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Forums > Study > Ask where to go

DISGRUNTLED KUNMING TAXI

<i>ennmmph. zhizoujiuxinglaga. ga. eeemph.</i> Straight ahead.
<i>zuuuuuorbiarph. ga. eeumph.</i> Left.
<i>yoooooubiarr.yoooooubiarr. ga. eeumph.</i> Right.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Hong Kong Visa Run URGENT

If you are travelling light and don't mind carrying your luggage while getting stuff done you can get ~200HKD/night (sleep length time only, must check in after 9PM and leave before 9AM) around the west and south end of Mongkok in the short-stay love hotels. More pricey option: for 700HKD you can get a nice room for 24 hours with security etc. @ M.K. Hotel, www.hotelmk.com.hk/. Cheapest way from that area across to Wanchai is walking down Nathan Rd. to the star ferry (7HKD?). Faster way is the subway. I've always used agents around Tsim Sha Tsoi (TST) though myself... a good one is Japan Travel Agency (JTA), website @ www.jta.biz/chinavisa/china_visa.htm

10HKD buys you entry to the HK Fine Arts Museum at the north end of the star ferry line (ie. Kowloon side) which is a great way to spend time cheaply. Other museums near there too (northeast).

UK citizen 3M single entry tourist @ HK$490
UK citizen 3M single entry tourist (rushed) @ HK$790 .. if submitted in morning, can pick up next evening by 5PM.

There are all night buses from circa western Mongkok to one of the 24 hour border points, so you can immediately and cheaply slip back in to China and be on a train back to Yunnan.

If you pay for next day service you can possibly save money overall since staying in HK is pricey.

There's a great buffet all you can eat Chinese vegetarian place in between them, open around 11AM-4PM. plus.google.com/109899716890260196850/about?hl=en

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Why I love Chinese women

But with dollar now sliding
And frequent poor tidings,
The orient does rather seem best!
Aye if USA visas,
Berkeley feminist divas
Could yet warrant a tired "may-be"
With all due respect
Most are pains in the neck,
And I love a good Chinese lady!

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Poetry anyone?

OK but I hope the venue is providing my free beer? :)

Just wondering what makes you think Muyu (where i've never been) is a better venue?

I must admit a bias: my hotel is usually near Moondog :)

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Wow, I thought this was a picture of the fake boats in northern Dianchi (shallow part, between Xishan and Daguanlou Gongyuan) but in fact apparently someone manufactured a bunch of these little square-riggers for the south of the lake (晋宁县沙堤村码头), and they are actually in use! I would be super keen to go check them out. Probably it's a good season, since fishing is over, it's still warm before the winter, the boats are idle, so we should be able to have a sail. I've never sailed a square-rigger, they are apparently very difficult to turn. See Wikipedia for background: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_rig

Anyone interested in a trip this weekend? tigertiger?

Yes I also had doubts about that. (For example there were extensive such formations in New Zealand in the past, though many were destroyed by volcanic activity.) Otherwise, great article as always Jim! The forest above Baishuitai is amazing, if you have the time spend a day climbing in mushroom season: you won't regret it.

Right. The shorter/'real'/'high' hump route from which the name derives was to upper Assam / Dinjan over the Kachin lands. Mandalay seems close to flying the second half of the longer/'low' hump route from Calcutta. Sad they couldn't make this happen. Maybe the China connection was a bit bureaucratically touchy in India, where communist era China marched an army!

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@nailer is being unfairly dismissed: they are certainly fallible. At one point they were well managed and the only game in town, and their outdoor bar had an interesting social vibe. Recently, none of these is the case (was given a bad bill to the tune of ~300% - no managers present and a subsequent complaint resulted in a less than ideal outcome, many more places are now open, and the outdoor bar is closed). Unless you are specifically seeking faux-Americana (often far better examples elsewhere) or two degrees removed faux-Mexicana, there's little reason to go there. How come French Cafe can serve a great sandwich for 24 but Sals requires 50 for a pretend-exoticized nibble? Certainly the business will continue, but the hey-dey is clearly gone. Romaniticizing the past aint gonna help. E-waste recycling by shipping (non carbon neutral) junk across the country? Puh-lease. Garbage processing people here recycle anyway! I applaud the ethical stance of one of the managers, but the place has frankly lost its mojo.

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Hands down the best draft craft beer in Kunming. On top of that, very reasonable prices for food and other drinks (especially wine).

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Called the number provided on a Friday at 2:15PM while a 10% discount was advertised "on Friday and Saturday" (listed in GoKunming specials).

A Chinese person answered the 'English' phone number in Mandarin then explained in broken English that you need to order 3 hours in advance. (Subtext: As their business is so slow)

Grumble. False advertising. Waste of time. Seems 100% Chinese run. Probably bad pizza.

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The listing here is wrong! Teresa's are not defunct, they are just back to being one store instead of two stores on Wenlinjie now! They are still in business, still answer on this phone number, and are still delivering! Points for consistency, it's been years! As of right now, it's 68 for the more toppings vegetarian at the largest size. They will do thin or thick crust. Yes, it's not to everyone's taste, but I always used to find adding dried chilli powder and some extra salt brought it up to tasty. Might go for a dash of Sichuan pepper oil to spice it up this time around. (You know you've been in China too long when...)

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I also had a bad experience here recently.

Honestly, I wish them the best of luck, but I do think the staff are poorly managed and the owners have the wrong attitude and a clear lack of experience in service-oriented business. While the pizza is OK, everything else I have tried (including overnight stay) can be had cheaper and better elsewhere, and the pizza at Roccos is better in my opinion. The service has always fluctuated between acceptable to don't care.

Since they don't have their situation resolved yet, and it has been a few years, I have made the decision not to go there anymore or send anyone else. It's just not worth the hassle, given the crappy location (masked as private or lost). Better pizza with more quiet and privacy on Roccos' terraces.