Forums > Living in Kunming > Getting a chinese driving license Does a D also cover cars?
I know that the theory test is different for bike licences.
On the matter of ownership. We bought a car last year, but it could not be registered in my name as I am not a Chinese national. It is registered in my wife's name. The insurance is also in her name, but in China it is the vehicle that is insured (for all drivers) and not for just named drivers.
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Forums > Living in Kunming > Breakfast, nightsnack and massage @aum
Yes I meant NE and you have the place you mentioned.
Ref massage. I have never had a relaxing Chinese massage. They are always painful, I think it is par for the course. I have never seen what is termed Swedish massage, which is gentle manipulation, in China. I have never tried Thai massage, but I think I have seen this in Kunming.
There is a Russian guy who goes by the name of Roman who may be studying Chinese massage, but is also a practitioner of other massage. However, I am not sure of his contact details.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Breakfast, nightsnack and massage DongFengDong Lu and BaiTa Lu.
On the very corner, tucked almost under the foot bridge on the NW corner is a 24 hour restaurant that is always busy with locals.
2-300m on East on DFDLu on the N side is the Camelia Hotel. They have a legit massage business attached.
There also used to be a blind woman (with her elderly brother as minder) doing upper body massage on the pavement outside on a wooden chair. This was in the evenings.
Forums > Food & Drink > Wasteful Business Lunches The culture of giving face through extravagance is probably learnt at home. You see this extravagance at festivals where there is almost no limit on the number of dishes prepared. However, at home the dishes will all be eaten eventually.
Family/friends meals at restaurants can be the same (but not so OTT), and at the end of the meal the DaBao (doggy bag) comes into play.
At business meals it is about face, and you cannot use DaBao.
I guess (could be wrong) that the food is recycled by some very happy pigs. In the past when there were fewer of these meals the staff may well have finished off the food.
Chinese bishop, excommunicated by Vatican, ordains new priests
Posted byHey, stop bashing religion.
Just bash the Bishop.
Mystery man posing as Beijing official in Yunnan
Posted byThis has been done in the past. But usually the perp does this for monetary gain. Unless he was building up to do this, but was rumbled first.
Lijiang blaze destroys old town businesses
Posted byI have seen the tiny fire pumps/engines in Lijiang, I have no idea how many there are, probably only two (just in case). There is a dedicated firehouse at one of the gates to the old city. The mini engines are like the mini road sweepers on Haigeng Daba. About 1.5 m wide. The are basically just a pump on wheels, they carry no water, and I assume pump from the streams that follow the streets.
I imagine if there are many people there, navigating the streets would be difficult. And a wheeled vehicle could not take the routes that have steps.
As Alex said, it could have been much worse.
Big brother hampers number one
Posted byBut not all males and females will.
Official suspended after epic Kunming airport tantrum
Posted byIntersting that they say "... MAY face criminal charges".