not sure about the maiden flight from HK to London but a friend of mine had a delay of nearly 24 hours at Gatwick airport for an Oasis flight the other way.

My apologies, absolutely did not mean it in a pejorative way... we're working on limiting our coffee intake in the future.

Who are you calling eccentric! It's a job ad on behalf of a friend. No need to make it headline news with that sort of intro.

Still stuck in Beijing, but I wish I could get back for this... anyone going? Let us know how it goes?

Nice one! I found some eye drops in Kunming whose usage was only recomended when "the eye fucks the eye". This one was just a silly translation but don't must Chinese translators know that "fuck" is a dirty word?

damn! that's a lot of dams... i was tickled to see in an earlier water-related GoKunming post that the Yunnan University Asia International River Center chief scientist is named He Daming...

Its Chinese name is "shi gu gu".

still don't understand but whatever. check out these pics:
Photo Album: Kunming new airport
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You are correct: 21 km to the airport and 160 square km Airport Economic Zone. Sorry, my last post was unclear.

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ok chris, so where did read about the distance of the airport from kunming? 21 km sounds reasonable, just wanna make sure where it willl be.
I don't think they refer to the airport eco zone:
"an Airport Economic Zone that covers about 160 square kilometers will also be built." that's what i read there...

The China Hospitality News site is referring to the Airport Economic Zone.

"with a construction area of 21 square kilometers", it says on China Hospitality News. Where is the mistake?

nice shot of the honeyman. seriously, do a whole entry on him. he is a legend.

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