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@zhudan
I respect your patience, with that friend of yours.
If it would have been me, I dunno if I could have been so supportive for so long. Especially if he started complaining.

But alien is right, there are for sure some real CS d*cks, feeling entitled and such, but most, like your wives friend, respect a good host.

We had a few CS'ers at our house and they have been, all really nice. I have to say, though, they were friends-of-friends-of-friends-of-friends, maybe that makes a difference, as well.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > 12345 - Mayor's Hotline

@alien
I agree, nobody is saying things have to change overnight.

But Kunming is complaining and struggling with water problems, for around 10 years, but in the meantime only more and more, of tropical and exotic fauna is planted. More water is being consumed and wasted, and it seems no [or too little] measures to work against it, have been made. Except handing the problems, of the lack of management to the citizen whom have to deal with it.
Ten years seems to be a long enough time to make a change, even a little one.

But instead we get a waterfall park. Which even by evaporation of the falling water, on sunny days,cannot be helpful.

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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.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > 12345 - Mayor's Hotline

@alien
I disagree there. Water rationing is just and effort to control the symptoms. The city has to lose a little face and get rid on some of the wasteful items, tropical plant, that need daily watering. Also the waterfall park, should be assessed, on how much water it's wasting.

It cannot be, that the richest country on the planet, in a city with more or less, predictable rain seasons, and enough water, and reservoirs is wasting the water, so that the citizens have to ration water. In preference of some tropical flowers planted along the city streets, and only car owners, and bus passengers can enjoy.

There is enough water, if manged well. There are cities and places with much more water problems than Kunming, and they managed to fix the problem, by prioritizing.

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What you are talking about vicar, and alien are so called gateway drugs.

Most gateway drugs must have a strong physical addiction potential, or because they are extremely easy to get. And most important it depends on when you are starting with substances which could lead to addiction.
And then number one gateway drug[s] are alcohol and tobacco.

As most kids experiment with these two early on, then the way is paved.

Weed comes in [usually] at a later age, at which you should have already physically and psychologically learned, how to say no.

Otherwise, how is it that states with open cannabis laws, have a lower addiction rate for harder drugs?

In my opinion alcohol and nicotine are the worst of all drugs and gateway drugs.

If you are talking crime, then legalizing the ones that do less harm than the legal drugs, is a necessary step.

Tax alcohol 300%, tobacco 800% and state grown cannabis, peyote, mushrooms at Value Added Tax and 300% if it's blended in with tobacco. And you will see, less barfights, domestic violence, rape, murder, drug sales, vs. increases in consumption of cartoons and animations, boosting the snacks industry, music awareness, camping, et cetera. Lol

Alcohol is a nerve toxin. THC isn't.

In general people wanna get high, always get high.

Is there any person ever getting robbed for weed? The purse snatching story is more in the line of alcohol, meth or crack.

The best way is to stay away form any substances that alter your state of mind, ...if you can.

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War on drugs has always failed and will always fail.
Humans are crazy about getting high, for whatever reasons.

It's just about choosing your drug.

Sport, coffee, tea, alcohol, chocolate, tobacco, sex, talking crap in forums and chat lines, there is nothing people can't get addicted to.

And people will always get high if they want to.

So decriminalizing, prevention, education is the way to go.
State controlled outlets for drugs, addicts get free and clean needles, and check ups for typical drug fiend diseases.

Holland has worked fine, and so are Canada, and most of the states in the US, as far as you can say over the short period of time.

The judicial system get's relieved over something it cannot stop anyway.
Taking care of the hard drug users and addicts, and education and prevention from the taxes on legal drugs, and you have a good chance to succeed.

China is playing USA in the 1980's, a few crop incentives won't help, while people are being thrown in jail over smoking a bit of pot, or taking XTC. But hopefully they will see the stupidity of it.

@vicar
It's incorrect weed or soft drugs don't lead to addiction or demand for harder drugs.
It's an individual problem, some people take heroin, once and never feel like taking drugs again. Some drink a few drinks and soon are hitting it hard.

There is no rule or solution for personal addiction.

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Great! Thanks for putting it up.

Do they also accept scooter and e-bike parts?

