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Forums > Travel Yunnan > China Train Ticket Booking

You can't really "book" train tickets very far in advance. Last time I checked what normally happens is you buy the ticket from an agent, and then at most a few weeks prior they buy the tickets and send them to wherever you are at the time. The story seems that train tickets can only be bought at the location of departure, and usually not very far in advanced.

It's been a while since I've taken a train so it might have changed. But in general during big holidays even if you "booked" your tickets with a travel agent it's no guarantee you will get that ticket.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Solar Energy

Solar water heaters are quite common throughout the rest of China. I don't know where they first became popular though.

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If you use more than so much a month they double the rate. I believe the it's 10 "units" where each unit is 10,000 l, but I'm not sure. You can go look at the water bills posted and see that those who use more than 10 units a month are much more than others.

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So why don't they test the products at the source, or at least the lake water? I guess speculating is more fun, not to mention safer for the reporters anyways.

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The rainy season usually doesn't start until about July or August.

There were a couple of days we ran out of water in the afternoon/evening this month, but it hasn't happened since. I live near Yunnan Yingxia on Chuanjin Lu.

The management said Kunming only has about 50% of the water it needs. I've heard as low as 30%.

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The forum looks nice, but could the topics aren't well organised. The main site definitely needs a more organised layout.

Overall the English isn't too bad, but there are some articles that could use an editor. Any reason why you just don't hire an editor?

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Cheese tasted great. Much better than other pizza joints.

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Excellent salad bar. Hamburgers are usually ok. The fancier dishes were a little lacking.

Giving it a 4 stars for the salad bar. If you were going there for "fine dining" then probably best to go somewhere else.

The store also has some nice imported food(though obviously Metro is cheaper for some things). The freshly baked goods are nice too.

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Seems to be pretty hit or miss. First time I went there the pizza and hamburgers were great. 2nd time the pizza was terrible, and the hamburger was ok. 3rd time the pizza was ok, but people were smoking inside by the time we left. Guess the no smoking policy is not enforced.

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Not bad. Pretty much what you would expect, but expensive for China.

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Expensive, but decent bread. Other places are better, but not bad if you're in a hurry.