For the seven years have lived outside USA and 6 of those in China have used magic jack. You can buy in Target or Walmart stores. You pick a USA phone number and you can use your phone or computer to make or receive phone calls anywhere you have internet. You also get voice mail for your phone number, and text messaging, plus many extras. Cost has went up a little but around $30 a year.
Wicker basket for years good bakery
Maybe they thought Scouser was fricken Dennis Rodman.
My experience was typical for Nanning but never remember ever happening in Kunming.
Maybe reason announced enforcement so far in advance is to get feedback from businesses and people as to negative impact. Party does not want to give people another reason to be angry.
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Great western dinner at a reasonable price. The salad bar is a wonderful bonus if you order a dinner meal. I like to get their early just after 5, then salad bar is especially fresh and full of all the selections. Staff are my favorite in Kunming. They are friendly and attentive, but not over bearing. Give you menu and then give you time to make a selection.
Recently i wrote a review that after eating beef burritos at Salvadors i ended up with a bad stomach ache and the last time a case of severe diarrhea. It was commented later that maybe the sour cream was a factor, and that may be true. My only dairy is milk in my coffee and i have noticed i sometimes end up with a stomach ache after drinking 2-3 cups in the morning. I make my own sour cream for tacos i make at home and will have to pay more attention to how that affects me in the future.
Metro has many things i cannot find other places, but i still find it a frustrating place to shop sometimes. Seem to frequently be out of things. For example their was very little fresh meat to choose from and actually they were out of many things and i was their just after lunch. They had no loaves of toasting bread and could not tell my wife when they would be getting more in. In looking at the fresh date on Hormel ham it had expired in September. However for first time i was able to shop all the aisles. Not filled with merchandise to be stocked or fork lifts.
To all those expecting an authentic Irish Pub come on we are after all living in China. I have eaten there several times and the burger is still the best in Kunming in my opinion. Staff is friendly and attentive to your needs. Place is not perfect but what is in CHina. Owners have been wonderful in opening up early for special events like the US Super Bowl.
Went for Pizza special tonight. Had the Barbeque chicken and it was very good. Also enjoyed an exceptionally large order of French Fries. Everything was good tonight and owners where not there.
Yunnan official publicly proposes increased transparency
Posted byWas amazed on our trip to Dali and Lijiang last fall how many Toyota SUV's,BMW's, and Mercedes we saw on the road. My wife kept saying many had military or government plates and then would see them later and often entire families would pile out.
Around Town: Lianhuachi Park
Posted byVery nice park and very few people even during this holiday week. Much smaller than Green Lake park and maybe why less people. Would much rather walk in this park or sit on a bench than deal with traffic around green lake.
Fracking comes to Southwest China
Posted byHate to say it, but i think environmental issues are going to take a back seat on this one, the demand for oil now will override the long term environmental issues. Oil fracking is a more expensive process for extracting oil and the only hope to slow or stop it would be for world oil prices to drop and make it cost prohibitive. With the large oil reserves in the USA and the opportunity to be oil independent in the future I do not see Obama or future leaders in the usa allowing oil prices to drop enough to stop this process. Oil fracking has turned the state of North Dakota from a bust state not that long ago into a boom state with low taxes and one of the lowest umemployment rates in the world. In several cities in the boom area Walmart, Sears, Mcdonalds, etc. are paying 15 usd an hour which is double most other areas of the usa. It is a great place for anyone to get a job if you are lucky enough to find a place to live.
Battered women's shelter opens in Kunming
Posted byi had heard that chinese women had by far the highest rate of suicide of any country in the world. Something like a suicide every 18 seconds.
Kunming new home sales plunge
Posted byIt would be interesting to see what percentage of the new home costs could be attributed to the property cost / property tax developers have to pay to cities like Kunming. If housing development slows way down how are chinese cities going to survive financially?