Quick Kunming Roundup

Kunming seems to be in the news a lot recently, so I thought I'd do a very quick roundup.

First, a brief aside. I still have lots of posts sitting in my head, but no time to write them it seems. Suffice it to say that Myanmar is at the front of my mind, and has been for about the last week. I only wish I knew how to help in a way that felt real (instead of blogging or wearing red). If you have any good thoughts, please share.

Anyway, let's cross the border from Myanmar, wander up past Ruili, mosey through Dali and end up back in Kunming, the capital of the Yunnan Province.

The New York Times, the Atlantic Monthly and Newsweek have all run recent articles highlighting the joys of Kunming. The NYT focused on nostalgia for the Kunming of the past in a place that's kinda like China, but really just China Lite. The Atlantic Monthly was actually from way back in July, but gives a good traveller's guide to the land South of the Clouds. Newsweek prefers to skim over it with a suggestion for how to spend Four Hours in Kunming. If you do happen to find yourself in Kunming, my friend Even offered a brilliant repost to Newsweek and suggested two different and exponentially better uses of four hours in Kunming.

And if you're wondering what's actually going on in Kunming these days, check out the excellent blog GoKunming's post on the mayhem of Kunming's first 'No-car Day'.