Latest Comments

• • June 22, 2011
  • Landslides interrupt Kunming-Chengdu train services
    

    It was in fact I—before several years in China robbed me of both my handsome visage and my dental integrity.

• • April 24, 2011
  • Interview: Xiong Junwu
    

    Not always the cheapest, but in my opinion the best bike shop in Kunming.

• • March 17, 2011
  • Preview: Yunfest Documentary Festival 2011
    

    I went to a couple of great documentaries at the 2009 edition. Great to see that Yunfest is back!

• • January 10, 2011
  • Bicycle ambassadors leave Kunming for Southeast Asia
    

    金飞豹加油！

• • January 9, 2011
  • GoKunming Weekend Preview
    

    Both the bands at Laowo last night were pretty good...not much of a turnout, though.

Latest Forum Posts

• • May 15, 2012
    
  • Forums > Living in Kunming > Beginning to really like Kunming
    

    "I cannot believe that I complemented Kunming, and this entire sh*tfest is the result! LOL geez"

    I will preface the following comment by stating that I believe there is a very real possibility that 'crazy.laowai' is actually 'Gaoxing' v2.0: a much subtler and more cunning breed of troll. Robert Patrick to Gaoxing's Arnold Schwarzenegger (if you don't understand the reference, that's why they invented Google).

    At least that's my way of reconciling the seeming existence of such an inane individual.

    If my suspicions are wrong, however, and he is a real person, here goes: complemented and complimented are two different words. Didn't I read him writing somewhere on this site that he was an English teacher? Idiot.

• • May 13, 2012
    
  • Forums > Living in Kunming > Japanese encephalitis vaccine?
    

    @tigertiger, I suppose that depends on your views regarding overpopulation ;-)

    If one values preserving human lives and allowing those lives to be healthy, vaccines are a no-brainer.

    Polio, hep b, smallpox, yellow fever, typhoid, etc... these are not diseases to which human would develop a natural resistance anytime soon if we stopped coddling/'dumbing down' our immune systems.

• • April 23, 2012
    
  • Forums > Living in Kunming > Gymns in Kunming
    

    Morning Gym: http://www.gokunming.com/[...]

    If you're looking for something a bit higher scale, there's Powerhouse across Remin Lu: http://www.gokunming.com/[...]

    Nearest major cross street is Qingnian Lu.

    Morning also has some other branches around town, I think including one up on Beijing Lu toward the north.

• • February 26, 2012
    
  • Forums > Food & Drink > Bread in Kunming
    

    (And props to As You Like, Sandra's and Slice of Heaven for also producing some very good bread)

• • February 26, 2012
    
  • Forums > Food & Drink > Bread in Kunming
    

    Maybe things have changed in the eight months since I left Kunming... but when I was living there, French Cafe was turning out baguettes that compared favorably with Parisian bakeries. And certainly better than any I've ever had in Vietnam or Laos.

Latest Reviews

• • DanTheMan
    May 6, 2012
    
  • Kunming > Lost Garden Guesthouse & Restaurant
    一丘田七号客栈

    Gotta be the best guesthouse/hostel in Kunming. Good food and comfortable rooms.

• • DanTheMan
    June 16, 2011
    
  • Kunming > Russian Goods Store
    俄罗斯商品店

    But do they have elk lips and mammoth tusks? http://www.nytimes.com/[...]

• • DanTheMan
    May 23, 2011
    
  • Kunming > Salvador's Coffee House
    萨尔瓦多咖啡馆

    I was surprised to see someone saying that the menu has been creeping up in price. I know for a fact that prices haven't changed in the last two years – during a period of very high inflation.

    For the record, shitting in the toilet isn't allowed, so don't do it. It's happened twice while I've been sitting here this afternoon and the poor waitresses have to clean up after it.

• • DanTheMan
    May 18, 2011
    
  • Kunming > French Café
    兰白红

    I'm a frequent lunchtime customer and have spent a lot of money at French Café over the years and generally had good experiences.

    So I was dismayed when I was denied service there a few days ago because I wanted to split one dish with another person and didn't want to order anything else. Apparently there is a rule that every customer has to order at least one item, even though I believe it would have been possible for each of us to order the cheapest item on the menu and still spent less money than we were trying to spend on our fruit salad with yogurt (17 kuai).

    I pointed out to the waitress – whom I recognized and who I suspected recognized me – that I was a frequent customer and that we'd only be a few minutes. But she just kept on going on about how her laoban wouldn't allow it. So we left the half empty cafe without spending any money... and I don't suspect I'll be back to spend more anytime soon.

• • DanTheMan
    May 6, 2011
    
  • Kunming > Starbucks (Shuncheng Plaza)
    星巴克 (顺城店)

    I escaped from Shanghai, only to find Kunming becoming Shanghai-ed.

    The McDonald's of coffee houses: good enough for a quick fix, but you always feel a bit guilty about it afterwards.

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