Kunming Jin Jiang Hotel

... seem to be old at all. He asked me about Germany, about China, told me about his life.
We also gave them presents, socks and some nice things to eat, fruit.
And then, there was this woman with a harmonica joining some of the Chinese volunteers singing. Another woman started singing
Funny enough, the German song I chose to sing was "Die Gedanken sind frei" (thoughts are free). I did not give a translation though, might be better...

... locals, shops, locals houses(narrow streets-dirty), shops & food. good time.
The city is stuck with cars - very slow traffic. we returnt and went to the Province archeology museum: excellent!!! small, free and marvellous objects, explainations also in English.

we went to the city temple - nice - then to eat. it began to rain, no taxi agreed to take foreigns, so we went by feet, I went to the hotel, while Eyal went to the center, which is close by ...

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You would think that the current economic downturn would shelve plans for new airlines to start, but no so in China. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2 009-01/12/content_7388336.htm Shenzhen Airlines, China's fifth largest airline group, said it will soon launch a new carrier based in Kunming, Yunnan province. The new carrier, named Kunming Airlines, will be 80 percent controlled by Shenzhen Airlines with the remaining portion owned ...

... before we narrowly missed her. "Do such things happen in England?" Mac curiously asked. "No, it's quite dangerous, not to mention illegal. I think she would have been killed." I responded, not quite believing what I'd just witnessed. Nothing, though, should surprise me. This is China. Yes, and as it consists of the largest morass of people, it's heartening to see that there are people like her who aren't in sync with these fast-paced modern times. It won't be possible to ...

... than goat cheese commonly consumed outside of China. It is often prepared as shuijian rubing (水煎乳饼) a simple dish in which slices of the cheese are fried and served with a salt and chilli or sugar for dipping. Kunming kitchens are getting more adventurous with rubing these days, as exemplified by the addition of broccoli and tomato to the mix in this recipe. Ingredients 100g of rubing* 1 medium sized ...

... this now). In Changsha we were also able to do some other fun stuff such as drink real beer, eat at a Muslim restaurant, eat pizza, check out schools, and get offered jobs pretty much every time we left the hotel. It's a great city with a lot of history and since we didn't get to see as much of it as we would've likes, esp. the Mao stuff, I'm sure we'll make it back there soon. We decided to go to Kunming instead of heading north for the rest of August. Now ...

... city. The only thing that sucks is it's totally open to outside so I get eaten by mosquitos indoors. I wanted to see the sites in the city proper so I started walking around, but I assumed my cardinal directions incorrectly and ended up just wandering for a while. After making awkward/borderline creepy eye contact with a bunch of pretty girls and random guys, I decided I'd better start talking to people. At first I thought the best ...