Yogaden -louanne,
we are in Zhongdian on a little break from Kunming, but I just sent you a reply email.
Thanks tigertiger for explaining to her how to get in touch. We got a bit busy just before we left last nite
Yogaden.....you signed you name louanne and are from AK. Are you from Juneau???? If yes, contact me.
In the last 10 days two 1-800 U.S. numbers I have easily and more recently regularly called via skype are mysteriously no longer accessible. I only get a recording that the lines are over loaded or something to that affect and to try again later. I have tried daily for a week at different times, but no luck. I have had no problems for the last 4 years with either number.
These are to my financial institution and my email provider. I am stumped. Any thoughts where the hiccup might be? Can China interfere with the completion of a call via skype? Like put a permanent block on it? Might skype want to cash in on the calls and deny access to force me to pay for the calls instead? Anyone else having similar trouble?
This is simply great news. We did this trip...Kunming-Shenzhen-The Luohu Port building-metro to HK a year ago last July, and the leg from Shenzhen airport to Luohu we did via taxi and about 100 yuan bill. So glad the Shenzhen side metro is now done. We are headed back in early December for a short week. This info is soooo helpful. thanks especially to aiyaryarr!
gordonsanders and Greginchina,
I just went to 12vpn's webpage, ( 12vpn.com/ ) and it says currently not available in China. How did you get it and how are you using it then???
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Getting Away: Tengchong
Posted byI would have to agree with Mimane's post above that we too did not care for our visit to Tengchong (and surrounding areas of interest) that much. We also went during Qingming Jie and basically my impression was of an (even by China's new pricey standards) over priced area in the midst of renovations and new construction so as to be able to charge even more in the future.
To date, we have been to a lot of places around Yunnan, and I really was looking forward to Tengchong, but it fell far short of what I was expecting (based on what I had read about), unlike any other trip we have taken.
One exception was the volcano park which was interesting and not overly priced and allowed a fair amount of hiking up to, around and within these extinct cones.
And in response to Danmairen, one now does need to pay the 80 kuai entrance fee to Heshun even if one is staying overnight at one of the guesthouses. But save your money till the construction work there is finished as the tiny alleys are filled with exhaust belching motor vehicles bringing in construction site materials from morning till nite. And unfortunately the prices of most anything there, food to whatever made Lijiang look cheap.
Having said all that, I would like to comment that I thought Chris Horton's article was well written, informative and perhaps had we accompanied him and his group of travellors, we might have seen a different side than we did.