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Kunming to the West

Friday, March 28th, 2008

Enjoy this beautiful view from the 18th floor to the West of Kunming. Picture taken near Tang Zi Xiang. Some Lady I met in the shitang invited me to her office. Great thanks to her I could enjoy this breathtaking view. In the far west a tiny lake can be found.

I got unbanned again

Monday, March 17th, 2008

A few days ago I thought I got banned, but the problem is a different one. A friend here in Kunming told me he has the same problem once in a while and it probably comes from the internet provider company. Some websites suddenly just stop working for a few ...

Kunming

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Kunming 昆明市 (Kūnmíng shì) is a huge city in Yunnan province 云南 (Yúnnán). It has more than 3 million residents and can be described as quite large. However Kunming is not as modern as the more well know cities like Shanghai or Beijing. Kunming is in the South of China. ...

Kunming, the new and the old

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

Yesterday I had a look at the city and here are some impressions: Kunming highrises in midtown Kunmings inner city especially the shopping centre has a few new and tall buildings. However, once You leave the inner part of the city the buildings become quickly smaller. The downtown area is definitely smaller ...

From Hongkong to Kunming

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

At Thursday the 6th I went from Hongkong to Kunming. As I wanted to save some money I didn't use Hongkong airport. Instead I used Shenzhen airport. Getting there is fairly easy, once You know how to. How to get from HK to Shenzhen airport There are several ways to get there. ...

Arrived in Kunming

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

Finally I arrived in Kunming. Unfortunately the Phone company didn't do it"s job correctly so i have to wait 1 or 2 more days (hopefully) until I have Internet at home. At the moment I"m in an Internet cafe, which is quite cheap. 2 yuan per hour. I keep this short ...