Medad,
If you have time and you are NOT in a hurry, I suggest you stop at Jian Shui. It is the halfway point between Hekou and Kunming and there is a lot to see and do in Jian Shui.
My wife is Chinese and she buys all the tickets. The ticket prices are clearly marked on the tickets and the prices I quoted above are for chinese as well as foreigners.
The only place I have visited where the ticket prices differ from the price marked on the tickets is SHA LIN - Sand Forest in LuLiang, Qujing. The ticket price on the window and the tickets reads 100 RMB but the actual price we paid was only 50 RMB.
As you can see from my website, I have been living in Yunnan for the last 8 years. I have visited these 2 places many times and as recently as a few months ago. The ticket prices have changed considerably over that period of time. 8 years ago, the tickets to Pu Zhe Hei were only 100 RMB, 2 years ago they jumped to 160 RMB and now they are 200 RMB. I was there a few months ago. Obviously your chinese friend and Vietnamese friend passed on erroneous info when she told you they were 60 RMB. As for Ba Mei, the ticket prices were steady at 40 RMB for the last 7 years. However, when I went there a few months ago, they jumped to 100 RMB.
Yadan, as I mentioned earlier in this thread - If you look in my website it will tell you clearly and specifically what you are looking for including the price of the entrance tickets.
This website is for information only.
WWW.HUGOYUNNANTRAVEL.COM
Pu Zhe Hei = 200 RMB - If you want to get in legally for free, let me know - NOT illegally
Ba Mei = 100 RMB
Peter7, if you really want to visit Tuan Shan then you must go to Jian Shui first. Give a taxi driver in Jian Shui 40 RMB or a motorcycle driver 30 RMB and they will take you there in less than 30 minutes. I suggest you go see the double dragon bridge first and hopefully this will pique your curiosity and challenge you to find the other 3 bridges. When you stop at Jian Shui, make sure you go to any big hotel and buy a map of Jian Shui for 5 RMB. Jian Shui has the best map I have found anywhere in China thus far. When you get the map, look for some of the wells and walk around until you find them. After you find one well, I am certain you will want to discover the others and will NOT rest until you have seen all 47 wells in Jian Shui.
For me, travel is exciting and wonderful because I discovered a certain place all by myself. I always seem to find more interesting places when I get lost or sidetracked. Additionally, after just 1 month in China, I realized I never have to wonder or ask anyone about buses or hotels because no matter where I go, how remote the place, buses, motorcycles, tuk tuks, minivans and guesthouses and hotels can always be found. I dont speak chinese, and I have no plans of learning, yet I can still manage to find and visit any place I have in my mind.
Ask and you shall receive. Seek and you shall Find!
Hugo
I have been to Ba Mei and Pu Zhe Hei 3 times. Read the instructions in my website and if you have any more questions feel free to email or call me.
This website is for information only.
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Hugo
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The new Visa office is located at 118 Tuo Dong Road. There is no number on the building yet so do not bother to look for it. There are 2 passport photo shops on either side of the building. The office is located directly in front of the Kunming Museum. The bus stop is named - Shi Bo Wu Guan - Bus 1, 62, 109, 117, 145, 213, A1 and K3 stop directly in front of the office. Foreigners need to go to the 3rd floor. The Tuo Dong Stadium is located to the right of the office while Baita Road is located to the left of the office.
No clear timetable for Kundu business closures
Posted byI am sure those individuals who patronize these locations have already found an alternate location for hooking and boozing.
Brine and bridges: The Yunlong legacy
Posted byGreat article - here is a lit of the bridges in the vicinity.
1. TENG QIAO – YUN LONG - 云龙藤桥
2. GONG GUO QIAO – YUN LONG - 云龙功果桥(昌金桥)
3. HUI MIN QIAO – BAO FENG - 宝丰惠民桥(新桥)
4. DI ZHU QIAO – BAO FENG - 宝丰砥柱桥
5. XIAO TIE QIAO – BAO FENG - 宝丰小铁桥
6. TONG JING QIAO – CHANG XIN - 长新通京桥
7. YONG ZHEN QIAO – CHANG XIN - 长新永镇桥
8. AN LAN QIAO – CHANG XIN - 长新安澜桥
9. QING YUN QIAO – SHI MEN - 石门青云桥
10. FEI LONG QIAO – JIU ZHOU - 旧州飞龙桥遗址(仅剩"望江楼"和桥墩)
11. XIN YUN QIAO – GUO LANG - 果朗新云桥
12. ZHONG ZHOU QIAO – GUO LANG - 果朗中州桥(土官桥)
13. SHI LI HE XIAO QIAO - 师里河小桥
14. CAI FENG QIAO – BAI SHI - 白石彩凤桥
15. GU QIAO – SHI JING - 师井古桥
Jinning festival celebrates China's greatest explorer
Posted byGrave Stele of Ma Hazhi - 马哈只墓碑 - Jinning – Kunming.
This is a Historical and Cultural site of Kunming and it is located inside Zheng He Park.
Shi zhai shan Old Tombs - 石寨山古墓群 - Jinning – Kunming.
This is another historical site located not from from the park in Jinning.
Yunnan's "largest illegal animal smuggling ring" broken up
Posted bySupply and demand. Go to every TCM office and confiscate all endangered species products they have in stock. Do this throughout the entire nation. Photograph and record the owner and store and let them know if they have any of these products ever again they will go to jail or get the death penalty. Problem solved. Same for ivory and other items.
Forgotten British consulate getting Chinese facelift
Posted byCan someone provide some descent directions or cross street where this bldg can be found.