Thanks for that info.
I will keep my eyes open for other model shops with trains or leather.
Echo the comment about Blind Massage.
Also look for practitioners in white coats, with medical charts on the walls. They usually display their medical cert on the wall, you can check when you go inside.
I'm looking for any model shops.
I am into RC and scratch building.
Which side of the Dianchi Lu is the model shop on, East or West?
Know any other model shops?
New ebikes start at under 1500 RMB and go up to about 5000
Maybe as low as 1200. These are basic machines with larger wheels and a bit ugly. The batteries do not have a fantastic range, but this may not be a problem.
Advantages are that they have large wheels and pedals, and so if the battery runs flat they can be peddled home, the large wheels make this easier. They also lack expensive body panels, and so if you do drop them it does not cost as much to repair.
You can buy these anywhere, including supermarkets like Carrefour.
The next band is the 2000-2500 range. These look more like a modern Jap motor-scooter, with cheap body panels and styling.
Above this the motors get bigger and the size of the vehicle gets bigger, perhaps as big as larger commuter scooter would be if petrol engined.
Top price goes to those with the biggest batteries. There is one brand called FunYue (I think). The styling is very much like the italian Lambrettas and Vespas of the 1960s, with custom handlebars and lots of chrome work including light nacels. They also do different powered bikes, the strongest can achieve 60kph and a range of about 50+ kms. I think these are about 4500+ RMB.
Buying used, unless it is from a departing expat, it is probably stolen. Do you really want to support this industry. You will see that most local run the ebikes into the ground, and then some more.
Buying a car and need a GPS/satnav. Looking for an aftermarket one that supports maps for mainland China/Kunming and a system that is reasonably friendly for an expat.
I can learn destinations in Hanzi, but it needs to be a reasonably intuitive system.
Any recommendations?
Also, where is a good place to buy auto gps in KMG?
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Great to know it is no longer dry.
Good review BTW
This has moved.
The cut flowers are about 700m east on Duonan Jie. The plants and trees are about 700 m west and follow Duocai Section.
A reasonable choice of lumber that has improved over time. Fancy hardwoods like walnut, and mahogany are in abundance. There are some plywood and rubber-wood boards available. There are also some kiln dried imported softwoods and merbao available. Some of the lumber is very green, so look for the kiln dried if you need stable timbers.
Echo everything said by others.
Breakfast great and the serve from 8am. Most other places say 9am and they still are not ready.
Sandwiches are cheap 22-32, and really packed full of filling. We got some sandwiches for a day out, the only mistake I made was ordering two, as this was too much. These are seriously good sangars, and they are wrapped in alu foil.
In fairness to Metro, they are a wholesalers, and not really a supermarket. Hence the need for a card, which can be got around.
They have improved in the year I have been away. They now carry a more consistent range of imported foodstuffs and they also seem to have sorted out the mported milk supply.
They have a wider range of electrical appliances now, there is a coice of more than one toast. There is also a better range of seasonal non foods, like clothes, shoes, garden furniture and camping gear.
Migrant workers receive bricks in lieu of pay
Posted byI don't think the courts are uneducated. I think more cynically. The amount owed is $14k. I bet the owners are still driving flash cars and own several properties. The company may not have assets to pay, but I bet the owners do.
Weekend in Dali: A Chinese perspective
Posted byI have just come back from a quick trip around that area, and spent one afternoon and night in Dali. Dali has found a new identity.
I have visited Dali several times over the years, and like many people on here was disappointed with what I saw. The slow commercialisation of Dali, leading to a schizophrenic (not one thing, not another) mess.
On my recent visit, the street vendors had gone the really low end food places had mostly gone. The city was busy, and for a mid-week just before CNY that was surprising. It was not a frantic busy, everything was moving smoothly and working well. Even noise seemed to be down, and I found it a lot less stressful.
There is a sort of gentrification among traders. There are more upmarket shops. There are many more shaokao (national trend) and most of these are chains, rather than small independents. Many of the small family food places have redecorated and are not the old dim and dismal places that they used to be. The commercial development has also spread into other streets.
Dali is not the Dali of old, but it has found a new identity. This new identity may not be to everybody's taste, but I found the city a much nicer place to stay, than I did 3 years ago.
Government sues parents to get kids back to school
Posted bySo we must make them learn.
You can take a horse to water, but a pencil has to be lead.
Government sues parents to get kids back to school
Posted by@Janjal, your argument contains many assumptions and additional requirements (story tellers etc). If we cannot provide the additional resources your suggested strategy would require and you cannot get China's rural poor to demand answers; again we have a moot point.
Comparing EU farmers, who are business owners who learn to work the system for profit with the rural poor, Is perhaps a case of chalk and cheese.
China hands out happy city awards, Kunming sad
Posted byOf course material wealth is not the only measure, but it affects many other measures, and is a predominant feature in a capitalist system.
Perhaps it is human nature to want more than we have now, in capitalism this includes having more than the guy next to us. If we have more now than we had before, there is likely to be a sense of achievement/progress/increased security/satisfaction/happiness in that fact alone,. It is also a very simple qualitative measure for almost anyone.
Q. Do I have more than last year. A. Yes/no. If yes, has my relative position compared to my neighbors also improved? Am I content/happy with this?
In reality the questions are not even asked, they are not even out there, but they are part of the zeit geist. In cities with stronger economic growth the answers to the questions are going to be yes for more people. Chengdu is such a place. It is only when the personal costs of achieving this wealth are perceived to outweigh the advantages of the new wealth that people start to question it, but that comes later.