Had to go and pick this up. I fell asleep on the bus. I woke up surrounded by Chinese.
In the office, they gave me money, then took it back.
They gave me a card.
This means I can now steal bikes legally all over Kunshan.
To infinity and beyond
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Kunshan sports and athletic center
Had a trip up here in the lunch hour on my e-bike.
Vast complex and no-one around.
It’s next to the forest park. A popular spot for Chinese yearning the simple life.
Had a look at the swimming pool then rode back.
It’s much too fare from my house , plus other one is cheaper and has an outside pool where I can sunbathe.
So. Yeah. Nice ride not worth the bother.
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Lost bike card
Lost my bike card.
Put it on the machine and thought I was being clever.
The only problem was i drove off before picking it up.
Had to go to the little bike stand and show my passport plus receipts and everything.
Didn’t cost much (259) but i’m anticipating this will become more maybe.
The woman in the stand said she’d ring me up.
I might drop in to see them, find out what’s going on in the next couple of days.
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Kunshan public bike scheme
So.
Have managed to acquire one of these since discovering my postal address.
It’s a free to access municipal e-bike .
They close at around 9pm , so you can’t drive it round all night.
They have a basket on the front which is ok for a little shopping.
The best thing about them is the stations, which are everywhere around town making it easy to pick one up or swop if you don’t like the one you have.
Haven’t crashed one yet , but one of the guys at work and I are thinking of making a stunt video with one .
Few jumps and a little freestyle that kind of thing.
Keep you posted on that.
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China Mobile data usage limits
So.
Have this smartphone –
Have been trying different packages, having visited the store and bought the one recommended at point of sale.
On discussing this with someone that spoke English, the package had far to many talk minutes of which I used about 2 within the first month.
It also had too much bandwidth.
I swopped it down to a lower package with 400mb and some free text messages and no free minutes for calls etc.
There’s no way of telling what exactly what you’re going to get, unless your mandarin is good, or you’ve got someone you trust, (with a lot of patience), along with you.
As a guideline, you shouldn’t be paying more than 108RMB. And the package you need will probably be like mine with some free texts and bandwidth for around 68RMB.
Shop around though. It’s probably better to go to a shop which isn’t the one that you buy your phone from. China Netcom have 3G if you want to get the better connectivity involved in that.
Otherwise, China mobile, visit one of their main shops. They’ll have the full range of packages.
Hence no posts today, cos my phone has been out of sorts today. :( awww.