Randy W Posted December 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2017 Hellobikes comes to Yulin - not to be confused with Hello-Bikes of the Netherlands. Our first bike-sharing service. They left an array of their baby blue and white bikes at the Riverside Park, and we've seen several of them as far away as the Guitouling and Yuan Bo Yuan parks. I'll post my own pictures later. Looks like their app even shows where the bikes are. http://www.hellobike.com/ http://www.hellobike.com/res/image/text-logo-icon.png http://www.hellobike.com/res/image/download-bg01-sm.jpg Looks like they spent their money pretty quick (from Reuters) - UPDATE 1-China's Hellobike raises $350 mln in latest funding round I guess a pre-expedition check-in site Some made it out to Guitouling and Yuan Bo Yuan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted December 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2017 Christmas 2017 in Yulin A Visit to the Clinic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted December 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2017 Happy New Year 2018 from YulinSky lantern and smallish fireworks Earlier in the evening - a visit to the clinic for coughs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted December 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2017 My sister posted this picture on Facebook from their (temporary) home in Dubai The Burj Khalifa ready for the big show... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted January 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 Chupa Chups comes to Yulin. I was surprised to see these at the RT-Mart today, and bought a bag. Jiaying laughed at me for buying "children's candy", but, well, Chenxi and I like them. Very flavorful - pineapple (no, not beer). I can't remember the last time I had one (1980's ?) Welcome to Chupa Chups World "Stop smoking, start sucking" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amberjack1234 Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 I'm all for that Randy. Enjoy them with Chenxi. Drink some beer on the side. I was working on jet ski's one day and the wife brought me a beer, which I never drink when working, and some OREO cookies. Only from a Chinese wife. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted January 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 Jiaying gets a boot! Only ¥38! Nobody's going to park in front of HER building. She'll only charge ¥10 for removal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amberjack1234 Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 The cooks will steal it Randy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted January 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2018 "Hi tech Idyllic Resort" near Yulin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted January 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 The cooks will steal it Randy. Not sure what they would "cook" - but my guess is that simply putting up a SIGN that she has one is doing the trick. I suggested a picture, but apparently not even THAT is necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amberjack1234 Posted January 18, 2018 Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 :D :D Crooks would be more like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted January 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 :D :D Crooks would be more like it. Now it didn't even occur to me that you meant that! In a country where bicycle locks are always placed ONLY on the wheel, that probably won't be a problem, although they could easily drive off by mounting their spare. I think the sign will do the trick. I got a few thousand RMB's tossed in my lap yesterday at the bank. The lady took over an hour to process my wire transfer, and the people behind us were simply piling their transactions in through the window slot to wait on her desk. One lady tossed a LARGE stack of 100 RMB notes into the slot - the rubber band broke on one of the stacks, with the bills falling on my lap and onto the floor. I gave her my best "Oh, really?" look while Jiaying picked it all up for her. She said, "Sorry!" I didn't try to dance for it - she wouldn't have gotten her money's worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amberjack1234 Posted January 18, 2018 Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 Good story Randy. Possession is 9/10 of the law or finders keepers. Will any of those work in China. I'll bet not. One of my best friends and I were walking out of the bank one day and he spotted a bank deposit bag lying against the wall of the bank on the sidewalk. He picked it up and it had $57,000 in it. Ole Dan, being the honest man that he is, took it back into the bank and they knew who it belonged to, small bank. They called the guy and he came back for the money and the turd didn't even say thank you. Ole Dan didn't need the money anyway as he had an accident at work one day, a contractor ran his truck into the back of him and broke a vertebra in his neck. I had to fill out an accident report on him and he put down that he made $55,000 per month. Well, I didn't even look at what he put down as income and when the report got to Civilian Personnel they caught it immediately, sent it back to fire headquarters upon which they proceded to jump directly in my S**t. I called ole Dan to the office and ask him about it and he said yes Captain I make $55,000 per month on my days off. I ask him "Dan what the hell are you doing in the fire department. He said well Captain I just like the fire department and all the friends that I have here but I don't want anyone else to know how much money that I make on my days off OK!! I said Dan you know that due to the privacy act I can't tell anyone. He was one of the hardest workers that I ever had. I gave him an outstanding fitness report that year. We are still friends to this day. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted February 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2018 Heading for Nanning tomorrow for a medical for my new 3 year visa. We'll stay about 3 days in all, and get in some site seeing. We've heard the road is much better now, so we'll try heading out to Yangmei again from 2014 - We Didn't Make It! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted February 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 So now it's FOUR days! Back on Sunday. Seems like hotel prices here are ridiculously cheap - at $25-$50USD. We're staying at the Mingyuan Xindu for $30 - if it weren't for the WEDDINGS, you might think we were the only people here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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