Molasses seems to be everywhere, easier to buy than brown sugar. Walmart has it as well as Carrefour. Also can probably find it where ever your local farmers market is.

Waffle maker is available from Taobao or Amazon.cn I got a Philips brand from Amazon.cn, came with waffle, grill, and sandwich plates (switchable). Very happy with it!

Anyone here actually tried the Aipu internet service? What do you think?

Have you tried the 4M service? Is it any faster than the 2M service when visiting overseas (esp USA based) websites?

Is it DSL (phone line into modem) or a straight broadband jack?

Thinking of switching in the next few weeks since its cheaper...

Thanks

It's a long trip by land, made longer by the fact that they're doing road work on the way to Dali. I usually take the night bus which is about a 14 hour journey right now. Tickets are about ¥200 and you leave from the west long distance bus station near majie.

The fast way is to fly up there. Takes about 50 minutes.

The Compass Cafe serves up the best western breakfast I've ever had in China. And the Noah Inn has nice clean rooms if you need a place to stay.

Better to buy in the States. It will be much cheaper.

If you can't wait though there are a few places where you can get the real thing for sure (There's even an Apple store near jingmafang)

Quite right, my mistake. Mingdao clearly said it was a 3GS. Thanks bucko.