Thank you for your comment JanJal, but tipping is not the topic of this thread. I would rather avoid this thread went off on a different subject.
@michael2015 Thank you very much, that very nice of you to say. I will send you a PM.
@Mike4g_air Not quite the problem I had, in my case in particular, the Chinese partner treated me in a professional and respectful manner, he was actually rather nice; it was the Spanish woman who behaved like a lunatic.
@Dazzer Actually... that's not entirely fair. As far as I know, Chinese people are actually OK tippers, at least for drivers and guides. That being said, I didn't work with Chinese people, so I can't talk from personal experience. The people I worked with were mostly from Spain, but also Latin America, and many of them were truly nice people, and they were very happy with me, but they just didn't have a clue because no one told them that they should tip, and the tip was not included in the price of their trip.
Doesn't matter any more, I am in Cambodia working as a volunteer in an NGO for a few months, while looking for a new job for later, not in China, hopefully on board a ship.
Which is why I needed a reference letter to justify my experience of the past five years...
You are right, no hay remedio. But if this thread can keep someone else out of trouble, or help them negotiate better conditions, I just think it should be out there.
Plus, ranting can be very satisfying ;-)
Complaining about Spanish people??? Hahaha, well, I'm Mexican, I suppose I could give it a go...
But no, just complaining about the way that particular Spanish woman treated me while I worked for her, and hoping no one else ends up in the same mess as me.
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Cozy, easy going bar with good tap beer and yummy things to eat (onion cake and plum crumble are my favorites), close the other places in the hongshan area. A nice alternative, give it a try.
Btw, it is on xuefulu, between la Boulange and Mojito Bar (aka between jianshelu and honshandonglu).
Life in Kunming: Studying Chinese in the Spring City
Posted byIt does sounds like a veiled ad... I was drawn to the article because it sounded like something interesting could come out of it, like how do people even find kunming, why they want to study Chinese (other than feeling polite and politically correct), what do people do when they are done studying, how do they decide they are done studying, or something.
Instead, it's just... meh.
Divine Prototypes: The natural terraces of Baishuitai
Posted byThere's also some really cool similar formations in Mexico:
journeywonders.com/petrified-waterfalls-oaxaca/
Tourist arrest in Yunnan underscores larger national problem
Posted byEuh... just a tiny detail: both articles about the Kenya incident state that it was the (Chinese) tour guide who stabbed the (Chinese) tourists.
Not that I defend Chinese tourists that behave badly, but in this particular article they were not the culprits.
A first-timer's view of Lijiang
Posted byIgnore the grumpy trolls... I liked your article, and I agree with you, Lijiang is beautiful. Next time you go, add to your list Yuhu, the town is tiny but really pretty, and you can walk I ride on the skirts of the jade dragon mountain.
Apple concludes massive Chinese marketing scheme
Posted by"Apple Director of International Marketing Maria MANZANA", hahaha, yeah, that was subtle...