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okbears - stay at Kevin's Trekker Inn in Shangri-La - they are family friendly and cosy. They even have a website at www.kevintrekkerinn.com. Erikluv also knows this place.
okbears - stay at Kevin's Trekker Inn in Shangri-La - they are family friendly and cosy. They even have a website at www.kevintrekkerinn.com. Erikluv also knows this place.
You can actually book a number of days or even weeks in advance, but few people bother. I have booked a bus ticket to Hekou (from Kunming) 11 days in advance - however, there's little point bothering going to the bus station to purchase your ticket in advance; if anything, get a travel agency or the hump bar to book it for you a day in advance.
Of course, just showing up at the bus station will always work as other posters have said, but if you don't want to hang around without knowing what the departure schedule is like, it's best to check out the schedule first and then show up around half an hour before departure at the bus station to buy your ticket.
Although guys have been to Vietnam already, for future reference, I'd say going by private car is the way to go; although, for your information, smoking has been banned on the bus from Kunming to Hekou (and vice versa) and nearly every smoker on the bus only smokes during rest breaks now (I can vouch for that, since I've travelled on that bus a couple of times now). The small, local buses are the ones to avoid since smoking onboard is still common (unfortunately), however the big Yunnan Express buses fortunately don't have much of that anymore.
@liumingke1234, 30sq ft? That's not even big enough for a bed! Either you meant 30 sq m or are trying to talk about the price per sq ft or sq m; in any case, your point is that prices have gone up considerably, and that shouldn't come as a surprise in a booming city like Kunming.
Pay extra to get to a good dental clinic, whether it's in Shanghai (or Bangkok as I have suggested); it's not worth being stingy when it comes to your teeth (or your health in general). I mean, what's 2000 Yuan for a round-trip air ticket, especially for a foreigner from a far away country when excellent quality dental care can be found only a couple of hours flying time away?
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What do you mean by "foreigners"? Everyone who is a non-citizen of Myanmar and wants to travel there is a foreigner. I doubt Burmese citizens require visas to return to their homeland.
Horrible tasteless, thick-crusted "cardboard" like pizzas that are a far cry from what they should be like. Way overpriced too. Wine may be good, but why bother when the nearby Prague Cafe makes much better pizza at a more reasonable price?
Great Mexican food and ice cream, excellent Raspberry smoothies and an overall good atmosphere. Can't do much about the low ceilings on the second floor, but the early closing time could be adjusted, after all, the nearby French Cafe closes at 1am.
Getting Away: Luang Prabang
发布者@flengs, what do you mean by being fed up with the "foreigner-local" relations? Some of them seem quite superficial, but it depends on what level the relationship is. When both parties speak at least one of the other's languages really well, then mutual understanding will increase of course, however, this is rarely the case as few foreigners can speak Lao (except for a few words maybe) and few Laotians can speak very good English.
Major Kunming traffic arteries converted to one-way roads
发布者An interesting read. I first came to Kunming in mid-2009 and by then the changes were already made. I actually live just off xue fu lu and everytime I'm in a car or taxi (except late at night) we have to go the long way round starting on yi er yi, passing by hongshan bei lu and finally onto xue fu lu. In the reverse direction it's a straight route direct to yi er yi that takes all of 5-6 minutes outside or rush hour; in the original direction going back home it takes about double that. Good for taxi drivers (they get more money!), good for bus patronage but a little annoying for the average commuter affected by this everyday. Anyway, nothing wrong with it, it's just the way it is now - i never realized it used to be different before!
Getting Away: Jinghong
发布者Really nice city.
First-hand account: Setting up a guesthouse in Xishuangbanna
发布者Geezer, where did you hear this? Would be really sad if it was true. I too have thought about such a business and indeed have also considered xishuangbanna, which is one of the nicest parts of all of China. However, all things being considered, I find it much easier to set-up something in SE Asia.
First-hand account: Setting up a guesthouse in Xishuangbanna
发布者First of all, Thais are foreign tourists too if they are outside of Thailand. Anyway, nice article, I wish these people lots of success. I think it would be nice if there were more westerners (and foreigners in general) travelling in Xishuangbanna, because right now it's a world away from neighboring Laos and Vietnam. In fact, even though it's so restrictive, I find it easier to come across other travellers in Myanmar than in Xishuangbanna...why is that? I look forward to the day you can find a central backpacker district in Jinghong that looks like its equivalent in Laos filled with hundreds of western backpackers.