Some people do the latter, but personally I prefer the traditional approach of friendship first, sex later. I would imagine that most people in the west also develop a friendship first to determine if they are suitable for each other. Anyway, it's best to discuss your needs and desires with your partner first to determine what's best for the both of you.
@laotou, thanks for the introduction to Tibetan History 101.
Back on track though, these restrictions leave me curious: I read in "the rough guide to China" that there was a Dutch couple running a restaurant in Lhasa. Does this mean the government will force them out of Tibet too or will they just be out of foreign customers during this time?
@laotou, that is probably the reason, but for some reason I can't wrap my head around that possibility since for me Tibet is Buddhist and Buddhists can't possibly be violent. At least that's the image I have in my mind. So that makes my first "question" quite a obviously a rhetorical one.
Normally Buddhist festivals attract tourists including international visitors that could bring in lots of needed revenue especially to a poor region like Tibet. But well, I guess that's just wishful thinking on my part - if Tibet were in Thailand or Laos there'd be half a million foreign tourists visiting that festival, but well, I digress.
Oh geez, here we go again. Tibet is such a beautiful region and they're preventing foreigners, who most likely recognize that Tibet is a legitimate part of China from going there? Why?
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What do you mean by "foreigners"? Everyone who is a non-citizen of Myanmar and wants to travel there is a foreigner. I doubt Burmese citizens require visas to return to their homeland.
Horrible tasteless, thick-crusted "cardboard" like pizzas that are a far cry from what they should be like. Way overpriced too. Wine may be good, but why bother when the nearby Prague Cafe makes much better pizza at a more reasonable price?
Great Mexican food and ice cream, excellent Raspberry smoothies and an overall good atmosphere. Can't do much about the low ceilings on the second floor, but the early closing time could be adjusted, after all, the nearby French Cafe closes at 1am.
Li Ping fundraisers
Posted byHopefully enough money can also be raised in the future for her eventual kidney transplant.
Malaysian firm to invest $8.1 billion in Songming
Posted byAccording to the article re: railroad in Laos, this Malaysian firm wants to build a 220km connection between Thailand and Vietnam NOT the one up to the Chinese border that's been talked about and cancelled, then revived again so many times.
Doors to international trade swing wide for Laos
Posted byThe plan by the Lao government to still go ahead with the railway project is unbelievable. Neighboring Vietnam voted not to go ahead with a planned Ho Chi Minh to Hanoi high speed rail link due to concerns about profitability (i.e. not enough Vietnamese would be able to afford a ticket despite having a reasonably sized middle class at least in Hanoi and Saigon).
Now Laos, with only just over 6 million people and a tiny middle class wants to do the same? Good luck! However, I wouldn't be surprised if in 6 months from now I read in the Vientiane Times that the project has been put on hold again.
I'd suggest stick to a normal speed train that locals will actually be able to afford, going high-speed while neither Thailand nor Vietnam, two neighboring economic juggernaughts have plans to do the same is quite far fetched, I'll believe it when I see it but it seems like a crazy idea for now!
The only good news is that Laos can take control of the railway project and not have to worry about the previous 5km land concession on either side of the tracks that was previously demanded by the Chinese side.
Mekong drug kingpin stands trial in Kunming
Posted byAlso, scally is correct about the reasons for Naw Kham being tried in China and logically Kunming, the closest major Chinese city to the area where the attacks occurred would be the best place to try him.
Incidentally, the 9 renegade Thai soldiers also implicated in the attacks will be tried in Thailand.
Mekong drug kingpin stands trial in Kunming
Posted byWell, he killed only Chinese sailors and based on this story, he has had run-ins with the Chinese authorities before. Overall, it's good that this criminal has been brought to justice. Also, by being tried in China he will receive the punishment he deserves.
The Mekong River in the 2000s should be about tourism and trade, not murder, drug trafficking and mayhem. Those latter three things should firmly be entrenched as relics of the past.