Forums > Living in Kunming > Ban on smoking starts May 1st So, has anyone seen even the slightest difference since the beginning of this month? Interestingly, I spoke to a Kunming Judge and he said the "May 1st non-smoking" thing was not a law, but a government recommendation, which carries little or no weight. But he said that all restaurants in Kunming have been made aware of it. I've seen no difference at all though, sadly. Some very selfish/ignorant people out there...
Forums > Travel Yunnan > indian visa And Chiang Mai, for what it's worth....
Forums > Living in Kunming > White tree trunks It's always been a msytery to me too, but last week I asked an English speaking lady whose large business does "city-based horticulutre" in Kunming and elsewhere. As others have said, she confirmed it was a form of insecticide, but widely acknowledged to be pointless and unnecessary, expecially in cities. However, she pointed out that it provided cheap employment for unskilled labour and "some things in China are more troublesome to stop than to allow to continue". Indeed. Wise words!
Forums > Living in Kunming > Ban on smoking starts May 1st Maybe this is something the Chengguan "police" could enforce, rather than beating up old ladies with carts?
Forums > Travel Yunnan > Day trips - where to go I'm a big fan of GuanDu old town. An easy drive away (SE Kunming area) and lots of places to park. It's pedestrianised, it has a nice park, two old towers (well, one older than the other), a stupa, 2-3 temples and the "world-famous" baba to eat. Best of all, you hardly see any foreigners there and (for now at least) the locals seem kind and curious rather than greedy and jaded. Worth a day trip, I reckon.
Recipe: Seaweed, ginseng and sage root soup
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Wiki sourced or not, it's hardly a controversial sentence...!
Getting Away: Hani Long Street Feast
Posted byLooks and sounds fantastic. Wow.
Recipe: Seaweed, ginseng and sage root soup
Posted byHmmm... a link to a website whose mission statement includes:
"The necessity of teaching mankind not to take drugs and medicines, is a duty incumbent upon all...."
Wiki is more balanced:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmaceutical_drug
"Drugs can be extracted from natural products (pharmacognosy) or synthesized through chemical processes..."
Recipe: Seaweed, ginseng and sage root soup
Posted bySorry, I'd rather be ill...
Jianshui: southern Yunnan's cultural gem
Posted byYes, it's open to the paying public as a hotel. I stayed there a couple of nights 2 years ago when my UK parents were visiting.