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
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.
Giveaway: Hand treatments at Canaan Day Spa
发布者Congratulations to Michelle He and Zhong Yue, who were the first two readers to correctly answer that Ashima (阿诗玛) was the Yunnanese heroine who legend says became one of the pillars at Stone Forest.
Thanks to Canaan Day Spa for providing the hand treatments and to all the women who responded. Look out for more giveaways on GoKunming in the future!
Rugby: Kunming Tigers vs Chengdu Pandas
发布者We have just been notified by the Kunming Tigers that the match has been moved from Kunming Stadium to Tuodong Stadium at 99 Dongfeng Dong Lu. The match will still start at 2:15pm. Spectators should go to the stadium's second floor and enter through gate 14.
Interview: Jiang Li
发布者Thanks beckyld. As you may already know, GoKunming interviewed Clare Ye Sheng from PSI's Kunming office in 2008:
www.gokunming.com/[...]
Keep up the good work!
Snapshot: Shaxi
发布者@voltaire: You're right, Shibao Mountain is deserving of a mention in any Shaxi travel piece. We mentioned Shibao Mountain in our earlier Shaxi travel feature:
www.gokunming.com/en/blog/item/1937/getting_away_shaxi
I'd have included photos of the grottoes in that post, but as you know, taking photos there is not allowed.
As the "Snapshot" in the title of this post suggests, this piece is more of a short photo essay than it is a comprehensive travel feature.
Starbucks' thirst for Yunnan coffee growing
发布者@JLG: If coffee plantations do significantly reduce the amount of tea grown in Pu'er, it is likely to only lead to higher tea prices followed by increased tea planting and another tea bubble.