Canadians, Australians, and the Spanish didn't drop any bombs on Vietnam, yet I see them paying the same as US citizens.
If you read this, you can pretty much tell Vietnam's waiver policy is based primarily trade/investment and reciprocal, though having a pro uncle Ho policy helped the Scandinavians.
As to visa runs. Lots of old threads on GoK with info about them. Vietnam is closer but requires the expensive 380rmb visa. Laos is a longer bus ride and the border closes to foreigners by 5pm. A third option is crossing the land border in Shenzhen or just fly to HKG or BKK. Obviously, flying will cost more.
Put this in Gmaps. 24.91142,102.648852. You have to look at the green arrow and use sat imagery.
It's a small local temple with a superb view of the lake right outside it. No tourists ever make it there. It was very antiquated when I first found it, but has been remodeled since. I like these small out of the way temples with no active monks or even caretakers sometimes. Just a donation box for the candles and incense they leave out. Usually, the ones by water like this have a sea theme, but this one didn't much.
Exceedingly difficult to find or inaccessible or Google just has it plain wrong. I spent 30 minutes on a bike looking for trails to this temple. I asked the locals around the area for directions. Many had not heard of this temple, and one old woman pointed, but I was unable to find a route. There are no signs of any kind pointing to the temple, and it's not visible from any direction, even though I kept checking the gps and where it was on Gmaps. Gave up and finished my ride.
Oh wait, now I understand...I was like no way they do this kind of stuff for the environment in China. The original investors are going to cash out as part of the demolition; now that's more like China.
I'm amazed they are willing to tear down those nice stores for a river park. Sure, the stores pipes went right over the river, but that's not uncommon in China. Will have to agree, colossal waste of funds.
Stealing scooters at 11am on Wenlin Jie. Brazen thieves. I think a lone cop chasing them down is pretty impressive. They were no doubt armed with machetes. Probably the same group that knifed the civilian earlier.
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.
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.
Hekou's 600 million yuan "boondoggle"
发布者Oh wait, now I understand...I was like no way they do this kind of stuff for the environment in China. The original investors are going to cash out as part of the demolition; now that's more like China.
Hekou's 600 million yuan "boondoggle"
发布者I'm amazed they are willing to tear down those nice stores for a river park. Sure, the stores pipes went right over the river, but that's not uncommon in China. Will have to agree, colossal waste of funds.
Fundraiser: Helping out with impossible medical bills
发布者Quesadillas and some feel good charity, I'll be over soon. Come on GoK community, let's force them to use a really big box.
Record-setting turn-out at South Asia Expo
发布者"merely a weekend market" :)
Report: Kunming police fire shots on Wenlin Jie
发布者Stealing scooters at 11am on Wenlin Jie. Brazen thieves. I think a lone cop chasing them down is pretty impressive. They were no doubt armed with machetes. Probably the same group that knifed the civilian earlier.