Forums > Travel Yunnan > Yuxi-Kunming Trains? So any advice on getting to the YUXI bound bus station? The only one I know of is now in Cheng Gong, which is more than an hour away from where I live (Yunnan Ag. U.).
Tell me about these 50 rmb black cars I can supposedly find on Renming Lu. Do they have signs saying they will go to YUXI?
Forums > Living in Kunming > Beware US Consulate Chengdu Why do you think the place was attacked by a mob a few years ago? You don't think the dips behave better when they are off-duty, do you?
Chinese students compile statistics of rejections at various consulates and post them to web pages. Last I heard, the Shenyang consulate was the worst, rejecting 80% of applications.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Life is OVERRATED Close your eyes, walk across the street (after dark, preferably). Do this until your life is pressed from you by a bus.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Kunming sucks the life out of me... They eat a lot of rice in Philippines, too. If you don't like China, probably you won't like Philippines.
Forums > Travel Yunnan > What bus goes from the Yunnan University area to Cheng Gong I'm returning to KM after a time away. What busses connect the area of Yunnan University with Cheng Gong and the new South Bus Station? There used to be a bus station near Walmart, on Ren Min St. with busses to local towns including Cheng Gong. Is it still in business?
Fundraiser: buying rice threshers for Guizhou farmers
Posted byIs the thresher expensive to operate? Does it need a lot of gasoline or electricity to run?
New provincial museum nears completion
Posted byIt looks hideous.
Last bastion of Kunming's Muslim quarter: Jinniu Jie Mosque
Posted byCaravan Books is publishing a translation of Emile Rocher's contemporary account of the Panthay Rebellion. Copies should soon appear in Mandarin Books.
Metro Line 1 begins passenger trial period
Posted bySo what buses go to Xiaodong Village? Bus # 67?
Beijing moving to preserve Pu'er tea heritage
Posted byAccording to Emile Rocher, 1870s, Yunnan backpackers mostly carried objects to fragile for mule-back, such as porcelain tea-pots, or in Rocher's case, copper percussion caps for the rifled muskets he was delivering to the Imperial army in Kunming.