Even if your husband gets work at the Academy of Sciences, it will be a pay cut of 90% with just average lab conditions even with new lab building.
If you just want them to spend some time in Kunming, just send them every summer with you included. I assume the UK still has summer vacation?
@Dazzer. Your right. I missed his last line where he says it's first hand.
The OP did state he specifically wanted a first hand account regarding a Chinese wife + travel to Europe. As far as I can tell, only Xiefei's reply was that specific.
Heating water with electricity instead of solar doubled my electric bill. Unless you live in one of those company retirement complexes with subsidized rates. I don't, but like you, didn't have too much of a choice except go electric.
No one thinks it's creepy Matt chose to use an alias like marcus chen and use faux chinglish?
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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.
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.