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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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I 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.

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A reasonable choice of lumber that has improved over time. Fancy hardwoods like walnut, and mahogany are in abundance. There are some plywood and rubber-wood boards available. There are also some kiln dried imported softwoods and merbao available. Some of the lumber is very green, so look for the kiln dried if you need stable timbers.

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Echo everything said by others.
Breakfast great and the serve from 8am. Most other places say 9am and they still are not ready.
Sandwiches are cheap 22-32, and really packed full of filling. We got some sandwiches for a day out, the only mistake I made was ordering two, as this was too much. These are seriously good sangars, and they are wrapped in alu foil.

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In fairness to Metro, they are a wholesalers, and not really a supermarket. Hence the need for a card, which can be got around.

They have improved in the year I have been away. They now carry a more consistent range of imported foodstuffs and they also seem to have sorted out the mported milk supply.

They have a wider range of electrical appliances now, there is a coice of more than one toast. There is also a better range of seasonal non foods, like clothes, shoes, garden furniture and camping gear.