Sakura Hotel Kunming

... for me, it is identified because I can calculate when they are<br>coming."<br>As an astronomer, Zhang can frequently be found spending his<br>evenings peering into the night sky from his backyard telescope. He<br>first got involved in UFOs in the early '70s when he saw something<br>flying across the skies of Sichuan Province.<br>"I can still remember how shocked I was when I saw the spiral object moving across the sky for about five minutes," he said.<br>Since then, he ...

... not very much to see here for a captial provinace city but is supper relaxed there are alot of mosques here and some nice parks but the atmosefere is fantastic.<br><br>anyways we are going to a place called shangra-la next which is realy close to tibet at 3200 meters so i might start to get atitude sickness lol<br><br>anyways i will update my blog as soon as i get the internet<br><br>lots of love + best wishes <br><br>peter xxx

... the subtle differences between cities and provinces one would need a lot of time and a fluencey in Mandarin. Bill and I had neither, but the difference in Kunming was clear from the start. Known as the Spring City, at an altitude of 2000m, it has a much milder climate compared to the other cities we had visited. It's tree line boulavards were everywhere and a laid-back attitude pervaded the place. <br><br>We spent ...

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From just one product, a Yunnan company has brand extension into other healthcare products: Yunnan Baiyao used to be a one-product company, thriving on the mystic aura of the "baiyao", or white medicine, a herbal remedy based on an ancient formula for treating wounds, both internal and external. From its secluded base in the eastern suburbs of Kunming, the company has embarked on a long journey of diversification by taking on some of the international ...

We decided to go to a different rice terrace on day two, since the woman at the front desk of the hotel was pocketing at least half the quoted amount for herself we struck out and found our own driver. We approached one of the only female 3-wheeled car drivers and bargained her asking price of 150Y to 80Y. Since 90% of Chinese men smoke, we thought our chances of getting a non-smoking vehicle were higher with a female ...

... very little is organically grown. "There are several farms trying to grow in an organic fashion, but only one is certified-organic so far," says Eunson. Hurdles While China's mountains and conditions are ideal for producing quality coffee, that isn't what happened. Instead, the biggest hurdle for China's growth in the specialty industry is probably the fact that the country has so little coffee that would qualify as specialty. And this doesn't seem ...

... other somewhat bizarre quirks. One which is particularly doing my head in at the moment is the use of the measure word. Every time you want to refer to some number of things you can't just use the number and the noun in question. That would be far too straightforward - instead you have to rack your memory for the correct word to go in the middle. Apparently there is some logic to which one to choose, but as yet the categories make ...

... finishing studying in mid-December, I have been returned a passport containing a student visa which lasts right up to the end of February 2009. I presume that this school has some seriously good guanxi (connections - absolutely vital for succesfully conducting any kind of business out here) with the local police, as in a land of ridiculous bureacracy and stringent documentation requirements I can see no other way that it would be possible to ...

... Beijing so I needed to move all my things to Jack's so after packing my things we went out to dinner and then to the Dynamic Yunnan stage show. It was a really interesting show with a mix of different ethnic groups song and dance. After a lazy morning on Thursday I headed into town to try and buy a new jumper. I wandered around the shopping centres of Kunming for about three hours before I found one that I liked and that they had in the right ...