There are clean hotel rooms for 50/rmb per night in Dali. That may be an option for short to medium term. It will also be more secure, as I know expats places have been a target for local thieves.
Cheap hotel might be a place to start looking for something else.
Employment. There was a place in Dali advertising for 'teachers wanted' a day or so ago. Part time only, and so it may suit you.
Best advice I was given. Go out and ride a bike everyday for at least 6 months to understand the Chinese traffic behavior. This behaviour is often outside the law, kinda the law of the wheeled jungle. Then move up to powered transport.
Ebikes not too bad as the basic ones don't go fast enough to get you into a lot of trouble.
Everything else is down to machine control, and observation and anticipation. If you really want I can help with this, once you have a bike, I used to be a motorcycle driving instructor in the UK.
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I am not sure of the regs. I think that bikes under 50cc may not be classed as moto. They are allowed inside the inner ring road, and may not need a full moto licence.
If this is correct, and you are just wanting to be able to do longer journeys, a sub 50cc LPG machine may be an option.
However, the motorbike shop should know all the pertinent regs, and where/how to get a licence if you need one.
A co-worker in Shanghai, was stopped during a 'clamp down' on unregistered/uninsured motorbikes (no DL=uninsured).
He got 10 days in jail, you don't need to go to court for this.
His visa had cancelled written on it in red pen, which has no legal standing. However, no lawyers would touch his case.
He was deported.
He was unlucky that there was a clampdown, he had always gotten away with an on the spot 'fine' before.
I think I read somewhere that there is a clampdown this month.
Went to the bank t'other day (CMB) and got a new debit card with microchip. I assume these are rolling out across all banks in China.
If you are worried about security, it might be an idea to replace your cards now that the new pin and chip cards are available.
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Great to know it is no longer dry.
Good review BTW
This has moved.
The cut flowers are about 700m east on Duonan Jie. The plants and trees are about 700 m west and follow Duocai Section.
A reasonable choice of lumber that has improved over time. Fancy hardwoods like walnut, and mahogany are in abundance. There are some plywood and rubber-wood boards available. There are also some kiln dried imported softwoods and merbao available. Some of the lumber is very green, so look for the kiln dried if you need stable timbers.
Echo everything said by others.
Breakfast great and the serve from 8am. Most other places say 9am and they still are not ready.
Sandwiches are cheap 22-32, and really packed full of filling. We got some sandwiches for a day out, the only mistake I made was ordering two, as this was too much. These are seriously good sangars, and they are wrapped in alu foil.
In fairness to Metro, they are a wholesalers, and not really a supermarket. Hence the need for a card, which can be got around.
They have improved in the year I have been away. They now carry a more consistent range of imported foodstuffs and they also seem to have sorted out the mported milk supply.
They have a wider range of electrical appliances now, there is a coice of more than one toast. There is also a better range of seasonal non foods, like clothes, shoes, garden furniture and camping gear.
Welcome to the new GoKunming!
发布者Great changes.
Thanks to the GoK team, all.
Yunnan reopens 13 international border crossings
发布者Ah! but what do they mean by "non-residents of Yunnan"? This sounds like Chinese nationals not resident in Yunnan. Which would allow non-locals to cross these borders.
This would not include foreigners.
As for the number, 13 re-open, when some were not closed. That is typical of the way things often get reported in some parts of the world. Like the list of 700 universities was published and China had x number in the 'TOP 700 world ranked universities'.
Kunming to monetize street vendor chaos
发布者Yes, I think Alex has a point. In Hangzhou (and other cities I have visited) it is organised. The vendors have a table and the tables are in clearly defined rows (some streets 4 rows, wider parts 6 rows). The pedestrians can navigate through the night markets.
The big advantage of tables is that you don't get the sprawl across the pavement, and there are clear walkthroughs. The other thing is that there are no people selling out of the trunk of the car, this alone takes up a lot of room.
Outside Sal's a few months back there was a problem, because there was no way to get onto the sidewalk to park a bike. Putting aside the rights and wrongs of who did what, it was the over abundance of street vendors that was the root cause.
Kunming to monetize street vendor chaos
发布者And all to be 'policed', and ID checks by chengguan.
Now there is a money making opportunity if ever there was one.
Rumors swirl as Shanghai football club eyes Kunming
发布者For the people who run clubs in S.America and Europe it is all about the love of the 'beautiful game'. Somehow I think in Asia it is all about the love of filthy lucre.