There is a small train ticket office on Kunshi Lu (昆师路) - Kunshi Lu doesn't have any street signs, it is the first road on your right as you walk downhill on Jianshe Lu from its intersection with Wenlin Jie. After turning onto Kunshi Lu, walk about 75-100 meters until you find an alley on the left (south) side of the road. about 15 meters into the alley you should find a train ticket office on the left (east) side of the alley. Usually there aren't many people in line there, if there is a line at all. Good luck!
I just discovered that the Fisherman's Bar in Kunming Zoulang (hidden to the west of New Southwest Shopping Mall at Renmin Zhong Lu/Qingnian Lu) has shisha - orange, apple, grape, mint, mango, banana, etc. Large portions are 50 kuai and smaller ones are 38 kuai. Bring your own tunes....
There are several computer markets throughout Kunming, most notably on the periphery of Yunnan University. External hard drives are plentiful and tend to be quite reasonably priced.
We always put any exhibitions/exhibition openings we hear about on our calendar... the main problem is there aren't so many. TC/G Nordica and Yunart tend to be the main galleries for exhibitions, but we're happy to mention exhibitions at other venues.
Actually Bernie, I would say this is a legitimate post for a forum...
There is a rapidly growing Spanish-speaking population in Kunming including people from Spain, Colombia, Mexico, the US, Canada and elsewhere. I don't know if there are many people looking to practice their Spanish, but maybe you can find someone via our classifieds section. Also, the Hump Bar occasionally hosts Latin-themed parties -- there is plenty of Spanish spoken at these events. I hope that helps. - Chris
GoKunming and Kunming Information Hub have had a good relationship over the years... we've even stopped by to share our thoughts on how they can make their site more useful to foreign readers:
The use of the word "Chinglish" was not derogatory in any way, for me the word simply suggests English that is often translated too literally from Chinese. It was not meant as an insult, and I don't believe it was taken that way, it was merely intended as a reminder to the staff at en.kunming.cn that hiring one native English speaker to go over their articles prior to publishing would greatly raise the quality of their content... something I mentioned when we met with them back in 2009.
I have much admiration for the young and bright crew at en.kunming.cn, we link to their content and they frequently run ours. Their team is just as small as ours, but they're publishing in a second language. Respect!
Once again, good to see haters chipping in. Feel free to share your band's douban link joe, I'm sure you guys keep it real.
Went to the show tonight and the band couldn't have shown more respect to the audience, despite people getting up on stage and acting like tourists while the band was trying to perform.
Can't get enough of people criticizing others for doing things that make people enjoy their lives. Kunming would be so much better if no bands passed through at all!
My favorite Tengchong-style restaurant in Kunming. Their ersi and erkuai are trucked over from Tengchong and are the real deal — Kunming ersi and erkuai do not compare.
The restaurant itself is a bit jumbled, but there are a couple of tables outside in the courtyard that are nice to sit at when the weather's pleasant.
Don't believe them when they say they don't have lufu.
Kunming launches forum site for foreigners
发布者@Becoming Liz: Invitation accepted, I'd be happy to stop by soon!
Kunming launches forum site for foreigners
发布者GoKunming and Kunming Information Hub have had a good relationship over the years... we've even stopped by to share our thoughts on how they can make their site more useful to foreign readers:
bbs.clzg.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=114342 (please forgive my five o'clock shadow, 2009 was a rough year!)
The use of the word "Chinglish" was not derogatory in any way, for me the word simply suggests English that is often translated too literally from Chinese. It was not meant as an insult, and I don't believe it was taken that way, it was merely intended as a reminder to the staff at en.kunming.cn that hiring one native English speaker to go over their articles prior to publishing would greatly raise the quality of their content... something I mentioned when we met with them back in 2009.
I have much admiration for the young and bright crew at en.kunming.cn, we link to their content and they frequently run ours. Their team is just as small as ours, but they're publishing in a second language. Respect!
Interview: Cao Pu & Fu Han
发布者Once again, good to see haters chipping in. Feel free to share your band's douban link joe, I'm sure you guys keep it real.
Went to the show tonight and the band couldn't have shown more respect to the audience, despite people getting up on stage and acting like tourists while the band was trying to perform.
Can't get enough of people criticizing others for doing things that make people enjoy their lives. Kunming would be so much better if no bands passed through at all!
Interview: Wu Hao and Kang Mao
发布者Let the haters hate, last night's show fucking ROCKED!
Book Review: Where the Dragon Meets the Angry River
发布者Ed was kind enough to provide us with a copy for review.
There's an Amazon link in the first mention of the book's title... hopefully it will be available around town soon.