Forums > Living in Kunming > Water outages warning This notice was posted on the Kunming Water Authority's official WeChat account. Pardon the quick and dirty translation job:
"Water outages caused by pipe replacements will affect neighborhoods along Xuefu Lu (from Jiaochang Zhong Lu to Huangtupo), the Hongshan area, Jinding area, along Dianmian Dadao, along Puji Lu, the Gaoxin area and the northwest part of Kunming. Water outages may be complete in some areas, while others will see a lowering of pressure."
The scheduled stoppage time is Nov 28 at 10pm until Nov 30 at midnight.
停水范围:学府路(教场中路至黄土坡)段沿线、虹山片区、金鼎山片区、滇缅大道沿线、普吉路沿线、高新区片区、昆明市西北片区等片区水压下降。停水受影响的片区内直供水(即无二次加压)的小区,高峰用水时段会出现压力低或无水的情况。
停水时间:2017-11-28 22时
复水时间:2017-11-30 24时
Forums > Travel Yunnan > Wildlife You've Seen in Yunnan I hope some of the more avid bird-watchers (of which I'm not) make some comments here. The best things I've seen so far are a Lady Amherst's pheasant on Dali's Cangshan, and a what looked like a family of Gaur outside of Tengchong. Not sure what they were though.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Dragon Boat racing This forum thread says there will be dragon boat races at the Nationalities Village May 28-30:
km.bendibao.com/tour/2017523/47761.shtm
I would call first to make sure:
www.gokunming.com/[...]
Forums > Study > English Corner Here's the listing for Moondog:
www.gokunming.com/en/listings/item/33682/moondog
If anyone has a well-established English corner they would like to add to the GoKunming Calendar, feel free to get in touch with us through the contact form and we'll help you out:
www.gokunming.com/en/contact/
Hiking from Dali to Lijiang Walk for Hearts fundraiser
发布者The walk by Dr Detrano, and everyone who accompanied him, raised 160,000 yuan. On behalf of Bob and everyone who was involved, we would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who contributed.
The fight to save these kids is ongoing, so if you'd like to help out, please follow the links in the article above.
We will also be announcing details for another round of fundraising soon.
Divine Prototypes: The natural terraces of Baishuitai
发布者@hetszunyu & @voltaire: Thanks for the correction. The article has been changed accordingly.
Multi-sport athletes needed for Red Bull 24-Hour Cross Challenge
发布者Yes we do, but registration is currently open to foreign teams only. Send me a personal message if you have more questions or email: team [at] gokunming [dot] com
National Day in the Spring City
发布者@Peter99 The image credit has been added. Thanks for pointing it out. Caption changed too.
No end in sight for Xuefu Lu traffic upheaval
发布者Subways are scheduled to be finished by 2020. The 2017 date is for when Yi'er-yi and Xue Fu will become two-way, but the subway construction should be chaotic for both streets for the next few years.