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Forums > Food & Drink > Burger King

This is the dumbest thread I have ever seen on gokunming. Just eat or don't eat burgers wherever you want and shut up already.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > New visa/immigration regulations July 1, 2013

I can answer points A and B, but I too am American and got the health certification done in Kunming. It costs about 400 rmb and the hospital you need to go to close to the old Wujiaba airport. It takes three days to process. I've heard other foreigners who are married to Chinese nationals have gone to different hospitals, but I was told to specifically go to that one. Usually the office which sponsors visas will refer you to a hospital/clinic

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Kids approaching foreigners for English small talk

It's not American style racism. It's naivety. And it is annoying enough that we have the right to complain about it. Yeah, maybe you got annoyed with the nonsense English conversations too, yankee00, but they aren't going up to every Asian for a picture and signature. It's not us "playing the victim", we should be able to go study or work in French cafe or Salvador's without being interrupted 5 times in a sitting.

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Forums > Food & Drink > Desperate for Vietnamese Food

I went past the Vietnamese place on 七彩俊园 today. I looked at the menu and saw that it is basically hot pot (100-200 RMB per meal). In the same mall there is a "Southeast Asian" restaurant which has a couple Vietnamese items but is primarily "Yunnan-Thai" food. That place was reasonably priced and the food was acceptable (I'd say 3 stars).

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I am happy to see the street cleared in the pic above, also looking forward to not dealing with that annoyance when I return next month. I do fear, however, this will lead to cars driving faster/less responsibly in this area.

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Very interesting article, but the term 'Daic family' is misleading for discussing Austroasiatic.

Tai-Kadai is the language family which consists of languages spoken by several groups in this region including the Thai, Lao, Zhuang, Dai/Shan, and Shui among others.

Austroasiatic is the language family which consists of the languages spoken by the Vietnamese, Khmer, Wa, Mon and various other groups in SE Asia.

Some scholars propose that Tai-Kadai and Austroasiatic share a common ancestor language (Austric), but this is not commonly accepted. As I understand the research discussed in this article (not so thoroughly, I have to admit), this genetic work provides support that these peoples share common genetic ancestry.

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I'm at the Hekou train station now. It's about 4-7km outside of town and nobody in town knows where it is except taxi drivers perhaps. For further inconvenience, it's not listed on baidu maps. The hotel I stayed at last night 河口国际公寓 has a ticket service and a shuttle bus. This hotel is right next to the border crossing.

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I really like this restaurant. The food is excellent, and the prices are pretty reasonable. The downside is that their rubing has become much more expensive than it was a year or two ago.

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Spent a nice quiet afternoon here. The wifi was fast and coffee was good. Like others said, it was closed for a bit so that is problematic - 4 stars.

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I haven't spent enough time in Dali to say this is the best in Dali. But it is very good. Would recommend to the weary traveler in need of western food.

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I finally made my way over to Slice of Heaven yesterday. The pizza is great here. I will definitely be returning in the near future.

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This is a good cafe. Better for tea than for coffee; but the coffee is acceptable. A real benefit of this place is its prime location on the Yunda campus. It's a convenient place to meet with students and faculty. The only downside is the slow speed of the internet.