Thank you all for your feedback. It seems the Aegean mall area seems to be the right fit after all. I was just afraid it was far off from the city center which meant that it was more reclusive since I like the busier city life (not night-life mind you).
From all of your feedback I would say I'm pretty certain to look for a place around there for our flat and for our kindergarten as well. Honestly I was thinking about that area for a kindergarten for a long time since from my experience there were quite a lot of new compounds there which would suggest a high-middle class living over there. We'll start off small anyway so we don't need to attract 100 kids straight away so having other kindergartens around the area shouldn't be a problem especially since, from my research, they mostly do not provide foreign curricula or even a western teacher in the class all the time.
Thanks for all your advice guys. Having a Hema supermarket close is a super nice thing, I've been using them here in Shanghai and they're just way too convenient.
We have our own car so getting around should not be a problem though personally I am a kind of a person who loves the metro but right now from what I've seen Kunming's metro is still in the developing stages.
We are coming back to set up our own kindergarten so maybe that area having lots of teachers might not be too bad. I would be a little bit concerned about no western food though as that is something I did get used to in Shanghai (though I do love Chinese food too, but it's nice to have a western meal close by once in a while).
Apart from the Aegan mall,
are there any other areas that you would recommened?
I think I might be writing about that one yeah, down south around Guangfu Road. Are there many expats living around there and is there much to do besides the mall?
Are there any foreign ran WeChat groups that you guys could post over here? I'll be moving to Kunming soon and would love to reach out to the international community over there. I thought consulting this website would be enough but, it is true, the traffic here is a little bit slow.
My wechat name is marioepic (username chosen when i was young and stupid) if anyone would like to add me.
Hi I wanted to ask is the Kinming International Fellowship a Protestant or a Catholic organisation. I'm looking for a Catholic mass and so far only know of the state-sanctioned church as Beijing Road.
