hooray for real news!

"colder and wetter this week" indeed!

Is it possible to take a bus from Yuxi/Dayinjie to Shi Lin? If so, what bus? From where? How much? and How long?

If not, how much would it cost to hire a private car for four passengers to Shi Lin?

Thanks for your help!

wow. this is huge. also the first english coverage i've seen of this, and possibly the first out there. are the wires asleep?

Does anyone have a good idea of the fares? I googled but got a variety different answers. Eg for a return:
INR18,500, inc taxes (=USD470)
INR12,000, ex taxes (=USD300.)
Could taxes really add up to USD170?
And CNY 1,180 (=USD160) "after discount", excluding taxes I guess.

And how can you get a visa for India in Kunming. There's no consulate here - are there visa agents?

It is really cool about the weather forecate in your website which even mentions the time of sunrise and sunset.Anyway I like this way^^

Thanks to dianjing for noticing that... it's been corrected. We got the info from their recent flyer which didn't mention the admission fee.

This announcement says the jazz concert @ TCG Nordica is free, but their home page www.tcgnordica.com says 30 yuan a person. Hmmmm. Sounds great anyway!

I want to know the number of western waiguoren registered in the city. It would be interesting to compare that to other minorities!

Excellent video clip. Have to go there sometime.

didn't another musician injure themselves with boiling water one time on the way to perform in Kunming? Brain Failure was the band, i think. is Kunming just too dangerous a place to get to?

Error corrected, that's what happens when I skip my lunchtime coffee...

What was he doing with his leg in a motorcycle?

This writer is so interesting

Yesterday I spent 4 hours at Moon Lake Hot Spring and it was awesome! Ticket is 68rmb, including light refreshments. Clean, professional, and good service. I'll be going back very soon. Thanks for telling us about it!

HI,
I went to grade school and H.S. with Mike.

He regularly kicked my ass at basketball when we where kids. I sucked! Mike was MUCH better than me. ha ha.

He was a great guy! I am extremely saddened to hear of Mike's passing, as it seems we would have had A LOT in common here in our later life.

He will be greatly missed. I feel I have missed an opprotunity to re-connect with a lost friend. Someday we will have a laugh together again, I am sure of it!