Forums > Living in Kunming > New Subway The East Bus Station and Airport Metro stations have large maps up showing all the lines being built and those that are planned for later (in transparent). I was surprised to see a station being considered for the end of my street (off XueFuLu). Let's hope it materialises someday.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Water Rationing My neighbours have taken to defacing any new warning signs about the water rationing that are posted up on our communal noticeboard. I guess it's the Chinese way of registering anger whilst remaining anonymous.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Where to buy backpacks in Kunming? Yeah, sorry. As you face KFC go right (north) and follow the small road bearing left which goes around the back of Walmart. You'll see 2-3 shops almost immediately. Can't vouch for the selection/quality.
Counting down Kunming's Top Ten Smells
Posted byHaha. Very good. Add "Dianchi Lake" and "my male students on a hot day"!
City management officials hoping to remake image, again
Posted byHaving seen these guys in action, I'm grateful for any restraint and accountability these changes might help with.
Mutant mushroom found in mountains of western Yunnan
Posted byA friend of ours has a mushroom farm and she recently gave us a bag about the size of a marrow full of soil and mushroom spores. Within a day a golf-ball sized mushroom had sprouted out of one end. Within two days there were three golf-ball sized sprouts. Within three days one had grown to fist-sized. It really was a shock how fast these things can grow. It looks superficially similar to the photo in the article and we ate them without incident.
Around Town: Daguan Park
Posted byThe posters include someone playing bagpipes. Take earplugs!
University in Yunnan requires students to run 240 kilometers for graduation
Posted byThis policy may well be connected to the fact that YUFE are being inspected by Beijing educational officials this semester. Hence the new paint everywhere and frazzled staff following pointless new rules (...yes, I work there).