.