laoshi19 info was correct till the start of this year regarding Bank of America. Now there is an additional 3% fx fee.
You cannot conduct any Bank of America functions through CCB except withdraw money from atms or view your US balance displayed in rmb.
I recommend HSBC as they do a lot of joint home currency - local rmb accounts. However, they only have a single branch in Kunming.
3yr+ now in Kunming. Honestly, the weather keeps me here. I so wanted to live in Chongqing a few years back, but the unbearable hot and no blue skies was just no match for the mild Kunming climate. It helps I'm usually in LA during the winter too. Also, enjoy the bike-ability of this town and the fact rent is like a third of the tier1 cities. No plan then; no plan now. Though other places like Vietnam still beckon
Then you better pay for a VPN. After this June affair, there will be other net breakdowns, like the October one. This assumes we go back to normal after this one, which is what usually happens, but like the visa policy in China, you never know.
Seems Sandy1 and Sandy2 both like to have their bikes stolen :0
Better to do a tech startup like uber. That company seems very good at making cabbies angry.
Or hold out till line 2 opens! Then bike to any subway station.
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Never gotten sick once at Sals. Their food is TexMex, so yeah, not authentic Mexican food, but pretty authentic as TexMex goes. Burrito wrap has improved a lot. Like the draft beer option now.
If you haven't had dairy products in a while, and do eat here, best forgo the sour cream. Nothing wrong with it, in fact it's the best sour cream in Kunming, but if you've eaten Chinese for month or months with no dairy intake, your system will react to sour cream or probably any liquid dairy product not so well. Maybe that's what happened with nailer and tallamerican.
Update:
It's now 5 working days for regular processing. So I submitted my application a bit before 5pm on a Friday and was told to pick it up next week Friday after 5pm.
Cost is now 400rmb for a single 30 day entry. Or that was what I was charged anyways. There are no posted prices and its cash only with no receipt except for your passport pickup. That's like $65 USD.
You can pay another 150rmb for 2 day or 100rmb for 3 day processing. For 400rmb, they should process it in three days like they used to before, but now you'd pay 500rmb. The office is still like deserted most of the time, so why does it take longer now and cost extra. If you opted for 2 day, thats like $90 usd. All other neighboring countries charge like $25usd.
The rest of and cope review is still good for hours and location.
Far out, less people. Big enough to get lost in. Pretty and quiet near dusk. 20yuan entrance fee.
Like everyone else says, best Indian food in Kunming. They have lunch plates and dinner plates. Show up before 1pm for lunch.
They are on the 4th floor of the half empty shopping mall. Best way is too take the elevator past the KFC around the corner from Starbucks.
Most individual dishes can feed only two hungry guys, so order more if you are starving. Naan order can take care of one only.
Five stars for the food. Go with Yereth's recommendations, plus any vegetable the waitress says is fresh.
Beware that Xue Fu lu is one way, so many taxis have to take a roundabout way to get here.
Welcome to the new GoKunming!
发布者Yeah, mPRin said. I no longer even look at reviews so don't bother checking out new places.
Kunming in the aftermath of the train station attack
发布者I went to the train station in Chengdu a couple of years ago. There was so much security you would need a tank. Kunming zhan is a much softer target. No chance the attackers are local.
Attack leaves dozens dead at Kunming Train Station
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Welcome to the new GoKunming!
发布者I would like the classifieds to have same functions as the forums. I like the All feature. Would appreciate one for the classifieds.
Panlong dredging expected to conclude December 25
发布者In the west it's toxic; here it's fertilizer.