Forums > Living in Kunming > Couch surfing in Kunming @zhudan
ever done couch-surfing?
I did it a few times. It's a little bit like crashing on you buddies sofa after a tough night out.
Most couch-surfers, actually do couch-surfing not for budget reasons but because it is and adventure, you meet local people and you can share the things you actually can share.
Also it depends on the host as well.
I had good hosts and all the surfers, gave gifts, bought food, hell one even filled the hosts fridge, top to bottom, which moved the host because the surfer remembered the hosts favourite beer brand.
Are there jerks and freeloaders around but you can prevent yourself from them by using couch-surfing sites, where hosts and guests are rated.
Plus it's something for people who have an open mind, to these things. So, if you have a 500,000 Euro condo with designer furniture, maybe you should let CS'ers in. But if you are open minded and enjoy meeting strangers and give them a place to crash, why not?
Also, keep in mind that the most expensive part of travelling is the fares for tickets and hotels. And these are not realistic prices, nobody can tell me that a standard single bedroom stay, per night, in [outskirts]London....of 100-200 pounds [normal for a hotel in summer] is justified.
Thats a month`s rent in some European cities. Or a stay at a 5 star hotel in Asia.
Plus, CS it is actually the traditional way of travelling, in medieval times or even up to the 19th century, people crashed in guesthouses, or people's homes,- offering a wooden floor, for a small gift, or token of appreciation. Since guesthouses and hotels were for the wealthy.
Chinese village turns to mass divorce in face of impending demolition
Posted by@alien
My grandparents were rather poor. My parents are walking into poverty, after retirement and they would benefit financially from a divorce and still, ...they are not.
-"Anyway, legal marriage certificates are only legal arrangements."-
I know you must defend everything Chinese, but what does that even mean?
There aren't religious weddings for most Chinese beyond a feast and celebrations, no exchange of vows,etc.
So what's left, after the legal marriage, which by the way is all that defines a Chinese marriage,officially?
Is it justified that they try to milk the rich and powerful? Hell yeah!
Is it still greedy? Hell yeah!
Who says Chinese aren't romantic?...lol
Chinese village turns to mass divorce in face of impending demolition
Posted by@Dan
Still,...
They will get houses in the wirst spots of Chenggong, that the real estate company couldn't sell otherwise.
I wouldn't just divorce for a little bit of property.
If you want to protest against those powers, I could of other more effective ways.
But it's a good selling strategy. Showing the real estate or factory owners; "Hey, we only care about money, here cash in our marriage certificate,since we don't value anything. Now give us a second house....See, powerful owners, we are exactly like you."
Foreign airlines seek expansion into China's second-tier markets
Posted by@Dazzer
On the spot!!!
Of course Changshui and Kunming will f**k it up.What don't they f-up.
The demand is already there. Even as a hub to shorten trips to other Asian places. But what I heard is, that fees are too high in Kunming, unless you are a Chinese airline. So they'd rather fly to Chengdu or Guangzhou. Actually, Kunming is so stupid, Wuhan figured that one out and is already planning to snatch possible routes from Kunming.
I am so looking forward to, on who Kunming will blame it on. Probably Japanese or foreigners in general....lol
Chinese village turns to mass divorce in face of impending demolition
Posted byIt's sad that people throw away 45 years of marriage for a little bit of money. It shows where the value is. Chinese society is so superior. It's 5000 years old ...lol
Kunming now has more than 200 earthquake "shelters"
Posted byThey sounds less like shelters but more like gathering or concentration hot spots for after the earthquake. For the few people surviving collapsing buildings due to bad constuctions.
I heard there is only one building, made to whitstand a magnitude. The Fudian Bank building at zhenyi fang. Code dictates to build quake safe houses but they are more expensive, so many construction companies choose to bribe over using more steel. Like 2008 in Sichuan.
Don't know if I'd bother, after surviving the collapse of our house, to walk a few kilometers to see other people being equally ignored by emergency services.
I can't imagine how Kunming would handle an earthquake, remembering the fog disaster at the airport . lol