Summers in KM are not bad. Clouds keep the sun from getting too hot. Carry an umbrella or a rain poncho for showers, and you'll do OK.
I'm sure your English is plenty good enough. Swedish is a related language, after all.
Dear PO'd expats: don't let the men hit you on the pigu when you leave!
When I read the whiny Americans here, I remember why I sometimes used to hide my face when I saw one of my countrymen get on the bus. If seeing someone spit or pee is the worst thing that's ever happened to you....
There is also a large market at Bai Yun Tao Bao City, on Bai Yun Lu, about a block east of where it crosses Bei Jing Lu. It's a few blocks from the site of the former Bai Yun Lu Second Hand Market.
Personally, I like everything about China. Noisy eating is not a serious flaw, nor is letting the babies fertilize on the trees.
If you want to live in a US suburb, why did you come to China?
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The beer is good. The food, OK, if you're dying for something Western. Food service is better in the daytime, mamahuhu in the night time.
I haven't stayed in their guesthouse, but I'll guess it's noisy in the night times.
Prague Cafe in Bei Chen Walking Street is Prague III.
There are other branches in Wen Lin Jie and in Lijiang.
I've been a long time customer of the Wen Lin branch.
Both Kunming branches are pleasant places to meet and chat with friends.
The food may not be the cheapest, but the cheapest would be from the street vendors.
I meet and drink coffee with friends at the Wen Lin PC several times weekly, especially since the Yun Joy Cafe is no more.
I've been drinking Beer Lao and coffee here, off and on for some years.
It's always a pleasant place to relax. The food is good as well. Close to cheap hotels and bike rental on Manting Lu, too.
City cracks down on illegal vendors
发布者"I've often wondered why the outdoor areas of Wen Hua Xiang can't have a few tables and chairs so people could sit outside like in most cities that encourage sidewalk cafes. "
Outdoor tables were abolished 5-6 years ago, after complaints from retired professors living upstairs. Too much drunken shouting late at night, it seems.
City cracks down on illegal vendors
发布者I wish the Cheng Guan would go away and the street vendors were allowed to stay. If they hinder traffic, well, I wish 90% of the cars would go away, too.
Yunnan serial killer gets death penalty
发布者No one lives alone, certainly not in a village.
Yunnan serial killer gets death penalty
发布者If you kill a few people, you're a serial killer. Kill a million, and you're a politician.
Kunming's etymological vapor trail
发布者In the 1870s, the city was Yun Nan Fu but it was in the county of Kunming. So Emil Rocher, La province chinoise de Yunnan (Paris, 1880). Caravan Press (connected with Mandarin Bookstore) will publish an English translation soon, by the way.