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Forums > Travel Yunnan > credit cards

While what Shyam is correct about B of A being the easiest way to get money from the US it is not free.

You are charged a 1% fee for each transaction. So whatever amount you are receiving in Rmb is 1% less than the current exchange rate between B of A and CCB.

So it is not "free".

It is, however, the best and least expensive way I have found to get cash from the US to China.

Credit card transactions can be charged an added fee for currency fluctuations in addition to whatever standard charges they may have.

Banking in Rmb is the least expensive way to go and the Rmb is growing stronger so any money in Rmb is likely to appreciate more than the US$. I believe I just read it has appreciated over 2% in the last year which is quite good.

mPRin said he is charged £3 but that is most likely the minimum charge and likely to go higher for higher amounts. The banks like to make money coming and going but they never take a loss...

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Forums > Living in Kunming > New visa mindbenders!

I heard a story... that they might ask you for criminal record clearance certificates from every country that you have ever lived in. Clearly an impossibility. And they would only have your current passport to guide their knowledge of which countries those may have been unless one was foolish enough to disclose more info... don't!

Fortunately my school handles this for me. You all have my sympathy. Hope it gets sorted out or becomes less complicated.

Or if the island crisis escalates maybe we're all persona non grata

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Reaching Subway Line 1 to South Bus Station

Thanks. It looks very far on the map. I can't find accurate info on Google or on the web and I'm not too sure about the buses. I don't want a 2 hour bus ride and a friend is arriving about 9 or 10pm by bus from Laos but it's so far I think I'll send him the Hanzi for my address and talk to the cab driver if he needs help.

Guess he will have to take a taxi as the buses would be tai ma fan.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Reaching Subway Line 1 to South Bus Station

I've tried looking on Google Maps and used the maps on this site but finding the buses is rather confusing.

Has anyone traveled from Wenlin Jie (general area) to the South Bus Station? I need to find the bus route or else I'll take a cab.

It looks that the Metro Line #1 goes directly to the South Bus Station and so I'm looking for buses from Dianmian da dao or Dong Feng Dong Lu area to the closest end of the new Metro line.

Any help?
Thanks!

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Kunming city road washers must suspend washing the roads when the temperatures fall below 0.

Up until now they have been completely unaware of their ability to create icy roads by spraying water when temperatures are below freezing.

How can we ask the local officials to make this change? I can't speak Chinese and this is could be a serious problem not only in Kunming but in other areas.

While the snow has gone the cold continues. What is most dismaying is the continued water washing of the city roads while morning temperatures are -5 or more degrees below 0.

I'm just surprised there haven't been horrendous vehicle accidents caused by ice forming from the road washing.

It would be much safer if the road washing were discontinued during these sub freezing temperatures. Rush hour traffic is bad enough without ice....

Do we have any factual information on the fog problem? Is it worse in December? January? Is it related to cold temps or some specific weather pattern?

I missed a Beijing flight last December because of fog. My 9:50am flight to Beijing was delayed until noon but we did get out that day. Because of that experience I was thinking I could expect to make it out of Kunming late and then get lodged in a hotel in Beijing when I miss my connection to SFO but if they are shutting the airport down for a full day then all bets are off.

If this is a reoccurring problem I wonder how it will play out. You could have fog for several days...

You can take off in fog a lot more easily than landing so air traffic controllers can allow planes on the ground to leave. Of course if your plane has to arrive here from somewhere else and is not on the ground already in the morning that is no help.

An Asiana flight had a bad crash in San Francisco earlier this year but that was strictly pilot error and with no fog.

Maybe I'm just a laowai but I find the street vendors to be a nuisance, unregulated and often quite rude.

One of the problems with Kunming is the complete chaos of parking motorbikes and cars everywhere and these vendors who block the sidewalks and make pedestrian traffic very slow and difficult, and sometimes dangerous for pedestrians.

The vendors with the audio speakers that blast their price over and over I find completely obnoxious. Most Chinese people that I have talked to about this also don't like the noise but they put up with it because it is so common.

I empathize with their need to make a living but there should be some equal regulation and not just in some areas of the city. It should not be allowed to obstruct vehicle traffic, especially when the customers have to walk in the street between buses, cars and bikes with the vendors safely on the sidelines.

Hong Shan Dong Lu is completely paralyzed by these vendors.

I suppose this is a rant but I would like to see some order to the chaos. I suppose I'm crazy to believe it could be different but I do.

I'm in the states right now. Anyone know if the flooding reached Hong Shan Dong Lu?

I don't suppose there there any flood maps or elevation maps that show which areas are lowest in Kunming?

Anybody know where the flooding occurred in Wuhua?

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Slice of Heaven has some nice food, its very clean and comfortable and the staff try very hard to please. I can understand Barbara is trying to run a business and it's her right to set the pricing. A large pizza for 20 quai was a bargain for sure. Obviously it was not a money maker without other sales. Anyone can be brisk from time to time but generally I think it's a good place.

I don't drink alcohol at all and was surprised that the place was 1/2 empty on a Friday night. The change in policy reflects a decent establishment trying to stay in business. We should support this nice little respite.