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Big size shoes. An open mind. Courage. Chutzpah.
Big size shoes. An open mind. Courage. Chutzpah.
There used to be a tailor on Dong Feng Lu, near the movie theater and the intersection with Wen Lin Jie, a bit up-hill from the hospital. He worked out of a traditional style house. He made a lot of suits for foreign students at Yunnan U. Last time I looked, his old style house was gone. Has he moved to some place near by? Far away? Or is he retired? Or what? I want to get some pants and shirts made.
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Is there an up-to-date map (on line or on paper) of Kunming's bus routes? I need to know how to find the new long distance bus stations. I will be living near Xiaoximen but I need to know how to reach the new West and South long distance bus stations, in particular.
Any way to find out which city busses service these new bus stations? How do I get from Xiaoximen to the new West bus station or the new South bus station? None of them seem to be any place convenient to bus riders.
I'm returning to KM after a few months away. Friends tell me that the bus stations near the south train station, BJ road, have disappeared, replaced by a new bus station in far off Chenggong. True?
I find it hard to believe that one must go all the way to Chenggong for a cheap bus to Yuxi, for example. What about the West Bus Station, near the Art College, or the New South Bus Station, next to the new second hand market in Fu De? Can one leave, say, the Cloud Land Hostel for Jing Hong without a long expensive detour to Chenggong?
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I've stayed here many times over the years and been very satisfied. Central location, comfortable rooms, reasonable prices. Some might mind the noise from the Bad Monkey Bar across the street, but I've always been able to sleep. The staff is very helpful with bus tickets, excursion tickets and the like.
Does anyone know if this is still a going concern? Or destroyed by the fire?
One of my favorite places in Jing Hong! It's my landmark, the center of the hotel, restaurant, bike, etc., area. I discovered dark Beer Lao there!
But getting to the S. bus station takes another hour....
Exhibition celebrates the life and photographs of Auguste François
发布者So how do I find this museum? The link is not very helpful. I gather it is in the Xi Shan district, but does anyone know a bus that goes to the museum?
Urban management officers replaced by plants
发布者"I wonder if any of the problems that have to do with unlicenced vendors etc. might have something to do with a (relative) downturn in an economy"
There are far fewer small markets than there used to be.
Urban management officers replaced by plants
发布者"The traffic jams radiating out of Xiaoximen have just gotten ridiculous.'
Your problem is caused by cars, not people selling me erkuai.
Urban management officers replaced by plants
发布者"What happens when they decide to set up shop in front of YOUR house blocking you from getting in and start taking money out of YOUR pockets?"
I'd love to buy jianbing or baozi as I walk to early class. I'd put my money in their pockets willingly.
I've bought food from one woman vendor for ten years now, and somehow the sky has not fallen.
Urban management officers replaced by plants
发布者I like the vendors. They are useful to me. They need the money, too. If I wanted to buy everything from a few monopoly corporations, I'd've stayed in the US.