Buy a cheap netbook if money is your main concern. It will be heavier than a tablet and so will it's power brick and cable. Make sure you don't get stuck with a power cable requiring a grounded 3 prong. If you're hauling your kit around a lot even an extra 1.5 lbs begins to suck. But the netbook will do everything you require. If you buy a used netbook, good chance you will require a new battery to achieve 3-4 hours.
However, an ipad/mini or asus tablet (google nexus are made by asus too) either with bluetooth keyboard is the real way to go as many have posted prior. But that costs significantly more.
The 2nd floor looks very very very very unused. I don't doubt some foreigners of some countries could get china voa's there, but it's not the vast majority of travelers entering from SE Asia.
"I have a Bank of America account in the US and heard that wires to CCB are free. Is that still true?"
Wires are not free between the two banks, but as someone mentioned you won't be charged a fee when you use your Bank of America card at CCB atm or crs machine. However, I noticed it's dropped to 1000rmb per withdrawal now, but you can just keep requesting 1000rmb till you hit some other kind of limit.
CCB is almost everywhere in China, except very rural one road towns.
Regarding the roads, my impression was the opposite. I left Vientiane for VV via bus and found the road ok. From VV to Luang Prabang the road was quite miserable.
Nothing better than floating down the river with some of your friends; however, avoid the bar with the giant concrete slide. A Swiss guy drowned last year after using the slide, and it's cause innumerable other injuries to party-goers. Also, the tube doesn't make up for not being a good swimmer.
Very happy that poor kids are getting a free meal at school...Very sad they are forced to eat spoiled food at times.
I think the children should be given 3rmb food vouchers to be spent with the local chefs and vendors outside the school. No more troubles for the schools to operate a kitchen, and the children can decide with their pocketbook (aka vouchers) which vendors food tastes best. If no food vendors can make decent food for 3rmb per child, then the gov't knows why the schools are forced to use rotten stuff at times.
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.
Snapshot: Grand Canyon of the East
发布者I think you guys went back for the food! Man that last picture is making me hungry.
Getting Away: Vang Vieng
发布者Regarding the roads, my impression was the opposite. I left Vientiane for VV via bus and found the road ok. From VV to Luang Prabang the road was quite miserable.
Nothing better than floating down the river with some of your friends; however, avoid the bar with the giant concrete slide. A Swiss guy drowned last year after using the slide, and it's cause innumerable other injuries to party-goers. Also, the tube doesn't make up for not being a good swimmer.
Safety concerns plague national school lunch program
发布者Very happy that poor kids are getting a free meal at school...Very sad they are forced to eat spoiled food at times.
I think the children should be given 3rmb food vouchers to be spent with the local chefs and vendors outside the school. No more troubles for the schools to operate a kitchen, and the children can decide with their pocketbook (aka vouchers) which vendors food tastes best. If no food vendors can make decent food for 3rmb per child, then the gov't knows why the schools are forced to use rotten stuff at times.
First-hand account: Setting up a guesthouse in Xishuangbanna
发布者Has The Balcony Guesthouse opened for business? Would be very curious if there was an update to the article, which was excellent reading.