I've been hearing that the Chinese government is going to change Visa regulations. I am currently trying to re-register, does anybody know what is going on?
I've come to depend on peer to peer downloads for music and movies and suddenly yesterday, the bit torrent download didn't function. Are these things getting censored like rapidshare and megaupload a couple of years ago?
I've used the BoC cards with the unionpay, but the ATM will charge about 2% fee, it worked Nha Trang, Hanoi, Saigon, Hue.
Pu Zhe Hei (next to Quibei) is much easier to reach than Dali/Lijiang and less developed.
You can use a Chinese bank card in Vietnam: Hanoi, Nha Trang, Dalat, Saigon or else go to the Bank of China in Kunming and change your RMB for dollars if you don't like taking the 2% on ATM fees in Vietnam. Since the Chinese is importing so many dollars from their trade surplus, they no longer care about surrendering RMB for dollars.
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Hiking in Lijiang: Dry River Valley
Posted byI've taken this path, well worth checking out if you go to Lijiang. It's a long walk to the trailhead, or use a 4 wheel drive to get there. But do it if you have the chance, everybody likes the spiritual quality of the mountains.
Allez! The Tour de France comes to Yunnan
Posted by115 kilometers is a bit short, usually stages for the Tour de France run around 180 to 200 kilometers. But it would be worthwhile (expense-wise) to have a chance to ride a bike around Yuxi without being hassled by traffic, which is by far the most unpleasant part of riding a bike.
Interview: Professor John Israel
Posted byI briefly met John about 10 years ago, the story of Lianda College was an important event in during the war against Japan.
A tale of countryside drinking in Yunnan, or How I killed all the fish
Posted byIt's good to be open minded and friendly, but the drinking was excessive.
Exploring Yunnan's Wenshan Prefecture in the 1990s
Posted byI lived in Wenshan for a year 2009-2010: Local minority tribes would gather at the town center and play cards, play music, dance, and sell various herbs and vegetables every night. Now living in Lijiang, that no longer happens, it just seemed life was more public then, now people are less inclined to socialize in public.