Can get them at most any big hospital, I think. I've had one at Kunming 2nd hospital (the big one on Dianmian Dadao). Pretty streamlined by Chinese hospital standards, but still some amount of running around to different departments and windows. Can get the test in the morning and results in afternoon if memory serves. I've heard there are also some smaller clinics that are even quicker.
@gemii Odd, nothing came through. Maybe try again?
Diqing is going to be still be freaking cold at the end of January. Personally, I would stick more to the bottoms of the three parallels river bottoms than to go up onto those high elevation plateaus. Also, if you insist on pushing forward with that plan and you are intending to take the back from from Lijiang to Shangri-la which goes via Tiger Leaping Gorge and Haba Village, you may want to reconsider. I heard they are reconstructing that whole road now and it's a bit of a mess. There is a China adventure cycling WeChat group mostly composed of people not living in Yunnan, but many of them still have quite extensive knowledge and experience of the cycling routes here. If you want to PM me your WeChat details I can add you and pulll you into the group.
I would look into shipping your bike. I think you'll need to register your residence in Kunming to purchase one. Then the process of paying taxes and getting plates can take a few days.
Ask at a local motorcycle shop in Beijing if they can help you ship your bike.
You could work remotely for a company in another country, but you're not supposed to work for any Chinese company while you are here without a work permit or green card.
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I had a really good burger here recently. Steven, the chef, really knows what he is doing. Worth checking out. Of course, good beer, too.
Cantina is always a safe bet for top-notch food and great service. I think it has actually gotten better and better over the years, which is often not the case with restaurants. Most people who live in Kunming know Cantina. Perhaps not as many know how involved the owners, Libby and Diego, are in various social welfare and community service efforts. Highly recommended both for visitors and long-term residents!
I went there twice for group boxing classes. I left the third time when I was attempting to book into a grappling class. This was part of an attempted process on my part to try the different classes offered there and see if I wanted to purchase one of their various membership cards.
The boxing classes were fun, a great workout, and the coaches and fellow students were all nice. A good atmosphere. Certainly room for improvement, especially in terms of explaining the class structure and fundamental concepts of the sports to beginners...but overall good.
However, on front desk staff member erased the positive aspects of the gym through his unprofessional and rude conduct. I was treated like some sort of con-man for wanting to try out the different classes offered before committing to multi-thousand RMB membership card, despite my willingness to pay per class to try them out. I wasted my time riding over to the gym on a very cold day on my scooter and then being refused service unless I committed on the spot to buying a membership card in direct contradiction to the gym's own policies and written price table. Also wasted was my friend's time and money, as she was in a cab on the way over to the gym in order to join me for the group class at the time I was refused service. My exchange with the staff (in which I was not terribly satisfied, but remained calm and reasonable throughout) was topped off with a remark from the one particular staff member with xenophobic undertones.
As one may see from my other reviews on this site, I typically try not to say anything unless I have something nice to say. In this case, I feel I must make an exception: I don't think it's a business that deserves your effort or money.
One of the best western restaurants in Yunnan. Definitely worth visiting if you will be passing through Shangrila!
The best tacos in Kunming!
Kunming to host ultimate frisbee hat tourney
发布者I know years ago there was a course of some sort up north somewhere, possibly near the botanical gardens, but I can't remember who was involved.
These guys make gold discs and are known to make pretty decent ultimate discs: www.yikunsports.com/en/
They have a Taobao store. Speaking of Taobao, as usual, if you're looking for something you can probably find it on Taobao. I've always had excellent experiences and shipping is surprisingly fast.
Around Town: Kunming's 12-1 monument
发布者Nice, had always wondered in the back of my mind about the origin of the name of Yieryi Dajie (or as one street sign notoriously puts it, "Yi Er Yi Massy Street")
20 years in Yunnan with Jim Goodman
发布者"Don't shoot the messenger, @bjtokm was only saying out loud what a lot of people were thinking."
Yeah, he was being that one obnoxious person out of 100 Chinese who scream "Laowai!" at you on the street. Trust me, if you're not ethnically Asian, the other 100 people noticed that you were not Chinese, but they kept their mouths shut.
Part of becoming an adult is learning when to keep your fucking mouth shut (or in this case your fingers off the keyboard).
Pop Up art exhibition to be held in Kunming
发布者Anybody know if this venue has secure bicycle parking?
Yunnan's alcoholic green fairy
发布者Nice article. I've always felt Chinese liquor gets an overly harsh rap. For straight drinking I'll definitely take certain types of baijiu such as homemade baogujiu, qingkejiu or mijiu over vodka. For something with a medicinal twist I much prefer jingjiu to Jagermeister.
I've never tried feijiu—perhaps scared away by the green color, which I always took to be food coloring—but perhaps that will have to soon change.