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Yeah, Longquan is a nice little place. I’m working at the CUIT campus just a couple of minutes drive from there, and from what little I’ve seen of Longquan proper it’s a really beautiful town. Good luck out there!
That seems like a really bizzarre rule to me. Let me ask my wife, who’s in the same situation as yours, and see if she has heard anything about this.
Oh and Mike, yes, I know very well that you deliver here in Nancheng Duhui. For accuracy I should have said “no takeaways apart from Mike’s Pizza”. Now that should teach me not to make general statements…
To Charlie.
Heh, no, not been on any long trips here in China (apart from getting lost once and spending 2 1/2 hours getting from Chengdu to Longchuan), but that would be cool.
Tibet is, as you say, a bit tricky at present, but maybe aim for some other place? Some seriously nice round trips to be made over the course of a few days with Chengdu as the centre.
Hey there, Lisa. Could be cool to meet up, always good meeting new people, and I have some spare time on my hand these days. My old job is finished and my new one isnae gona start for a few weeks. Discovering The bookworm was a serious find. I love that place, and try to drop in as often as I can, though for the last few months that’s been all too rarely.
Other than that the exploring I can recommend really depends of what you like to do. There’s often some good gigs or events happening around the place, but I’ve no idea what you like, apart from guessing you’re not into footie…?
Hm, if you’d been able to provide the camera I’d have been happy to help (I have some experience with film).
But my film camera got damaged in moving a year or two back and I never got around to getting a new one since ever damn phone or digital camera these days can take short film clips.
Fantastick (snicker). Never discovered Pterry until I was doing the compulsory service, at which time he helped me through some pretty dreary, and some downright horrible months, but I’ve been a stalwart ever since.
I’m awaiting my copy of Dogder from UK Amazon! Can’t wait for a new one from the Man With The Hat.
A bit more on topic, and (probaly) important: I forgot to mention about something regarding heavier bikes: I originally looked at an 800cc Honda Magna at the Chengdu Superbike Club (Have the Chinese name somewhere, but a google search isnea much help) located at one of the bike markets just south of the Third Ring. 25 (and a bit) 0000 if I remember right, and it’s gone s fair few KMs, but it looked to be in very good repair. I decided it was above my budget at the time (especially considering the prospect of it being confiscated) and that I didn’t need a bike that big right now. That’s my next step!
There’s Judo gyms all over the place, Frederico, several on the larger thoroughfares, so that shouldn’t be hard to dig up.
There’s also a very good Muay Thai gym, which throws in a fair bit of Sanda for the fun of it located just behind Bar Street along from the East Gate of Chuan Da.
The address is:
诺巴特泰拳馆
致民路23号
The club has classes daily at 8pm and sometimes afternoon classes at 4pm (Wednesdays definite, but can’t remember the others). There is also a regular (I think, never been, to my own frustration) sparring class on Sundays.
Bought the bike directly from the old owner, no market or middle man required.
It hasn’t gone too many kilometres, but I can’t remember the exact figure off the top of my head, anyway, what this did was pretty much halve the price from new if I was to include all the paperwork and registration which now came included in the price.
What I did, though, was bring a Chinese petrolhead friend along with me and have him do the negotiations as well. That’s a good way to make sure the seller doesn’t try to shaft you as a gullible laowai, and that you don’t automatically presume that this is going to be the case.
Hehe, thanks. Am I guessing right that we have another Pratchett fan here?
Hm, from Liam’s response it seems like I was confusing things. Too many Chinese names and so many bizzarre translations to keep track of.
Well, Claudia, I’m Norwegian by birth, so that would be the easiest one to help with, but with a bit of work I could teach some basic idea of Swedish and Danish as well, they’re pretty similar…
Hey and a belated welcome to the Chengdu expat community.
Isn’t the University for Nationalities the one that moved to a new cmapus outside the city this Autumn? I might be mixing things up, but if it is you’ll be in one of the most beautiful locations I’ve ever seen. Pretty far away from civilisation, though.
Anyway; Chinese is a tricky language for most westerners, but it’s far from impossible, so keep at it. And if you ever feel like learning a Scandinavian language gimme a holler… 😉
Hehe, yes, Chengdu winter is surprisingly harsh. I’m Norwegian and pretty used to the cold, but like many here have pointed out: in most other countries you go from warm indoors to cold outdoors, and then back indoors so it’s not really a problem. Here it’s just damn cold wherever you are.
Apart from my flat, that is. We managed to get underfloor heating installed when we decorated it, and since it’s a new building the insulation is suprisingly not too bad. Wouldn’t call it good, but better than many.
I recommend the underfloor heating to anyone who are planning on decorating or re-decorating, though I also have to mention that the companies who do it are pretty new to the concept, so expect to have them back a couple of times to stop every fuse in the place blowing when you run the heating in several rooms at the same time.
Hm, not sure how the current prices are since we got hour flat before the area was even finished, but a nice place to look is the Nancheng Duhui area around the First Hospital.
Nice and quiet, but still central enough with the Metro and all. Only drawback is that it’s such a new ara that most taxi drivers can’t find it without help, and takeaways don’t deliver out here (yet) as they think it’s too far ooutside the city.
Helloo people, first time poster on ChengduLiving, though I lurked a lot on this thread during the planning stages of moving here.
Now, I think Hamid is certainly right about the cops not giving too much of a toss about the “no bikes in the city without special license” policy. Just look at all the wee 125 and 150 bikes zooming around inside both the Second and Third Ringroads.
I’ve also recently bought a 320cc Regal Raptor cruiser, and have used it both on the Third Ring, and even a couple of times inside the Second Ring when no other option presente itself.
I also spoke to a guy in the local Harley Davidson dealership and he told me the cops often don’t stop that kind of bike since they presume them all to be Harleys and so, logically and wrongly, think the riders must be rich.
In addition the cops here are a suprisingly easy going and polite bunch. Not just to foreigners, either. Most of the time you can talk your way out of trouble, if you’re not in too deep, that is, like an unregistered bike, no license and being in the city centre. That situation would see you royally buggered.
