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@tigertiger: what do you mean by fresh foods not being safe here? I know about the fake eggs and all that, but other fresh produce should be ok, right?
@tigertiger: what do you mean by fresh foods not being safe here? I know about the fake eggs and all that, but other fresh produce should be ok, right?
@crazy.laowai: Thanks for the reply. My ex caught pneumonia a few years ago and it was nasty, keeping my fingers crossed I never get something severe here. Glad to hear you're better and also glad to know that Kunming pollution is much better(is there such a thing, better pollution?) than class 1 cities.d
@crazy.laowai: Not meaning to press into your health issue here, but is your lung condition a preexisting one before you arrive in Beijing or does it have something to do with the air in Beijing? Coughing out phlegm and black stuff is one thing(happened to me lots in India and Pakistan), but a hole in a lung is yet an entirely different matter.
Thanks for all the feedback and advice. The thing is maybe I've got too much expectation from Kunming. I've been a lurker on this site way before creating an account and have come away with the image of Kunming and Yunnan in general being a lot nicer than it is in reality. You sure cannot make out noise and pollution from all the beautiful pictures taken on this site and other travel guides and such.
Was out to Dali the last weekend, it seems like a good place, not bad for tourist town. The air is good, and walking up the mountain found some springs and the water is drinkable. Will be headed out to Lijiang and Shangrila soon to check them out.
Yup, the noise, it's hard to get used to. Lived in NYC for a couple years, but most day Kunming make NYC sound like a quiet village. The truck horns are the most annoying here. Just the other day, actually on the way back from Dali, on the highway between the old and new city, our taxi was on the median and a 16 wheeler came barrelling by and tooted it horn right in front of us, I swear my ears are still ringing. Isn't there a legal limit to the number of decibels you can have on a truck or car horn? And yes, there are plenty of annoying, high pitched horns as well. Guess I should start walking around with foamy earplugs .
I recently arrived in Kunming, and despite what I've been primed to expect before hand, I still finding the level of pollution, noise and general shoddiness unsettling. I've been to many 3rd world countries before, having stayed in Karachi for 4 months previously before returning to the States. Now I have a contract here for the next 2 years, and already the environmental, noise and water pollution is starting to kick my head in. I read recently about the risk of pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases you can pick up here just from breathing in the air, especially in the cities. How do you guys who have been here for a while cope? Ignoring it, pretend it's not there or does it just 'get better' after a while. Any info is appreciated. Xie xie.
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