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I'm involved in translating a French traveler's account of Yunnan in the 1870s. I know that there are other Kunming expats writing/editing seriously.
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I'm involved in translating a French traveler's account of Yunnan in the 1870s. I know that there are other Kunming expats writing/editing seriously.
Re: books, there are fair numbers of books circulating on-line in the e-mule/a-mule file sharing system. It's random, of course, but it's a cheap way to acquire, eg, the entire Cambridge History of China. It's all pirated, I would suspect, but "it is a marvelous thing to be a pirate king."
Rosaa, there used to be a reading group which met at The Box (bar in the Wen Lin Jie area). It seems to have died down at the moment, but there's no reason it can't be revived.
If you don't like being targeted as a laowai, wear old-fashioned Chinese clothes, get a cap without a brim, and before you know, people will be asking where in Xinjiang you are from or even addressing you in Uighur!
Don't hesitate to move back to your white, tight, suburb if you don't like it here. Personally, I love it all, good and bad.
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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.
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