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Forums > Living in Kunming > What is wrong with Metro Market?

In recent month the quality of Metro Supermarket on Beijing Lu has significantly droped. A lot of items seem to be out of stock for most of the time and some of their staff seem to be not interested in their customers anymore at all. The other day I bought a piece of pork. It may as well have been packed that same day as it stated on the sticker, but for how long has this meat been lying around somewhere in their freezer before packing it??? I do not know but when I unpacked it at home to put it in the fridge it already smelled accordingly.... They did not seem to be surprised at all when I returned the meat, they just gave me the money back as this was the most normal thing in the world. I am wondering if someone has made the same observation.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Chinese driver's license

Hi Swedish Guy,
Here is my experience of 2 years ago when I took the test. You can do the test in English on a computer. In my case for the test I had to go to a new, big police station in the eastern part of Kunming. I think it was bus 148 (not sure anymore). A book to study is hard to come by. You can call Ten West school on Beijing Lu (next to Carrefour) 13759190098 for a class. He will explain to you in English the most important questions and you can study the book for as long as you want. He will also tell you what to bring for the test. I think I paid him about 500 RMB if I remember right. You can take the test twice in a row per day. If you fail, you just go back the next day. You need 90 point out of hundred. Some questions are quite strange though.....and the answers even more strange. But I hear that you can do the test also in the city somewhere...maybe somebody knows more about that... Good luck.

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Forums > Travel Yunnan > Enough is enough!

It would be time for the Yunnan Tourism authority to look into the extraorbitant entrance fees to some of their so called AAAA(AA!?) Tourist attractions! It is indeed getting rediculous and the local authorities should be ashamed of themselves. In Feilaisi they are getting now as far as building a Berlin-Style Wall so tourists are not supposed to see the Meili Xueshan anymore and have to pay to get onto their platform in order to view the mountain! Another example is Puzhehei in the southern Yunnan province. Now the entrance fee there shot up to 160 Yuan per person. I would not mind if these entrance fees would somehow benefit the local population. But no: instead the locals are beeing striped of their land in order to build the usual oversized parking lot and reception centre. (The farmers are getting paid 200 Yuan/Mu/Year) for "renting" their land to the local authorities. Furthermore a local horse-cart driver earns 5 Kuai per per tourist he transports in his cart from the tourist company that runs Puthehei. I am sure that there are more examples like this. Some entrance fees mysteriously double overnight - just like that! Last year one had to pay 50 Kuai to get into the 3 River World Heritage Site in the Nujiang Valley - this year it doubled - without any trace of an upgrade of the local infrastructure or investment. I sincerely hope that the 3 proposed sites for an UNESCO World Heritage status in Yunnan will not get an approval - otherwise we have to get ready for yet another three 200 Yuan scams!

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I predict that Chinas turn for the World Cup will be in 2026. Until then their National Team will hopefully be less corrupt. (I mean: out of 1.3 billion people they can't find 11 good players....??) So far the only things they copied from other countries football leagues is the spitting, complaining and the "rolling endlessly on the ground" after a foul. However, I am confident that China will have a competitive team by 2026!

Hei Philou,
What does the advertisement for this so called Ecotourism travel company has to do with the article? What alternatives do you actually offer in relation to the topic? Maybe we should start a discussion about what the currently so popular words Ecotourism and Ecolodges mean in the first place. As a Ecotourism Company you should actually be in favour of entrance/preservation fees!

I had to wait for 7 hours for a flight from Kunming to Lijiang with Shanghai Airlines 2 month ago. The official explanation was also "due to bad weather". My friend who waited for me in Lijiang confirmed me that the weather was perfetly fine in Lijiang at the time. Therefore it was a lie. From the Shanghai Airlines staff was nobody around - no information, no food - nothing. Only when the people started to beat up the poor guy behind the small desk at the gate, somebody from the Management (or so it seemed) showed up and some food was served. A kind of an "interesting" experience for a foreigner....

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I love that place! Their food selection is getting better and better. Today they had a great selection of different cheeses. Ok, I could not buy them all but the one I did buy was really delicious. There is also a choice of cold cuts, ham, bacon and imported steaks....Hope they can get more of these Christmas cookies! 5 Stars!

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What happened to that place? Went there quite regularly in the past for their Amber Beer and a Burger. Went there last week again. The Amber they did not have available and the burger was – lets put it nice – disgusting! I ordered a Cheeseburger. After 30 Minutes I reminded the "waiter" about my "missing" Cheeseburger. Another 15 Minutes later I got a Burger with no Cheese but with cold fries and a huge leaf of lettuce almost the size of the plate. (Seems to me that the oversized leaf of lettuce was to camouflage the fact that there was no cheese available). The Burger went back to the kitchen. After one minute (!) I got the same burger with the same cold fries......but they added a scoop of deep-frozen kind of thing they call cheese on top......sorry guys- but never again. Not even for your life music or the Amber.

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I love that place. But what is preventing them to have that delicius bread ready every day at about the same time? Seems to be different every day. Went there 4 times in a row and came back empty handed everytime.....(went to French Cafe instead). Yesterday I asked the girl WHEN the bread will be ready and she said she didn't now. There is a thing called A TELEPHONE where one could actually call the boss and ask..... I'll try one last time though.

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I agree entirely with prd34. I stayed there for one night only, and that was enough. The rooms are very damp and cold. Furthermore the quality of food they serve can be improved. Really nothing special. The staff was helpful and friendly but we could not get a smile off the owner's face.