Forums > Living in Kunming > Changing CNY to $$$ Bridge. I am sure you have been to this area before. It is about a 40 minute walk from where you are. At Ren Min Middle Road turn onto Dong Feng Road and reach the end to nanping Jie - There is a big plaza and you can not miss the big Bank of China.
These women earn a small profit from changing money and they do not want to ruin their business by passing counterfit notes. I tried changing money in the bank once and took nearly an hour. The women outside the bank will change money is less than 5 minutes. They only speak one phare in English - Change Money.
Ignore the comment made by Alien - this is NOT where you change money. Let me summarize what Alien previously wrote -I don't know the differences but my impression is that exchange rates don't vary much, so anyplace is okay, at least if you want US$.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Changing CNY to $$$ www.gokunming.com/en/forums/thread/12146/exchange_money
Bus 82, 84 - Nanping Jie. Read the thread I provided with more specific directions. I have never been cheated by these women and their rates are much better than inside the bank. I have exchanged, RMB, Laos Kip, Vietnam Dong, Euros, and Dollars.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Is GoKunming mashed up for you? Yes, the forum and classifieds and comments box on the lower right side keeps changing and old threads are popping up - if you try to open one of them it opens a new page and brings you to some old stuff.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Salt - Old Towns in Yunnan Bao Feng is very nice and it is also the hometown of Dong Ze - the founder of Yunnan University. Lots of history for those who have interest. 3 small children gave a us a tour of the old town and then the father of one of the girls gave us a ride to a nearby covered bridge - Great experience!
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There are 24 sights to see in Nuodeng - I will complete my list next time I visit.
1 SI HE YUAN – 多台院落
2 POCKET SIZE SI HE YUAN – 袖珍小院
3 5 DROPS SI HE YUAN – 五滴水四合院
4 JIN SHI'S FAMILY CARVING – 进士家雕
5 DRAGON + PHOENIX WOODEN ARCHWAY – 腾蛟起凤木牌坊
6 DRAGON KING'S TEMPLE – 卤脉龙王
7 SITE OF YAMEN – 提举司衙门
8 LONGEVITY PALACE – 万寿宫
9 SALT BUREAU – 盐街盐局
10 GONGYE'S HOME – 贡爷家风
11 TAOIST PRIEST PLATFORM – 道长月台
12 HOUSES ON NORTH HILL – 北山重楼
13 HOUSES ON EAST RIVER – 河东民居
14 CONFUCIAN TEMPLE – 文庙秋阳
15 YUHUANG PAVILION – 玉皇阁
Forums > Living in Kunming > Orthodontist www.gokunming.com/en/forums/thread/1226/orthodontal_dental_care - They have been recommended (many times) for a long time with positive reviews by many foreigners who have used their services.
www.gokunming.com/en/listings/item/280/huiying_dental_clinic - Phone number is still the same.
Kunming's bike share options: A user guide
发布者deposit of 99 yuan.. deposit is automatically returned upon each completed payment.
All the 99 yuan deposits can NOT make up for what I saw today during my 40 minute bus ride.
3 bikes which had the seat completely removed and 1 bike that had the from wheel removed.
Cost of repairs and cost of sending workers to do the repairs - Haha!
Kunming's bike share options: A user guide
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Kunming's bike share options: A user guide
发布者Can someone please tell me the meaning of OFO?
Kunming's bike share options: A user guide
发布者What did I see today?
Saw 2 OFO workers wearing yellow vests with letters OFO on the back repairing over a dozen bikes in a street corner near my house.
Saw 2 OFO bikes chained near the rear entrance of Wicker basket. Apparantly they are now OWNED by 2 workers there.
I predict that OFO will be out of business in 3 months. Once a person gets the combination to a bike, it becomes private property and the company can no longer get any revenue from that bike.
Kids are smart and have time and they knnow that people seldom turn the dial of the combination or they just turn the 2 center dials. Within a few minutes of fiddling with a lock anyone can usually get the combination at which time the bike becomes private property. This is why most of the bikes I see kids riding are the yellow OFO bikes.
With no GPS there is no way to track these bikes - Hehe!
Kunming's bike share options: A user guide
发布者I wonder how many people who have commented here have actually used this program here in Kunming.
Bikes used in other provinces or in other countries is NOT the same as here in Kunming.
Since the bikes are scattered everywhere and people are hiding the bikes so they can have sole use of it - how can any person find a bike to use. Unless one is willing to walk long distances and has already paid to be able to use all 3 types of bikes - this program is absolutely useless.
I caught a slumdog hiding a bike in my garden 2 days ago. I see plenty of bikes all over the city so there are plenty to choose from but hundreds of the bikes are intentioanlly hidden after use so they can be used at the doorstep the following day.
In my Resd Qtr I saw 3 bikes totally destroyed - 1 had a flat, other had rear wheel missing and other had handle bars bent. How does anyone bend handle bars unless it is done intentionally. This is just 2 months after the program has begun.
The bikes need to be put in a bike rack where they are easily accessible to all as is in many other civilized cities here in China like Gansu and Guangxi. I am sure there are others.