you might want to re-post this in the classifieds section, that way people can contact you privately via our contact form. if you do post a classified ad, make sure not to include your email address in the text, or else you will get spammed!
Dunno about UPS, haven't heard about them operating in KM, but FedEx is here, I used them a couple weeks ago.
FedEx works through a Chinese company called Tianjin Datian Logistics, you can call their office near the airport at 701 5347 (their receptionist speaks decent English). They can send a FedEx van out to wherever you are and pick up your parcel. You might want to ask them to give you some extra forms and envelopes for future use.
I've received a few packages from TNT too - I think Harbour Plaza offers TNT services, but with an extra service charge added - but I don't have their contact details.
EMS is generally okay, but I've lost some documents sent via EMS before, so I don't really recommend it. Hope that helps.
Hi, thanks for posting on the site. Please put apartment posts in GoKunming's classifieds section - the forum section is for discussions, enquiries, etc. Thank you.
You can get your own room with hotsprings at Dianchi Chuntian, but it's something like 600-800 yuan/night. There are also shared outdoor hot springs for around 85 yuan. The outdoor hot springs are mixed with no nudity, and there is a nice little swimming pool. There is also one pool that is filled with little fish that eat your dead skin off of you. Really. Address and phone number are listed on the Spas page in this site.
Check out www.gokunming.com/en/blog/item.php?blog_id=76 about Al Medina, a Bangladeshi/Indian restaurant across from the airport. Starting next week they'll have an Indian chef who's been working in England. Hopefully it will be as good as it sounds.
@roberto: China will certainly spend the days leading up to the match training here, most likely at the Hongta facility, more info here: www.gokunming.com/[...]
As for tickets to the match, they are notoriously difficult to obtain here. If you have any friends playing in Kunming's local football league, I would ask them first. That's how we got our tickets to the Socceroos match in 2008. There's always a chance that there will be a clear and straightforward way to purchase tickets, but it would be a first.
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.
Cui Jian to headline 500KM music festival
发布者The festival's organizers have provided us with an official schedule:
Saturday, September 10:
5:30-6:00 — Shepherd (牧羊人)
6:10-6:40 — Ink Wind (墨风)
6:50-7:20 — Yellow Barcode (黄色条码)
7:30-8:00 — The Great Apes (类人猿)
8:10-8:40 — Mayuan Poets (麻园诗人)
8:50-9:20 — Sigangli (司岗里)
9:30-10:30 — Tan Weiwei (谭维维)
10:30-11:30 — Xie Tianxiao and Cold-blooded Animals
Sunday, September 11
5:30-6:00 — Li Siwei (李四伟)
6:10-6:40 — Chengdu Tree (成都树子)
6:50-7:20 — Kaixuan (凯旋)
7:30-8:00 — Summer Solstice (夏至日)
8:10-8:40 — polymath
8:50-9:20 — Kouxian (扣弦)
9:30-10:30 — Shanren Band (山人乐队)
10:30-11:30 — Cui Jian (崔健)
Retrial announcement follows public outcry
发布者Retrial over, death sentence reinstated:
en.kunming.cn/index/content/2011-08/23/content_2637454.htm
Cycling from Kunming to Dali Old Town
发布者@tahoe: The celebration looked a little like photo number two of this post:
www.gokunming.com/[...]
Singapore preparing for high-altitude challenge
发布者@roberto: China will certainly spend the days leading up to the match training here, most likely at the Hongta facility, more info here: www.gokunming.com/[...]
As for tickets to the match, they are notoriously difficult to obtain here. If you have any friends playing in Kunming's local football league, I would ask them first. That's how we got our tickets to the Socceroos match in 2008. There's always a chance that there will be a clear and straightforward way to purchase tickets, but it would be a first.
Kunming's Red alley: Jiexiao Xiang
发布者@HFCAMPO: Thanks for pointing out that I had failed to link to the museum. The oversight was mine. Link has been added.
@Geezer: It's actually off of 华山东路