Forums > Travel Yunnan > Bus 919B - Ma Jie to Airport I used to go to both the airport and the east bus station by taxi often. The prices are no where near the same. It would be somewhere between 30-40 for the bus station and 80-100 depending on traffic for the airport. Like Alex said, these places are 18 km apart.
If you aren't short on time though, the cheapest way to get to the airport before 6pm is to take a public bus to the east bus station (like 22 or 29) for 1 to 2 RMB then take the line 6 subway from the east bus station to the airport for 5 RMB.
Forums > Living in Kunming > a English name？ Your account name 'Luis' seems like a good choice
Forums > Living in Kunming > Teaching in Chenggong - Living by the main campus You could also consider living near the subway line somewhere between Erji lu and New Asia Athletics such that you could get into either downtown or Chenggong within 30 minutes. At present, there is more activity (restaurants, shopping, etc) in this part of Kunming (southwestern Guandu district) compared with Chenggong. Guandu old town is not too far from this area either.
Forums > Travel Yunnan > Join-in-group tour If you go with a Chinese-oriented group, the trip will be less expensive for certain but you will stop several times to buy silly nonsense not related for the destination. Also if you are not Chinese and try to go with these groups you will either not be allowed because of insurance issues (I've been told to go home once after booking with a group to stone forest) or you will get tons of potentially unwanted attention. If you like stopping several times on the way and being asked what country you're from, if you're married, and if you think your country is better than china, etc a dozen times per trip, then maybe Chinese-oriented tours are a good option
Forums > Travel Yunnan > visa turnaround possible at vietnam border? If you'll go through the hassle to go all the way down there why not just spend a night or two in laocai or sapa? There are yha hostels over in sapa and tourism in Vietnam for a day or two is similar to china price wise.
Yunnan's capital scrambles as 'Civilized Kunming' audit looms
Posted byUnrelated, but funny. I saw a guy piss on the wenming chengshi ad in the middle of the day nearby Cuihu.
Popular night market locations closed, ban appears permanent
Posted byI am happy to see the street cleared in the pic above, also looking forward to not dealing with that annoyance when I return next month. I do fear, however, this will lead to cars driving faster/less responsibly in this area.
Study: Modern-day southern Chinese, SE Asians, from Yunnan
Posted byVery interesting article, but the term 'Daic family' is misleading for discussing Austroasiatic.
Tai-Kadai is the language family which consists of languages spoken by several groups in this region including the Thai, Lao, Zhuang, Dai/Shan, and Shui among others.
Austroasiatic is the language family which consists of the languages spoken by the Vietnamese, Khmer, Wa, Mon and various other groups in SE Asia.
Some scholars propose that Tai-Kadai and Austroasiatic share a common ancestor language (Austric), but this is not commonly accepted. As I understand the research discussed in this article (not so thoroughly, I have to admit), this genetic work provides support that these peoples share common genetic ancestry.
Provincial toilets soon to be less disgusting
Posted byThe next step is to set up the bathrooms in wenlinjie-wenhuaxiang businesses to accommodate our number two needs.
Kunming to Vietnam border by rail soon to be reality
Posted byI'm at the Hekou train station now. It's about 4-7km outside of town and nobody in town knows where it is except taxi drivers perhaps. For further inconvenience, it's not listed on baidu maps. The hotel I stayed at last night 河口国际公寓 has a ticket service and a shuttle bus. This hotel is right next to the border crossing.