Guizhou has lost a lot. Many minority villages that were hidden gems, have gone touristy in a quick and bad fashion. I still like Guizhou, but I'd say the hidden gems days are gone, unless you get really remote.
Banff national park if you can rent a car, since it's also not too far from Vancouver (too far being relative, remember Canada is a huge country!). Banff has some pretty nice nature and with a car, you can camp or get to trailheads, not just where a tour bus drops you for a few hours. But you need a few days, not just a day trip.
Whistler if you can ski. Busy and crowded, but for good reason, easy to get to, nice views of vancouver, and good trails.
Oh yeah, if you shop a lot, remember to save your receipts. I think you can get a get tax refund at the airport before you leave. I'm not positive, since I've been too lazy to bother, but I do see signs about it in the airport.
Depart Tiger Leaping Gorge from the east ring road. 1000s enter from the front. Only a handful go out the back.
General off beaten advice...If the horde of Chinese tourists go left, you go right. Enter any major site an hour or two after opening time.
Check the classifieds here when closer to summer. Sometimes you see ads here for short term letting.
Saw two bags fresh sage in north Metro yesterday night if you're still looking. In between dill and rosemary in fresh foods shelves. I think they had the dried ground up rubbing kind in spice aisle.
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Never gotten sick once at Sals. Their food is TexMex, so yeah, not authentic Mexican food, but pretty authentic as TexMex goes. Burrito wrap has improved a lot. Like the draft beer option now.
If you haven't had dairy products in a while, and do eat here, best forgo the sour cream. Nothing wrong with it, in fact it's the best sour cream in Kunming, but if you've eaten Chinese for month or months with no dairy intake, your system will react to sour cream or probably any liquid dairy product not so well. Maybe that's what happened with nailer and tallamerican.
Update:
It's now 5 working days for regular processing. So I submitted my application a bit before 5pm on a Friday and was told to pick it up next week Friday after 5pm.
Cost is now 400rmb for a single 30 day entry. Or that was what I was charged anyways. There are no posted prices and its cash only with no receipt except for your passport pickup. That's like $65 USD.
You can pay another 150rmb for 2 day or 100rmb for 3 day processing. For 400rmb, they should process it in three days like they used to before, but now you'd pay 500rmb. The office is still like deserted most of the time, so why does it take longer now and cost extra. If you opted for 2 day, thats like $90 usd. All other neighboring countries charge like $25usd.
The rest of and cope review is still good for hours and location.
Far out, less people. Big enough to get lost in. Pretty and quiet near dusk. 20yuan entrance fee.
Like everyone else says, best Indian food in Kunming. They have lunch plates and dinner plates. Show up before 1pm for lunch.
They are on the 4th floor of the half empty shopping mall. Best way is too take the elevator past the KFC around the corner from Starbucks.
Most individual dishes can feed only two hungry guys, so order more if you are starving. Naan order can take care of one only.
Five stars for the food. Go with Yereth's recommendations, plus any vegetable the waitress says is fresh.
Beware that Xue Fu lu is one way, so many taxis have to take a roundabout way to get here.
Great Britain in Kunming schedule of events
Posted byIt's a fancy nice hotel, and the area around it is pleasant for biking. Make a day of it, but yeah, it's probably hour+ on multiple buses and don't be surprised if your first three taxi drivers don't know where it is.
Growing up in rural Yunnan: Tony's story
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Yunnan increases land area nearly ten percent
Posted byActually, weather wise Panzhihua and Liangshan are closer to Yunnan than Sichuan. Also, I thought the Russia annexing the Crimea part was really funny.
Urban management officers replaced by plants
Posted byHow will I find the vendor that sold plants now!$@#&!
Welcome to the new GoKunming!
Posted byI like viewing the site on my tablet. It is much better than on my laptop. So much so, I just use my tablet for goK now. That used to be reversed. If you're frustrated by goK on computer and have a tablet, give it a try.