Jintai Hotel Kunming
No.118 Huancheng South Road, Guandu District Kunming, Yunnan, 650041, China
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A freezing hostel and HOT hotpot
The nice thing about arriving in Kunming is the airport is really near the city, we got to our hotel in about 10 minutes. I booked the Mercure Hydro Majestic chiefly because of its grand name and because it was cheap (30US$). It's a good hotel (later we will realise this is the best accommodation we will have for a looooong time) with central hot …
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Weather, Exercise Dancing, XI Shan, Minorities
... hadn't reached the top of the mountain yet. We had to push our way off the bus so we could actually walk up the mountain. For some reason, I didn't think it would be a "real" hike and was pleasantly surprised to be proven wrong, except for the fact that I was wearing some canvas shoes and had no sunscreen. We followed the masses up the mountain, because no matter where you go or how far out of a city you get in China, there are always masses. It was a Lonely Planet estimated ...
2000m Above Sea Level
... hostel (the first we'd seen), and grabbed a couple lamb skewers, and chicken gizzard skewers for the walk. Yum! We chilled out at the hostel and watched "No Country for Old Men" which was playing on the TV in the common room, then hit the sack.
**Wednesday**
Wednesday we said goodbye to Chengdu and prepared to say hello to Kunming! We checked out of our hostel at 12pm and left our bags with reception. We had to go and buy me a ...
Dynamic Yunnan -- Kunming
... in from her home in Kuwait. Given that Marcia was a bit culture-shocked and tired, we ended up taking the day easy. We found Kunming to be a nice city, but not too exciting and interesting so it was a good place to ease Marcia into Chinese culture.
We started off walking around the ...
Mid-travel break
... percentage of ethnic minorities, some of them being Muslim). Just around here are little back alleys, stalls, bars etc, which are quite nice to wander around, and potentially get lost in during the night if one is a bit careless. But all in all, as we're not here long enough to actually get a teacher, there's not really a reason for us to stay much longer. We've become really lazy.
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