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Forums > Travel Yunnan > Getting a Work Visa in Vietnam

I will be heading to Hanoi to change my L-Visa over to a Z-Visa and was curious if anyone here has done this. I plan to take the bus to Hekou and then the train from Lao Cai to Hanoi and then back the same way. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. For example, what does it cost to get the visa? How many days does it usually take? What documents/paperwork will I need? Any recommendations on places to stay in Hanoi? etc. Regards, prd34

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Forums > Food & Drink > The End of Salvador's Wireless

Actually, brain tumors are the tip of the iceberg here. They have known for years (since at least the 60s) that this form of non-ionizing radiation causes a host of health problems and they — the military-industrial complex — have been trying to cover it up since — not to mention trying and succeeding on influencing public perception — since the 70s. The ICNIRP (whose name is actually an oxymoron) was formed as a result of Paul Brodeur`s book "The Zapping of America" published in 1977. The ICNIRP have recently come out (naturally) trying to counter the WHO`s position on cellphone radiation causing cancer.

www.emfacts.com/2011/07/icnirps-cavalry-to-the-rescue/

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Forums > Food & Drink > The End of Salvador's Wireless

Laotao,

I didn`t say it was "intentional" — but rather believe that it is an artifact of greed and stupidity. Like I said, I don`t trust the American government nor most of its agencies for that matter. RAND has been putting most of its researching into "Social Engineering." Hmm! I wonder if the Koch Brothers are connected with them?

I consider more of a "we" person — not a "us vs. them" person. World Citizen if you like.

I suspect you are correct in your last assessment.

Cheers,

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Forums > Food & Drink > The End of Salvador's Wireless

Oh! Why didn`t I think of this before — since we are talking about Einstein and bees:

"If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live. No more bees, no more pollination ... no more men!" Albert Einstein

globalclimatechange.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/einstein-on-bees/

Now, I am not sure if he really said this or not, but there is at least some truth in it:

www.ent.uga.edu/[...]

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Chris,

Good one! Hah! I met someone in Chiang Mai who was telling me that her husband was abducted by aliens. And then I met a ex-pat doctor who told me that he had a patient with a chip implanted in his spine. So who knows?

At any rate, I was just relaying an observation (the same observation that probably at least 500 other people saw that same evening) -- and not an interpretation, though it seems that my response was being prematurely interpreted. Go figure! Some people are just too smart for their own pants! :) What can you do? The "conspiracy theorist" thing had to do with research I have done on the dangers of EMR, which is pretty much an established fact. See the Bioinitiative: www.bioinitiative.org/ (two of which the authors are Chinese). However, rather than trying to find the truth about things some people would rather just try to "win the argument." peace

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I posted a comment about a year ago where I described walking down WenlinJie -- about four years ago when I was visiting Kunming for the first time -- and seeing all the people on the street looking and pointing up at the sky. Some of them were taking photos with their cell phones. I looked up and saw a white light fly across the sky and immediately thought it was a meteor shower. However, the white light started hovering back. It looked like an orb of white light and it seemed to be conscious and was hovering above us. I and a group of Chinese people followed it down to Green Lake where it eventually disappeared into the clouds. However, when I posted this story, some anonymous smart ass attacked me and called me all kinds of names. When I talked to Chris about this, he decided to delete the story from this forum and commented that some "people" think I am a conspiracy theorist. However, my comments are based on both experience and research. "Conspiracy theorist" is just a word invented by certain people to keep people from truly looking at the truth. It is similar to the terms "Junk Science" or "Pseudo Science" which anyone with any critical thinking skills would realize as any "science" which threatened corportate profits. peace, prd34

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With 300 new cars being added to the roads of Kunming daily, this will only be a temporary solution. In the long term, improvements in public transportation (like we have seen in Bangkok with their new subway system and tramway system) would do much more to improve the traffic situation in Kunming. High taxes on the people buying cars (and polluting the environment/contributing to global warming) and catalytic converters to halt the pollution coming from automobiles might also be a solution for keeping the city of Kunming clean and green in the near future. Then it might even be a good idea to market the city as the cleanest and greenest in China. Just because China is a developing country doesn't mean that they can't develop "Smart."

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Yep! I finally made it out to the Red Star after hearing one of my colleagues rave about this place. Sorry to say that I wasn't that impressed. Didn't eat anything! Just had a Ching Tao and left.

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OK Bernie,

You are right! I have changed it to a 4. But I have yet to get sick at Salvador's. The rating at Silver Spoon still holds. To make food and leave it out all day is just not Kosher! And then they have the nerve to complain about my complaint - rather than trying to change anything! At least Salvador's is open and receptive about complaints - and they are considering losing the WiFri. (When you start to develop Alzheimer's you might also agree.) Peace!

I have been patronizing this place more recently - I started mainly because I heard a rumor they were going to get rid of their WiFri (your brain), but it has yet to happen. Having said that, I have become addicted to the burritos, which from my experience so far, I would say are the best in Kunming. When they do get around to doing away with the WiFri, I hope that they also make it a non-smoking establishment (or at least in the mornings and afternoons) since it is extremely annoying to non-smokers to have smoke blowing over to where they are sitting when they are trying to enjoy their food. Yes, definitely take Mulga's advice on doing away with the WiFri (your brain). I concur!

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I went to their new restaurant on WenHuaJie the other night and I have to say the food was superb - and no MSG. Real Authentic Japanese food. I had a California Roll and the Teriyaki Chicken Don. The rice was excellent - just like in Japan. I will definitely be going back to this place.

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This place is a bit expensive at 50 kuai for a cup of coffee. They are indeed catering to people from out of town (mainly Japanese businessmen and tourists - who are accustomed to paying such prices who live on foreign salaries). It is not really within the means of many ex-pats who are working here in China on a Chinese salary though - except for perhaps some foreigners on pension plans and rich Chinese. Well, those are pretty much the only people you will find in a place like this since the prices are even more expensive than what you would pay in Tokyo for something comparable! Having said that though, the coffee is probably the best you will find in Kunming. Cheers!

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I was disappointed with this place mainly due to the fact that I have a mold allergy and the rooms there were pretty musty smelling - and the fact that I was looking forward to staying there. We turned around and went back down the mountain and stayed at a nice little Youth Hostel near the lake instead.