@DantheMan: I agree with Natsymir, Huating Temple's arhats are as bold and expressive than those at Bamboo Temple, if not more so. Not sure how they compare in originality, as Huating's were apparently inspired by Bamboo's. One area in which Huating undoubtedly one-ups Bamboo: It has rubing.
Not sure if Natsymir means Kunming's four main urban districts or Kunming municipality when saying all the temples in Kunming, but Panlong Temple (盘龙寺) on the south end of Dianchi near Jinning is one of the largest and best-known temple compounds in the Dianchi Basin. I'm not an expert on it, but it seems to be one of the more important temples for Kunmingers - it is packed with locals who usually drive there from the city. Definitely worth including in your temple hunt, in my opinion.
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Thanks LaoBenDan, another good excuse to head to Dali soon!
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Happy ninth birthday Sal, you've made Kunming a better place.
Four stars for a great restaurant with friendly staff.
I give Tusheng Shiguan a fifth star for its goal of promoting environmentally sound food production.
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.
Tom and Jiajia have been baking up a storm lately. Thanks to them I have delicious sourdough bread to toast on the space heater in the office.
The Bircher muesli is probably the healthiest and most delicious breakfast around.
Pound for pound, one of the best little Western restaurants in China. 佳佳万岁！
Just had gnocchi in mushroom sauce and a glass of wine for dinner on the balcony in mid-January. Awesome.
Getting away: Stone Forest
Posted byThanks, correction has been made.
Video: Earthquake benefit at Speakeasy Bar
Posted byUnfortunately, the people who blocked YouTube in China don't want you to see it.
Did Kunming's bus station reshuffle create more illegal taxis?
Posted byXiefei wasn't kidding, according to this story, Kunming has had the same number of taxis for 11 years now:
news.kunming.cn/km-news/content/2010-04/13/content_2124963.htm
Getting away: Yuanyang's rice terraces
Posted byHere's some info from Yunti Hotel's website (www.yunti-hotel.cn/), I think you'd enjoy Building B's gumnasiums and spacious farking lot:
"Yun Ti Hotel is located in Xin Jie LaoCheng Yuan Yang, YunNan China-the home of cloudy sea and terraced field, At present it is the only one three stars hotel with complete set of profection and high standarel service[...]
"Building A has 113 rooms with vievo rooms、parlour rooms、stand and rooms、sweet rooms、set of lunnry rooms、magnifilent hall. Nefied halls's bar. High –tech bussiness center and supermarket int it and guests will fell at home.
"Building B has a functional hall which can contain2400 presons. It has gumnasiums KTV rooms、bars、some meeting rooms、sanna roomsand a large farking lot."
Giveaway: New Year's Eve at Uprock
Posted byCongratulations to winners Charles Bluett, Stephanie Pfieffer and Libby Lee who are all on tomorrow night's guest list plus one.