unless you are authoritarian or facistic or both

tend to agree, most buffets poor value unles you gonna pig out. intercontinental hotel 360rmb and you only get one beer. even cheap buffets are 150 up. you could get several meals for that if you eat normal dishes.

so that is why google is banned ;-)

if you ever lived near dama you will know how grud damn annouying the constant din is no small matter. even the chin governent has raised the issue. as they got richer some of them are now carting around large mobile sound ssytems with built in amps with wheels. we can hear them from 300 yards away over the background noise of the city. turned up to 11 and distortion levels. if you live in the same quad it is hell. can't sleep, can't think sometimes. glad we have now moved.

stone forest is a long journey, make sure you can get back in time for evening flight. busses can be late, allow for transfer time from kunming bus station to airport, especially if taking evening traffic. or check on regularity of busses from bus station to airport.