Forums > Living in Kunming > Finding a mountain bike on a budget Here are two in classifieds. www.gokunming.com/[...] Don't know the brand.
And
www.gokunming.com/en/classifieds/item/58974/misc-for-sale
690 rmb. This is a Merida, which is an OK German brand. I have been abusing my Merida (different model) for over 5 years now.
Both these should be suitable for daily commuting, bumping down kerbs, and pot holes. Much cheaper, you can use the extra money for something else.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Finding a mountain bike on a budget I suppose the two big questions are, what are you going to do with it and what is your budget?
Will it be mostly commuting, or road riding, with some soft-roading? Will it be riding around in the hills on dirt tracks? Will there be furious downhill riding?
Forums > Living in Kunming > Civilized Kunming I don't think the civilized city designation is in anyway connected to the tier system, but I stand to be corrected.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Civilized Kunming Tier 1 is more of an economic measure. I was surprised that Suzhou is tier one, as the place is pretty small.
Forums > Study > Where to study in Yunnan The main names you see you here are Keats, Huayang, and another I can't recall. They are all much of a muchness. Remember that they all pretty much have the same business model, and they all compete with each other, so that their prices and class sizes will be similar. If you have already studied Chinese you will probably have a preference for teaching style. It might be worth explaining your ideal, or what you prefer not to have, then you may get information from a recent student.
One other thing to consider is cost of living, and style of living. It helps if you can rent somewhere convenient to the school at an affordable price.
Dali Vs Kunming is a wider question. One key thing to consider is that Dali no longer has much of the quiet mountain city vibe. It is now a quaint but fully blown tourist
town. With all of the modern trappings of bijou stores and even some high end retail. Lots of crowds all year round. You are more likely to locals see you as a tourist (cash cow) than a novelty (also can get annoying).
Kunming is much more of a modern city and has become more international in the years I have been here. It is a bit like Shanghai was 15 years ago.
One final note, this has been discussed a lot on this site over the last few years. A search would help a lot. The search engine on this site is not ideal, try a google search using the following text
site:gokunming.com subject
The subject being your search term, e.g. 'huayang'
Venerable foreigner health check clinic moves to new location
发布者I often turn up after 10 and the queues have gone by then. I turned up early a couple of times and have had to fight with large groups of Chinese getting their medical. One time a tourist group, another time I think was a gang of migrant workers.
Law prohibits new shared bike companies from coming to Kunming
发布者Looking at the link in the last post. Really got me thinking about the carbon footprint of all the share bikes in China. Following on from that the footprint of all of the disposed of share bikes. If we remember these bikes are mostly steel, the production has a considerable environmental effect. These bikes seem to be disposable, which begs a question about the sustainability of the business model as well.
An astronomical monster grows in Guizhou
发布者Astronomical monsters are often built in the middle of nowhere. Less interference from human activity. Guizhou fitted the bill.
If I was developing super computers, I would expect to do it somewhere where I could work secretly. I would also want physical security for something that will become a vital part of the telecoms/economic infrastructure. Guizhou has a history of building secure facilities inside mountains.
On a slightly different note, Guizhou seems to be developing must faster than Yunnan and may even have overtaken it. Guiyang has transformed itself in the last 15 years, and seems to have already overtaken Kunming. Some people were obviously very hard at work, while others were resting on their laurels.
Law prohibits new shared bike companies from coming to Kunming
发布者At last, some common sense effort to rein in the madness.
Inspired relaxation at Yunnan's Fuxian Lake
发布者Addendum. These peddle boats seat up to 7. The water is very high quality. The sun sets later on the east side. On the west you have the mountains shadow and loose the sun much earlier in the day.