You can buy tickets five days ahead of time here if you don't want to trek down to the train station: www.gokunming.com/en/listings/item/hua_32439/
You can buy tickets five days ahead of time here if you don't want to trek down to the train station: www.gokunming.com/en/listings/item/hua_32439/
Heard they're reopening this Friday, but possibly at a different location. I'll post a followup when I have more solid details from management.
I'm pretty sure there is a Thai bank that has all of their ATMs enabled for Union Pay... forget which one, though.
I stopped by and peeked through the window at the "American Market" this morning. The selection looked pretty limited: boxed mac 'n' cheese, chocolate sauce, canned soup and some cereal. But if you're looking for that sort of thing it might do...
2GB is two gigabytes...the subscription is on a monthly basis with no rollover of unused data from month to month (somebody can correct me if I'm wrong on that one).
You can also pay 20 yuan/month for a smaller amount of data (50 megabytes?) if your needs are not so high.
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One of the more unique hotpot experiences available in Kunming. The higher priced cuts of yak meat, including the yak carpaccio, are excellent.
It's also about as vegetarian friendly as hotpot gets because each person gets an individual pot and there is a (purportedly) vegetarian broth available, as well as a range veggies and good highland barley noodles.
The Yunnan courtyard-style restaurants like Laofangzi, Deyiju, etc are generally up to the task for a solid meal at a somewhat higher-than-average price.
Airuochun is yet another of these options, but perhaps a little ahead of the pack, especially for its tasty pork and pigeon offerings.
Nice place with a friendly owner who really cares about the quality of his food.
Went here for lunch today. Nothing to write home about, but friendly service and a decent price.
Good place to go if you want to try some really strange food including bugs, snake, wild roots, etc. The veggies are also fresh and tasty.
Getting Away: Yu'an Shan Public Cemetery
发布者The bridge is closed and locked, as it has been for some time now.
Getting Away: Yu'an Shan Public Cemetery
发布者It's not really a rideable route, got some steep stone stairs leading up to Bamboo Temple. The entrance to the park is on the left side about halfway through the ride where it flattens out a bit and you pass around the side of a Chinese-style archway.
There's also a path that runs up from earlier in the climb when you see a small temple up on the hill on your left side. Follow the stone stairs up past the temple and into the woods and keep walking.
GoKunming December 2010 Holiday Preview
发布者For anybody who's never spent Christmas Eve in Kunming before, it tends to involve massive amounts of artificial snow shot out of aerosal cans, especially in the Nanping Jie / Jinma Biji Fang area. Don't wear your nicest clothes, especially if you're conspicuously foreign, and don't go out if you can't tolerate some fumes and fake snow being sprayed on you.
Here's some photos from last year: news.kunming.cn/km-news/content/2010-12/24/content_2378789.htm
Getting Away: Trailrunning Tiger Leaping Gorge
发布者West Bus Station
www.gokunming.com/en/listings/item/wes_32366/
But you arrive at Qiaotou really early, usually around 4 or 5am.
2010: The Year in Review
发布者'Dem mushrooms was good.