Forums > Travel Yunnan > Renting a car at Mohanzhen for travel in Sipsongpanna We have hired taxis for 500rmb per day for 4 pax, but that was 4 years ago and gas has gone up.
We told the driver the furthest destination, and said we expected to visit a few places on the way.
If you have an itinerary, get it translated into Mandarin. You then have something to negotiate with.
Put do go to the railway station as you will have a better choice of cab drivers and are less likely to bet gouged.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Skype 5.3 I used the link in @Heinz posting, and I accessed a skype 4.x version. No problems accessing. No problems using.
www.oldversion.com/Skype.html
Forums > Living in Kunming > Skype 5.3 My concern was also the possibility of monitoring, not that I have anything to hide.
You also don't know what other add-ons there might be, apart from filtering.
Paranoid? Yes.
Trust Chinese vendors? No.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Skype 5.3 Hi Heinz
You are right it does work. Perhaps they are just trying to push 5.x.
Thanks for the link, it got me around the tomtom garbage
Again big thanks
Forums > Living in Kunming > WARNING QINGLAI SCHOOL MILE I don't think flengs wants to work in Qinglai School again.
To be totally honest.
Kunming residents contend with high gravesite prices
发布者Antinatalist
I guess that is what you call Buddhism with a Chinese face.
Getting away: Changchong Mountain
发布者Blobbles, if there are not trees, you may be able to make out farmers routes on Google Earth. You can sometimes.
If you have personal GPS you could also check progress by pre-defining lat-long from Google Earth before you leave home and write them on a print out.
Just an idea.