Forums > Travel Yunnan > Suggestions for traveling to Laos

Hi,

I'm planning a two week trip to Laos in August and I was wondering if people who have been had any suggestions. I haven't done much research yet so any info or tips would be helpful.

Thanks!

Forums > Travel Yunnan > 4 day trip outside of Kunming

Thanks! Jianshui looks super interesting.

Forums > Travel Yunnan > 4 day trip outside of Kunming

Hi,

I'm thinking about getting away this weekend and wanted to know if anyone had any suggestions for a nice spot for a four day trip outside of Kunming.

Thanks!

Forums > Living in Kunming > Good parks in Kunming

Hi,

I've been to 大观楼 (daguanlou) and 滇池 (dianchi) but I was wondering if people had any suggestions for other nice parks in Kunming to go to.

Thanks.

Forums > Study > Advice About Learning Chinese

I agree with @Alexez, if anything, especially in lesser developed areas of China like Yunnan, when you speak any amount of Chinese you get complimented as a foreigner. I had a Chinese girlfriend and when I went to meet her family, the hardest thing was that they all spoke their local dialect, not putonghua so there was no way for me to understand what was being said.

Some Chinese are quick to correct but that's deeply rooted in their culture especially in their education. That's why so many Chinese are afraid to speak English because of that fear of speaking incorrectly (rooted in the over-correcting ways of the teacher). Other Chinese I've been around won't correct; they will just pretend like they understood and you have to directly ask them.