I mean not through Salvador, perhaps. I guess they wouldn't like their café to be an 'old scooter storage'.

But since every idiot is hailing Tesla's and e-mobility, and forgetting that they riding toxic waste and mountains of carbon fumes around, it would be worth knowing how to at least get rid of the old batteries and e-parts,....-properly!

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I don't have much sympathy for the shop owners. I agree with Haali, Mike and Tiger.

They sell cheap taobao, crap for up to 500% its value, most stuff has nothing to do with Lijiang and 5 drum shops on 200meters of road is a bit overkill.

None of the stuff ever sold in China, is by customer demand. Some Dongbei bloke, thinks Lijiang needs fake African drums, and shiny toy drones, so they open 60 shops in the old town, because they have money. And think the more annoying, loud and screamy advertisement you have the more people buy.

All others investors, due to lack of creativity, will open shops with the exact same product, in 30 shops of their own, in Chinese, then it's called cultural preservation. No shop owner in Lijiang is local. The locals all rent out, cause they can make tons of money. They don't give a crap. If you own property in the old town, you are rich.

Lijiang and Dali = greed, from all sides.

The tourists buy the crap that is offered, cos they have no idea, what is local culture....hence China not having any real culture left, after the Revolution....

So welcome to Yunnan Disneyland.

For all I care, charge 500RMB each time you enter the old town, 1000RMB if you must.
Let the shops go out of business, I rather see a run down but original old town, than that freak show.

I don't go there anyway, I rather go to small village guesthouses, in the area, and spend my money on hiking, good local food and relaxation, rather then squeezing through million of tourists, on roads that are barely big enough to let squirrels pass.

Lijiang and Dali were once really beautiful spots. Now they are just money laundering and cash mills. The real China is never found in touristy old town.

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@scally
The article is great and thanks for putting it back into the view of the public. Yeah that girl and her lawyer, really have balls, to go against the people convicting her.

But these people don't like to be messed with. They will probably put her against bars again.

But I hope they also try to find the murderer, otherwise there is still a babykiller on the loose. See Steven Avery.

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Sorry this probably belongs into the forum section...But just to clarify and thanks to overrated reviews I went to CC with high expectations to get some delicacies, I wanted to surprise my wife with a delicacy and there was absolutely nothing that Parkson, Metro or Carrefour don't have.I don't like Chorizo so there has to be more than just that to make me give 5 stars.Plus I already gave them 3 stars, for the very positive things I experienced.There are no products that other shops don't offer, except if their products are home made but I didn't see any labels stating it's organic or home made.For the cold cuts I found as well as the cheeses are all (or most) available at other stores.I didn't know that they make sandwiches and I will give that a try especially knowing that Sandra is involved in the making which usually leads to a yummy tummy.But again as delicacy shop it's very unimpressive and as stated before I believe it will get better. So I am not bashing it but trying to help the owners to give some ideas not just applause because I like Sandra's food...which I do.So I recommend to give realistic reviews. 5 stars just because you like one item there will just disappoint potential CC patrons that are not going for Sandwiches or Chorizo.It's a shop with tons of potential and I will come back to try the Sandwich and see what else they will have in future. But giving more than 3 stars for what I saw wouldn't be fair.

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I went there and all the fake Ikea (furniture) items were almost twice as much as the originals at Ikea. The fixing guys are good but as mentioned above at least need a week or two to drill 4 holes in the wall.

The little knick knacks are ok and reasonably priced. For real furniture, I wouldn't buy there. Better and cheaper options available. But good for cheap and nice decorations and accessories.

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I practiced there for a few weeks but unforntunately I had to stop, due to relocation.
It's a good school but what I didn't like was the Martial Arts blend between traditional kungfu and modern wushu, similar to the Henan one.
But I still like it for the good exercise, staff and classmates.

I am not sure if there are actually some real kungfu monks, so if you are looking for the full martial package, you might get disappointed, as almost anywhere in China.

Be aware that practice is not in the temple but in a kungfu school one block away

That said, it is in my opinion the best choice in Kunming to practice the closest to real martial arts (besides taiji). And it's very reasonably priced.