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Forums > Living in Kunming > KMG WeChat Groups?

I don't have an answer sorry, but you could try to start your own group, and see who gets back to you, if no other group is currently active.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Trekking Gear Stores..WeChat gps. Trekking Yunnan

Ref gear. I now buy most of it online. Even footwear, as most vendors will do exchanges. The problem with the shops is that they were often overpriced and the quality was not good, and often gear was not genuine.

I was organizing a camping trip for a school a few years ago and found everything needed online, including water tablets.

Buying from TMall and flagship stores is pretty safe these days, and probably safer than buying from local stores, sadly.
Decathlon also has a reasonable selection of gear in the larger stores, including boots. I see that there are two branches in Chengdu.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Transferring money into China

In the past in China there was a regulation, that a percentage of every domestic development had to be commercial units, and another percentage for public areas. I am not sure if those regulations still stand. This is one reason for a surplus of commercial units in places where they are not needed. There is a logic however, as it prevents large housing developments with no shops or other facilities. Several developments like this in the same district would lead to whole areas being serviceless. This is a problem with some large modern housing developments in the UK. Planning permission for large developments in the UK has a requirement for services and other public facilities now.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Transferring money into China

When we looked at renting a commercial property in Kunming a few years ago, we looked at property in Xishan district, outside of the inner ring road, and we only looked for small privately owned units; not the big developments like Nanya or Aegean.

We looked at about 30 units, in different areas from Dianchi Weichen, to smaller residential areas. We looked at prop of different age, level of decoration, and in some cases disrepair. We looked at what might be considered areas of high footfall, and dead areas. All of the properties that were for rent had one thing in common, the rent sqm/mth was the same. That would suggest some outside factor was at play. One can only guess what that might have been. It might have been government guidance, it might have been some real estate trade association fixing a suggested price. The latter suggestion would perhaps fix owner's expectations. I have noticed a culture that if things are undersold (or perceived to be) the general focus of comments is on the money you 'should be' getting. These comments will come from family and friends who are all 'experts' in money matters.
One other thing we did find in our search, that may explain runs of empty commercial units in mixed developments, a lot of it was never sold and it kind of has no owner other than the real estate developer. In one development we were told that there was an agreement with owners of domestic units not to develop the commercial units underneath their homes. In the case in question, the commercial units were on the ground floor of low rise (6-7 floors) blocks.

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Taiyangneng (solar heating systems) can be wasteful but need not be. Ours has a small wind driven pump on the roof that constantly circulates the water around the house, so that there is always hot water throughout the system, close to every tap.

@ Blobbles,
I agree, the train to the US would not be that great. A journey for enthusiasts perhaps.

Look at Chinese travelers today, who takes the 2-3 day journeys now? Those without the means to pay for another choice. I do not see it being a feasible link for business travelers.

Rail links to the US would be useful for freight trains, but they will not be doing 300kph in the foreseeable future.

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The cut flowers are about 700m east on Duonan Jie. The plants and trees are about 700 m west and follow Duocai Section.

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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.