@tigertiger - The prices are eye-watering but DHL do the job. Check out www.parcel2go.com
before you book elsewhere. Even parcels sent via the Post Office can be tracked inside China via www.trackingmore.com
but obviously the PO would be too slow in your case.
Registration and insurance are already requirements in other cities like Lijiang for example. Of course, not everyone follows the rules but those who choose to ride without registration or insurance in Lijiang are taking a big risk... even if they don't ever get into an accident, I have seen the routine bike stops and confiscations. I don't know of any other cities yet where ebike riders need a license yet but it would solve a few problems. In bigger cities like Shanghai the solution to gaps in the law has simply been to ban anything that’s not clearly an ebike or bicycle from the bike lanes. Most of these rules are not new and this might end up as just another attempt to enforce them and I doubt they will succeed in the long term.
Another option used to be to enter via the Lowu border crossing (Shenzhen). I wonder if that has changed too?! Zhuhai/Macau was also possible in theory but even back then I was told that 'it might not be as easy'.
From www.theguardian.com/[...]
'either parked haphazardly by careless users or stacked by local security guards...'
My money is on the city management doing this. Sad. Locally one issue seems to be people parking them inside their xiaoqu or even in their apartment. Some idiots are also modifying them (changing the pedals for clipless ones) or simply removing parts so that the bike will still be there for their ride home. On the bright side I have heard of car park guards stopping people from putting them in paid parking.
I've only used mobike. you can register with your passport (just upload 2 pics of yourself and the passport). you can pay via Alipay or wechat. find a bike with the app (PM me and I can send you a link via wechat). scan the QR code on the bike to ride it and lock it manually at the end. oh... you need to provide a 299rmb refundable deposit.
a lovely place to stay with great views of Yulong xueshan (JadeDragon snow mountain) from the roof! Beautifully decorated and hosts that make you feel like family. A million miles better than most other places locally. I can't recommend this place enough.
i thought i'd give this place another try as my usual place was closed today. even though there is now more choice, i was not impressed by the menu. they do have an apparently good range of coffees for up to 80 kuai but even a basic latte is Y26 now. the drinks were OK but nothing special and certainly not worth the money. the place looked somehow cleaner too and was certainly busier! why have so many of the cafes in this area decided that it's fine to raise their prices by so much (in some cases almost double)? i doubt i'll be going back. the 2 stars are because it was just OK and they've obviously made some effort.
not a bad selection of stuff and some of the staff obviously know their way around a bike. however, the 'special' prices for foreigners and the fact that some of the staff will use a big hammer to fix anything keeps me from going back. you could do better.
I won't go there again. The yoghurt is tasty and the curries are usually ok (they seem to vary in quality depending on the day and time). What really annoys me is the fact that they can't comprehend that I order dishes to eat TOGETHER... if my curry arrives 30 minutes after all the other dishes it's not really acceptable. Then again, neither is the 1 hour wait for the rest of the food or the incorrect dishes being sent. By the way, why can't I sit on the 3rd floor until both of the other floors are packed full? Has it never occurred to them that I might want a quiet meal and, after all, I am paying for it!
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Getting Away: Yunnan's eerie Wumao Earth Forest
Posted byDoes anyone have any advice on the best time of year to visit?
Getting Away: Yunnan's eerie Wumao Earth Forest
Posted byThanks Jonas... great article. Like Alien, I'd never realised that it was this interesting. I'll be making my way there soon!
Kunming to put 45,000 public use bikes on roads
Posted byFrom www.theguardian.com/[...]
'either parked haphazardly by careless users or stacked by local security guards...'
My money is on the city management doing this. Sad. Locally one issue seems to be people parking them inside their xiaoqu or even in their apartment. Some idiots are also modifying them (changing the pedals for clipless ones) or simply removing parts so that the bike will still be there for their ride home. On the bright side I have heard of car park guards stopping people from putting them in paid parking.
Kunming to put 45,000 public use bikes on roads
Posted byI've only used mobike. you can register with your passport (just upload 2 pics of yourself and the passport). you can pay via Alipay or wechat. find a bike with the app (PM me and I can send you a link via wechat). scan the QR code on the bike to ride it and lock it manually at the end. oh... you need to provide a 299rmb refundable deposit.
2016: The Year in Review, part I
Posted byOh, you've changed it to 2016.
How about...
'a strike strike among Lijiang vendors'.
Is that a strike against strikes?