There are a few taxi companies in Kunming, the office of the Expo Taxi company 云南世博出租车公司 is in the carpark at the gates of the Golden Temple.

If its not too far away it may be worth a visit.

A German friend based in north China who used to visit XJ often for business told me that he needs a permit to visit XJ now.

Has anyone here with this 'Greencard' been able to order train tickets on line then print them at the station using their card?

Or do you still have to go to the ticket seller to get the ticket printed?

Remember that you don't have to do the tests in any particular order, so if you see one test has a long line then do something else first.

This is a bit of a trap at the moment, the closest metro station to the main train station （昆明站） is HuanCheng Nan Lu.

In May I took the metro to the railway station metro only to find that there is no access to the new side of the railway station, but there were a lot of electric scooters waiting and for 10 rmb I got to the train station in under 10 mins, it would have taken at least 30 mins to walk and maybe 20 mins by subway as the exit is very far from the subway platform....

I have no idea why the metro stations doesn't have any signs about this.

On my way back to Kunming at the HuanCheng Nan Lu subway station I had to show my passport to get access to the metro, I hope they don't introduce this to all metro stations.