Hello there, does anyone know a quiet cafe (no loud pop music playing) with tables to work at and fast internet in the center of town or in the north (Beichen)? I know in Kunming "fast internet" is relative, but still... Thanks for any advice...
Hello there,
Just want to ask for everyone's opinion here. I'm doing a visa extension starting tomorrow and am planning to visit Dali over the weekend. Preferably, I'd take the overnight train, but that would have to be without my passport. I'd have a receipt of the PSB, a Chinese driver's license and a Dutch identity card to show them. I can buy the train tickets tomorrow before my passport will be at the PSB for a week. What do you reckon, will I be able to board the train? Cheers
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You can fly up and down to Jinghong and do visa runs in Mohan. A little bit more complicated then from Shenzhen I believe. And I don't know if you'd have to purchase a Laotian visa every time.
I still think it's amazing.
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This place is without doubt my favorite restaurant in Kunming. It is truly Simao-style, but adds its own unique touch. The ingredients vary per week and the ingredients are all carefully sourced in specific markets or brought straight from the mountains. Their wild vegetables are always sweeter than other places in Kunming. There are plaques on the wall that say: "we don't feel the need to enhance the flavor with weijing or jijing, we do our best to source the best natural foods for you". You will not see any grease after finishing the plate, not even with the deep fried dishes. They are very flexible with ordering combinations and the super-friendly owner-chef will be happy to step out of the kitchen and give you some great advice. If he has time, because this place is crowded on most evenings. Service is friendly and attentive (but it is still Kunming). You get free home-made kimchi and apple vinegar with all meals. They have cold Fenghuaxueyue beer. Without doubt a safe Chinese eatery, really delicious food, friendly people who are passionate about their product. A true gem, in my opinion.
I heard Richland Hospital has proper testing material.
I think the medical staff is of the same level as other Kunming healthcare facilities. I needed to translate some specifics of a medical report I got in another specialized hospital. I wanted to do this by letting the Richland doctor have a phone call with the specialized doctor that had done the tests. I came in and there sat a young physician with a translating nurse. When the phone call to the other hospital wasn't successful he wanted to have look at the report himself. I asked if that would make sense if he wasn't a doctor that was specialized in that specific field. He told me he wanted to have a look anyway. To my horror, he promptly misdiagnosed me with a truly appalling disease. When I came home I was puzzled. I didn't have any symptoms, how could I have something that serious. I checked the internet and found out that the condition that he described DIDN'T EVEN EXIST. Well, I have to give him, he had me stressing out there for a minute. I wanted to confront him with his mistake but apparently all the doctors had taken the weekend off. Eventually, in combination with my visit to the other state run facility, I was in constant uncertainty and stress over the period of 4 days for something that turned to be NOTHING. I had NOTHING.
Please use the highest level of common sense in dealing with local healthcare. The situation is grim. Best to let them test (if the facilities are ok) and make conclusions and decisions by yourself, if serious ask a physician in another country. Never blindly trust anything they say.
Really friendly people, very tasty proper Indian food, all made with fresh ingredients and very reasonably priced.
For sure the best Indian food in town!
Drought gives rise to Jinsha diversion scheme
Posted byYes, now they seem to have really lost it...
Kunming ranks fifth nationally in expat poll
Posted byI'm looking to get out of this town as soon as possible. I'm gonna keep it as a base hub but I'm reducing my time in the city (especially commuting) to an absolute minimum. I've never seen a place deteriorate so fast. At the moment, Kunming is the most unlivable place I've ever lived in.
Yunnan's Party Secretary lays out vision for the future
Posted byYes, it's impossible to master, as long as science is "ever-progressing" and we can only understand the complexities of nature "to a certain extent", any attempt to tame it on a large scale (like this idea to flush the Dianchi lake or dam the Nujiang) is a dangerous experiment of blind belief in science. And then yes, I'd prefer nature spirit religion to a religious belief in science and human capabilities, as we all know how incredibly selfish and shallow humans can get. The problem that is causing all those environmental problems is people disrespecting nature and it is sad that they will only try to challenge it further in their blind belief in their own ever-progressing capabilities instead of listening to their surroundings. I would find it pretty hard not to agree with this, if you look around you in Yunnan, it's so obvious.
Yunnan's Party Secretary lays out vision for the future
Posted byWell, Natsymir, I think the whole thing you wrote made sense, except for the first sentence.
There is no theory that allows technological and engineering capabilities to control nature. That's the big illusion that feeds all the problems. It implies that we understand nature fully and rise above it. Nature is much to complex to do this. This is why so many people seek refuge with a big bearded white guy somewhere sitting on the clouds. And in case of the Chinese, in my opinion, they are defying everything in a kind of adolescence arrogance, and I'm pretty sure it'll come back to haunt them later. I guess they are in dire need of some animist missionaries...
Yunnan's Party Secretary lays out vision for the future
Posted byIsn't that the toiletbowl-flushing method that this article describes?
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They just keep on finding ways to challenge nature more instead of realizing that it is in principle the whole fight against nature that is causing all the problems. I see a very sad future for Yunnan with this kind of statements. I'm curious if he mentioned the importance of maintaining/recreating biodiversity at all. For this should be the main way to handle the drought. It's just not an instant way, it's reversing their whole way of thinking.