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No problems for me as of August 2013. Having USD and passport photos with you will definitely simplify things.
No problems for me as of August 2013. Having USD and passport photos with you will definitely simplify things.
As of late November, Metro was carrying bulk bags of whole nutmeg. Though it's probably more nutmeg than you'll use in a lifetime.
Double check Paul's, too. I could almost swear they have nutmeg there as well.
We'll be playing at Cacao this Friday around dinner time. Come for good Mexican food and a mix of Cuban/Irish songs and other tunes.
As a side note, the entrance to the consulate isn't particularly well marked. Go around the side of the building until you find 155号附1号, then go up to the 5th floor.
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Film Review: Shanren mini-doc Qike Ami
发布者Nice project, sounds great!
Interview: A farewell chat with Joost Meester
发布者Having been one of those amateur musicians, I gotta thank Joost for helping bring me into the music scene in KM. Wish I could be there for the party. Safe travels!
Snapshot: A laowai wedding in Kunming
发布者This is the best. Congratulations to the two of you!
Elephant poached for ivory in Xishuangbanna
发布者@nnoble The government has actually seemed to work pretty hard to protect elephants and other endangered species in Xishuangbanna. I'm not sure there are many places where poachers face the death penalty if caught, but China is one of them.
Anymore, the bigger problem I've read about is the encroachment of rubber and other cash crops on their habitats. I visited this area earlier this summer and talked to some farmers living in between two large nature reserves about the elephants. Apparently the elephants will regularly stroll into the villages, wreck houses, eat crops, and occasionally kill people. But in an effort to keep the farmers from killing the elephants, the government has set up an arrangement with a private insurance to compensate farmers for material losses.
China has a long way to go to dissuade people from purchasing ivory and other endangered animal products obtained elsewhere, and to prevent the trafficking of these goods into the country. But it seems that the policies in place to protect the 200-250 elephants living here are actually quite robust.
Interview: Ecologist Robbie Hart
发布者A twinge of envy doesn't even begin to describe it. I'm sure that the process of writing up grant proposals is a pain, but the payoff is eight months hiking through NW Yunnan doing research. What a great gig.