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• • September 21, 2011
  • Getting Away: Xizhou
    

    It sounds amazing. I would love to stay at the Linden Centre but looking on their website it seems that you have to participate in their tour programmes if you want to stay there. Has anyone stayed there without getting involved in their activities? I'm sure they're great for first time visitors to China but I just want a hotel so I can explore by myself. Thanks!

Latest Forum Posts

• • January 13, 2012
    
  • Forums > Travel Yunnan > Traditional houses to rent in Dali?
    

    Hi

    I want to find a traditional house in Dali to rent for one week for two people at the end of February. Do you have one or can you recommend one?

    Please email or give me a call maudecroucher[at]gmail.com 13769165031

    Thanks!

    Maude

• • November 28, 2011
    
  • Forums > Living in Kunming > Anyone with a UK bank account need RMB?
    

    Hi,

    I have too many RMB and not enough British pounds. If there is anyone out there with a UK bank account who needs RMB please get in touch. I can give you RMB in cash at whatever the exchange rate is on the day and you can transfer GBP directly into my account in the UK and we both save on all the charges. Small or large amounts all OK. Thanks!

    maudecroucher[at]gmail.com

• • November 28, 2011
    
  • Forums > Living in Kunming > air ticket booking
    

    www.alternativeairlines.com has some really good flights, especially round SE Aisa. They deal with the smaller local airlines which Expedia normally doesn't. I remember I got some flights from KM to Hanoi with Vietnam Airways and the price was about half that of buying it directly from the airline.

• • November 28, 2011
    
  • Forums > Food & Drink > Sprouts
    

    I found some once at Metro but sadly it was in February so I don't know if you'll have any luck before Christmas...

• • November 6, 2011
    
  • Forums > Living in Kunming > Do you have US dollars or GB pounds you want to exchange?
    

    Hi Ian,

    Thanks for the advice. I had heard that it might be really hard to change RMB in Kathmandu. Have you actually done it before?

    Thanks!

Latest Reviews

• • Maude
    January 23, 2012
    
  • Kunming > Pizza da Rocco
    乐客比萨

    I never understand why this place gets such bad reviews. I go there a few times a month and I'm never dissapointed. The pizza is pretty good for China and the pasta dishes are genuinely excellent. Authentic ingredients and home made pasta. The latte is also some of the best in town and it's a nice smart place to spend an evening. The bread is delicious especially with the virgin olive oil on every table and the mozarella is real unlike the rubbery stuff you normally get in Kunming. I've never had a problem with the service either. The waiters are all friendly and professional although sometimes main courses do come at different times if for example you order one pasta and one pizza dish.

    The only improvements I would recommend would be to have parmesan and black pepper available to add to pasta dishes (although maybe that's just some made up thing no one in Italy would do...) and also to have some wine by the glass and imported Italian beer on the menu.

    I really think Rocco's is one of the best places in Kunming for Western food and now that the prices everywhere have gone up so much it isn't even particularly expensive anymore.

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