Like any traveling, one needs to meet the right people in order to enjoy the area fully. Try connecting with people at the Karma Cafe or Hazel's Bar in old town. They will set you up with driver, guides, etc. My group spent 4 days there in May 2008 and had a great time hiking, touring, and visiting Tibetan families and enjoying the yak butter tea, barley wines, yak meat, etc. Aroo Kampa is a good restaurant with Indian/Nepali food. There are good bakeries in town to pick up picnic items.

Stayed there for 4 days in May 2008. Excellent food and service and a fine place to stay while visiting shangrila. Breakfast costs Y20 and comes with regular toast and french toast (that's right), eggs cooked to your specification, yogurt, fruit, tea or coffee. Extensive lunch and dinner menu. Also a good place gather information about drivers, guides, and meeting people. There is also a Karma Cafe in Shaxi, Yunnan, run by the same people and that's a good place to visit too.

Similar to the Qianmen branch owned by the same man but this place is better for the food and a bit less rowdy in the evenings, a nice place to go after a stressful afternoon shopping in the Silk Market.

There are two Sakura's in Beijing now after the success of number one located off Meishi Jie on Dashilan Xijie just down from Qianmen, the second is just round the corner from The Silk Market on Dongdaqiao Road near the British Embassy. I found the Qianmen Sakura after staying at the Far East Hostel just up the road, the bar in the hostel was pretty dead and closed at midnight every day but after being spotted about to return to my dorm one night I was taken down to Sakura where the atmosphere was all there, the place busy with friendly people and the beer cheap and cold.

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Exploring Beijing by bike is great! Kingdom Bikes a in a very good condition and he delivers to the hotel in time! Perfekt! Bikes are in good conditon and are good value!

Welcome to the Perfect Inn – The perfect place to stay
Extremely high quality service in an ancient palace of the 1500s with Boutique style furnishings and located in the heart of the historic center of Beijing, a stone's throw from Bell Tower and all the most interesting places for art and culture.
An unforgettable stay in an elegant, welcoming and typically Beijinger environment, for a holiday dedicated to comfort and relaxation.

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I like  soletanning  very  much . The environment there is  wonderful  and the people there  are kindly to others.  It is a good  place  for those who want to have good colour of their skin.The machines there are all import from Germany. I think it is  interesting to go there after a tired working-day.

Speakeasy has been one of the only places to go in Kunming for years, especially for live music and parties and it is still hard to find a more genuine bar feel anywhere in China.  Yes the toilets smell and I agree that the chinese partner is a liability but the Western partner is about as friendly and helpful a person as you'll ever meet.

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Chinese cooking has developed many methods that take advantage of the wide range of foods and ingredients available throughout the nation. Different regions use different methods, and often the same foods will be prepared quite differently.
Do you like Chinese food? Have you ever thought of making Chinese food?
Enjoy the happiness of cooking and let your family members eat authentic Chinese food right at home!

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I am an Indian from Calcutta.I am visiting Kunming since a decade. Kunming is like my second home city after Calcutta and have many friends there.City center and its surrounding has changed to todays look just in front of me. The city has been polluted while constructing many fly overs now.Road side flowers in many places have been damaged due to this constructions.Even then, I love the place.Food was a problem for me or for any Indian/ outsiders.Mc Donald and KFC came up first, now for last 9 months one Indian restaurant has come up near Yunnan University.

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