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Forums > Travel Yunnan > What bus goes from the Yunnan University area to Cheng Gong

Never gone there by bus, personally, but MapBar is usually pretty accurate about bus routes:
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According to the link above to get from Yunda/Green Lake area to the new South Station, take the 85 from Wenlin Jie to Juhua Cun 菊花村 and get on the 12 and ride it to Wula Cun 五腊村.

As I said, I haven't done it personally, so I can't guarantee it. Let us know what happens.

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Forums > Travel Yunnan > Dali to Myanmar

I've heard it's pretty tricky to do a land crossing from China – maybe even impossible for the casual tourist, but I'm not sure.

There are several flights a week between Kunming and Mandalay and Rangoon.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Marriage advice

Hey Chingles, you should have the ceremony at the Dicos on Jianshe Lu. In my (vast) experience chicks dig fried chicken and fluorescent lighting.

When can I come by to pick up my case of beer?

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Forums > Travel Yunnan > get from Hekou to Kunming

Like Bochi, I just lost 3,000 yuan on the sleeper bus from Kunming to Hekou. It was inside of a travel wallet, inside of my backpack, which was underneath my legs, which were covered over with a blanket.

They thief sliced open my backpack with a razor, extracted the travel wallet and took the cash. Mercifully he left my passport and ATM cards. I suspect that they do this on purpose because passports stolen from foreign citizens might force the police to actually do something, thus ending the thieves' gravy train.

Given that other people have experienced the same thing, and that a knife of some sort was involved in my case, I would recommend skipping the sleeper altogether and taking the day bus.

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I had a really good burger here recently. Steven, the chef, really knows what he is doing. Worth checking out. Of course, good beer, too.

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Cantina is always a safe bet for top-notch food and great service. I think it has actually gotten better and better over the years, which is often not the case with restaurants. Most people who live in Kunming know Cantina. Perhaps not as many know how involved the owners, Libby and Diego, are in various social welfare and community service efforts. Highly recommended both for visitors and long-term residents!

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I went there twice for group boxing classes. I left the third time when I was attempting to book into a grappling class. This was part of an attempted process on my part to try the different classes offered there and see if I wanted to purchase one of their various membership cards.

The boxing classes were fun, a great workout, and the coaches and fellow students were all nice. A good atmosphere. Certainly room for improvement, especially in terms of explaining the class structure and fundamental concepts of the sports to beginners...but overall good.

However, on front desk staff member erased the positive aspects of the gym through his unprofessional and rude conduct. I was treated like some sort of con-man for wanting to try out the different classes offered before committing to multi-thousand RMB membership card, despite my willingness to pay per class to try them out. I wasted my time riding over to the gym on a very cold day on my scooter and then being refused service unless I committed on the spot to buying a membership card in direct contradiction to the gym's own policies and written price table. Also wasted was my friend's time and money, as she was in a cab on the way over to the gym in order to join me for the group class at the time I was refused service. My exchange with the staff (in which I was not terribly satisfied, but remained calm and reasonable throughout) was topped off with a remark from the one particular staff member with xenophobic undertones.

As one may see from my other reviews on this site, I typically try not to say anything unless I have something nice to say. In this case, I feel I must make an exception: I don't think it's a business that deserves your effort or money.

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One of the best western restaurants in Yunnan. Definitely worth visiting if you will be passing through Shangrila!