It took five years for the Canton Fair to fill up. That only happened due to the prestigious history of the Canton Fair, excellent trade show management, and Guangzhou's continuous dedication to funneling resources to the Pazhou area. Kunming's new Dianchi centre will be 15 years old before a Kunming to Singapore line is operational, assuming they start laying down track tomorrow.
Kunming is a landlocked non-manufacturing hub with no rail connection to any country. That reality vs what I rode by doesn't mesh.
I rode by this place today. It's a construction site still. Rebar showing from unfinished pavilions. No concrete parking lot.
There is nothing within 1km of the place. No hotels, restaurants, or shops. I didn't see a bus coming any direction. I assume they are going to have a special shuttle or attendance is going to drop. It's probably too far for most ebikes without a charge inbetween to get there and back.
The pavilions are ridiculously big. If I were an exhibitor, I'd bring a microwave and my own box lunch. Services inside will probably suck and have lines. Also, nothing but a gas station to drive to nearby and a tiny college street.
Erji road is finished. Very easy long drive. Ends near this monstrosity.
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.
Exploring the other side of the ocean photo exhibit opens at Kunming Museum
发布者Sounds interesting given the West on East and vice versa. Hopefully it won't just all be landscapes but with mixes of city/town life.
Community outreach effort hopes to save rare Yunnan orchids
发布者I like how they involve the local villagers in replanting the orchids. That goes a long way.
Yunnan railway from hell to take at least five more years
发布者Interesting story. Shows the professionalism of the Chinese diggers.
Yunnan's capital scrambles as 'Civilized Kunming' audit looms
发布者Well, they did fix a lot of potholes and repaved whole streets that were all cracks, so some permanent good did come of this.
Hand-cycling across China for spinal cord injury awareness
发布者Really impressive effort on all fronts.