Yang laoshi is still teaching at the zoo on Yuantong shan... I don't know how to get in touch with him, but I believe he teaches class sometime around 9am on weekday mornings
Hi Jimmy,
I've only been to Jinghong once, but while there I did get hooked up with a good rafting guide via Sara at Forest Cafe (www.forest-cafe.org/). Forest Cafe also offers guided jungle tours - I've never taken one, but Sara seems to have a good grasp of what foreign travelers are looking for, she may be worth contacting. Hope that helps.
Chris
I always enjoyed quiz night... maybe instead of fortnightly it could be revived as a monthly event - first Wed of each month or something along those lines perhaps. I think a lot of people would attend regularly if it started up again.
I think there are a few places out of town, you may want to try Juhua Cun, GoKunming ran a short piece about it last year: www.gokunming.com/en/blog/item.php?blog_id=394
Sounds like they have all kinds of houseplants as well as herbs - the story's author evidently scored some rosemary.
Street food in Kunming tends to focus on Kunming/Yunnan-style snacks: cold noodles, stinky tofu and barbecue are all worth trying
I remember that outside of Yunnan University's west gate there was a row of food vendors selling all kinds of snacks, somewhere in there was a vendor of "Thai-style" pancakes that were pretty good, I think the banana and strawberry pancakes sold well. As far as I can tell that area has been more or less shut down, but I'm not positive as I haven't lived there for a while now.
Another area that used to have crazy street food - but I'm not sure if it still does - is the street heading north from Yieryi Da Jie just west of the Yunnan Minority Institute. This major student area seems to have also been getting gradually shut down by its friendly neigborhood chengguan too, but there should still be plenty of stalls selling quick eats near the top of the hill. Good luck.
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Happy ninth birthday Sal, you've made Kunming a better place.
Four stars for a great restaurant with friendly staff.
I give Tusheng Shiguan a fifth star for its goal of promoting environmentally sound food production.
My favorite Tengchong-style restaurant in Kunming. Their ersi and erkuai are trucked over from Tengchong and are the real deal — Kunming ersi and erkuai do not compare.
The restaurant itself is a bit jumbled, but there are a couple of tables outside in the courtyard that are nice to sit at when the weather's pleasant.
Don't believe them when they say they don't have lufu.
Tom and Jiajia have been baking up a storm lately. Thanks to them I have delicious sourdough bread to toast on the space heater in the office.
The Bircher muesli is probably the healthiest and most delicious breakfast around.
Pound for pound, one of the best little Western restaurants in China. 佳佳万岁！
Just had gnocchi in mushroom sauce and a glass of wine for dinner on the balcony in mid-January. Awesome.
Fog shuts down Kunming airport, strands thousands
发布者Just came back from the airport for the second day in a row... my 10pm flight was delayed to 11:30 and it seemed like no flights were managing to take off. Didn't want to spend another five hours at the airport waiting for my flight to be canceled, so I left.
There were several departure gates with angry crowds wanting to get out of Kunming. One small group was chanting "We want to go home!", they were being escorted away from their departure gate by the fuzz.
I saw a few lines of 50 or more people waiting for hot water to drink or for instant noodles. The airport's food and beverage facilities were doing brisk business.
I called the flight info hotline (96566) several times before going to the airport and after arriving and it was out of service.
Given the state of the airport tonight, I would suggest that anyone with flights tomorrow assume that there is a chance your flight will be delayed or canceled tomorrow. If there's any way to avoid checking luggage, I would recommend it. Should your flight be canceled, you won't be in the mood to wait an additional hour or two for your bags.
Interview: Deng Ling
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Deng Ling requested a different photo at the top of the story because she said the original pic, which I shot the day before she left for London, made her look "like the old woman on the Hongdouyuan sign".
Anyway, I passed her request on to current GK management and they kindly complied.
Forest fire burns near Kunming
发布者Thursday we were wondering why the haze was so bad despite reports that the fire had been extinguished... until we saw this:
"A forest fire in southwest China's Yunnan Province started again Thursday morning, the local forest fire prevention headquarters said Thursday.
The fire was rekindled in Wangjiatan forest in Anning, a county-level city on the outskirts of the provincial capital of Kunming. The fire is currently under control, and nearby villages haven't been impacted, Cao Long, chief of the Yunnan forest armed police said."
english.cri.cn/6909/2012/03/22/2021s688540.htm
American fugitive and environmental activist sentenced to prison in Dali
发布者An update on Solondz's situation in the US:
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Lijiang to launch international flights this year
发布者Flights between Kunming and Taipei began at the end of 2008:
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