Ma Li at Wheatfield Bookstore (www.gokunming.com/[...] around the corner from the Yunda west gate has a limited but interesting selection. Last time I was there I saw a copy of Bitches Brew by Miles Davis.... definitely worth a look, Ma Li might also know some other places in town to pick up vinyl, but I'm guessing it's gonna be revolutionary songs or stuff that was coming out of Shanghai in the 1920s-30s.
@Tom/jivebunny: Thanks for the kind words, glad to have been helpful.
@Tom: Best of luck with your new endeavors, see you at the Hump later.
Taobao City's address is 448 Baiyun Lu, it's about 150 meters east of Beijing Lu and just west of the intersection of Baiyun Lu and Wanhong Lu (万宏路) on the north side of the street.
For the record, this is not a website for foreigners, it is a website for English speakers living in or visiting Kunming/Yunnan. Originally, I started it in 2005 so I could have a quick online reference for good places around Kunming because I would often order ahead before leaving home for my favorite neighborhood restaurants.
The original version of GoKunming was actually bilingual. When we became a two-man operation (and a real, living, breathing website) in 2006, we decided to just make an English site because it was simply too much work for two non-native Chinese speakers to update and maintain the site in two languages.
The majority of GoKunming users may be foreigners, but I am just as happy for Chinese people to use the site to find people to rent their apartments as I am for a foreigner to find a cheap used refrigerator.
With the rate that people are learning English here, I wouldn't be surprised if in a few years there were more Chinese users of GoKunming than foreign users, which would be fine. I'm just happy that people find it useful.
I think most people, even the hippie douchebags, are going to be receptive to new people as long as the interaction feels like a two-way street rather than just one person taking as much info as they can from the other.
If someone's hanging with friends and trying to unwind with a beer after a long day of work, the last thing they want to do is answer a million questions from a person they've never met and may never see again.
If you're going to ask a stranger for help, I feel like it's far more fair to the person whose downtime you're interrupting if you offer to buy them a beer or a coffee, anything to let the other person know you're not just a "taker". Even if they don't take you up on the offer, they're likely to appreciate it and open up more than they normally would.
As Chingis mentions, a lot of information already exists in the forums on this site... poking around different threads is likely to answer many of your basic questions. I'd also suggest trying to check out different events around town, which will give you an idea of what kinds of people hang out at which places.
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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.
Official: Uighur group not responsible for Kunming bus attacks
Posted bySpelunker is correct: en.beijing2008.cn/news/official/preparation/n214462469.shtml
The White Pagoda: A young city's first sacrifice to traffic
Posted byHi Walter,
Actually, you're not the first one to ask me this... I preferred to show the approximate original location rather than the replica, which is built north of the original location.
Chris
Friday show to benefit rural school
Posted byWe've been asked by Matthieu Lelievre to thank GoKunming readers for showing up to the benefit show/party. The evening raised more than 5,000 yuan for the school.
The school in Jiabe is still looking for English and Chinese teachers for the school. For more information, call Matthieu Lelievre at 13708732507.
Norwegian jazz ambassadors in Kunming
Posted byamazing show, Kunming needs more live music of this caliber
Earthquake benefit raises more than 10,000 yuan
Posted byfrom the Bookworm:
Folks,
It's been a devastating week here for people in Sichuan, but the authorities, the NGOs and the local community are doing an absolutely incredible job
PRIORITY, TANGIBLE ACHIEVABLE PROJECTS
The Bookworm is focusing on 3 projects involving essential items that are needed NOW.
Contact the Chengdu Bookworm on 028 85520177, pop in and donate.
www.chengdubookworm.com
CAMP BEDS
500 camp beds required for surviving schoolchildren to be accommodated in Chengdu, as well as basic necessities for each child.
Donation requested for each child is 300 rmb (for bed and basic necessities)
Total requested: 150,000 rmb
TENTS
300 tents required for a tent village in DuJiangYan (devastated town near the epicentre)
These are high quality large tents, each for 8 people.
Cost of one 8-person tent is 780 rmb.
Please do not donate, for this project, the normal small bubble tents.
Total requested: 234,000 rmb
Bring/send cash to the Bookworm
PLASTIC/RUBBER GLOVES
600 pairs of plastic/rubber gloves are urgently required by medical staff. Disinfection solution and powder is also required.
Total requested: 10,000 rmb
The Bookworm is coordinating these urgent projects now, in touch with suppliers and ready to help.
The money is needed NOW.
Please donate as much as you can. It will ALL be directed to these urgent projects.
Contact the Chengdu Bookworm on 028 85520177, pop in and donate.
www.chengdubookworm.com
Volunteers - with specialist skills and/or vehicles
If you have any relevant specialist skills which may be of help, or if you can make cars or other vehicles available, contact the Bookworm.
MISSING PERSONS
If you know of anyone travelling in Sichuan (or other parts of China) and have reason to believe that they may not have been in touch with their families or friends since Monday, please contact the relevant Consulate.
British Consulate Rapid Deployment Team contact number: 028 86786666 x8318 or x 8319.
If you do not have your consulate's contact number, please call the Bookworm on 028 85520177
Mark
www.randomstuff.biz
ALSO>>>
Below is a list from the Red Cross of urgently needed medications:
1. Thimerosal for injury 外伤消毒液
2. Liquid bag for injection 输液袋
3. operating instrument set 手术包
4. surgical operation apparatus 手术器械
5. Adrenaline injection 肾上腺注射液
6. tetanus infection medicine for injection 破伤风针剂
7. Thimerosal to prevent prague 预防瘟疫的消毒液