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Forums > Food & Drink > Consider making your own bread, it's fun.

I did an extremely slow rise the other day (20 hrs) and the bread tasted magnificent.

I also found whole wheat flour in the Walmart on the south side of Dongfeng Dong Lu, a brand called Snowfood has it. There are also all kinds of Angel yeast and baking supplies. No more need to go to Metro and mess with those temporary cards.

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Forums > Food & Drink > What is your favorite chinese food?

腐竹
炒饵块
各种各样豆腐
傣式柠檬凉拌鸡
豆花米线
薄荷炒干吧
猪肉小笼包
茴香饺子
老奶洋芋
番茄炒乳饼
兰州拉面
炒饵丝
卤蛋

等等

I think I eat nearly every meal in Yunnan with great appetite, so let me give you an inverse answer: I seriously dislike everything that still has tiny bones in it, intestines and I'm not a big fan of the fish root or excess seaweed either.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > The Mountain Bike Thread

I've compiled a map with 1-day tours out of Kunming. They're more long-distance and not necessarily mountain bike routes. You can click either route and get ample information such as elevation gain, max elev, distance and some warnings and tips.

Hope you'll enjoy.

goo.gl/maps/h40B8

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Kunming to Yuxi

If you want to go to Shadian, I think a bus from Yuxi to Gejiu or Jianshui is the best option, then switch to a local, frequent bus to Shadian. Nice mosque there.

I'm not sure whether buses to Kaiyuan will stop in Shadian, but again, you could switch to a local bus from Kaiyuan.

Also, there are now trains to Yuxi.

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In which country does the government pay enough money for the retired to continue their quality of life? Other than some oil states, probably none. Most people rely on their own savings plus whatever scraps their state pension allows them. It's usually wildly insufficient, and inflation happens all the time and everywhere.

Needs are lower, too: where young people need a lot of money to buy a house, the elderly mostly already own a dwelling.

Also, 40 RMB may not sound as much, but when I cook for myself, 40 RMB lasts me an entire week. People that are craftier with their money, need less food, have better haggling skills and know where to get produce cheaper, may well last over two weeks. And then they usually still have their grandchildren and savings to rely on.

The Economist argued cities like Kunming have little to no need for a metro system. I originally mocked them for not knowing Kunming's worst traffic situation. But I later understood: a Bus Rapid Transit system would be a lot faster, easier and cheaper to install, maintain and operate in a city like Kunming. Prestige projects like a metro system are nonsense in Kunming.

Promoting car usage too.

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First and last experience. Absolutely horrible. I came in late with a big flesh wound. The doctor sewed it up and told me to come back in the morning "perhaps to redo it, and to change the bandage". When I did come back the next morning, they just changed the bandage and sent me off.

When I peeked at my own wound, I noticed it was horribly done. "Like a vet did the stitches," as someone commented. I then had to stay a night in a different hospital in order to do it right, with a 40% chance of getting infections. This cost me a lot more, thanks to Richland fucking up in the beginning.

Whatever X-rays were taken were not printed out and given to me so I couldn't go to another hospital for a second opinion or treatment.

The nurses didn't seem to know where half the things were and the doctors had to repeat orders to get basic things like scissors.

In the next hospital, it was noticed that I had fractured my jaw in two places. On the five X-Rays taken at Richland, they did not notice the fractures.

Pretty sure these people are not actual doctors and are therefore criminal.

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Super place. Really cool interior, lots of good beers and drinks, fun toilet inside the telephone booth, and an interesting clientele.

Cons: pretty hard to find, no matching glasses for the imported beers, and home brews need some work.

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Teaching and support lamentable.

Four people signed up for the highest-level class and got a teacher who does all the talking, refers to herself as 老师 and makes classes absolutely uninteresting. As of this moment, only 1 person is still going on a regular basis.

While staff is friendly, they are absolutely incapable to help out with visa matters in an adequate way. Lack of information beforehand, lack of support and lack of information during the visa process meant that I am waiting forever for my residence permit to be processed, without any information about why it's taking so long, why they can't get started ... I'd say this school is a good option if all you wanted is a visa, but they can't even handle this properly.

Anyone giving this school a 5-star rating hasn't been to any decently-run schools in Kunming, such as Keats'. The only redeeming quality is facilities and space, those are indeed excellent.

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Have been studying at Keats for almost four semesters now and I'm very enthusiastic about the quality of the teachers and the commitment of the school's staff.

One point of criticism is that I think they could put in some effort to group people of the same level together, rather than base it on who was together in last semester's class.

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I stayed here in the early days of March 2013. Dave and his wife are swell owners, the staff attentive, the food good, rooms in perfect order, WiFi fast enough... Much like the old hump, the entire place is an excellent place to relax and make friends. And that is what you come to do in Dali, after all. The location is a bit isolated from the old town, but nothing is really far away in Dali. Besides, it makes for a better starting point to walk up Cangshan.