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Kunming (昆明) is the capital of Yunnan province. It is known as the "City of Eternal Spring" because of its year-round sunshine and pleasant, moderate climate. An easy-going and convenient hub for travel in Yunnan, Kunming has a population of around 6 million. It's also noticeably unpolluted for a Chinese city of this size.
The temperature is pleasant all year, from a daytime average of about 15 °C in December/January to about 24 °C from April to August. Rainfall is higher during the summer months, but there are plenty of hours of sunshine during these months as well. December to March is very dry.
The Kunming Wujiaba International Airport (昆明巫家坝国际机场) (IATA: KMG, ICAO: ZPPP) has flights to most major cities in China, as well as to other parts of Asia. The airport is located 4 kilometres south and east of the city. Some of the major local airlines servicing this airport are Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines. There are several foreign airlines flying into Kunming, which include Korean Air, Malaysia Airlines, Silk Air, Thai Airways and Vietnam Airlines.
If you have access to a car, Kunming is well connected to other large cities by modern, major highways.
Buses are many and frequent. Taxis are cheap and convenient.
There are plenty of opportunities for cheap, tasty food. One option is a small cluster of noodle-and-dumplings places to the north of the central square. The streetmarkets offer interesting snacks to the adventurous. If you're craving western food, there are a few western and fusion places on Dongfeng Lu, East of the Central Square.
|Camellia Youth Hostel||No.96, Dong Feng Road East||Hostel||81|
|Kunming Cloudland International Youth Hostel||23 Zhuan Tang Lu||Hostel||87|
|Kunming International Youth Hostel||Yutu Hotel, Province Libarary Side Building No.141 Que Hu Nan Road||Hostel||-|
|Mingtong Yinxiang International Hotel-Kunming||No.93 Mingtong Alley Kunming||Hostel||78|
|The Hump Hostel||Jinmabiji Area Jinbi Road||Hostel||85|
|Yi-YaSunkm Inn||B1 floor 17, Dazhen Square, No. 408 Beijing Rd. Kunming||Hotel||-|
|Long May Youth Hotel||#8 BeiTsan Po,Beimeng Street||Hotel||79|
|IC Holiday||No. 945, Beijing Road Panlong District||Hotel||81|
|IC Holiday Shun Cheng||Shun Cheng Shopping Mall Wuhua District||HOSTEL||80|
|Kunming Upland International Youth Hostel||92 Hua Shan Xi Lu next to the back gate of Green Lake Hostel||HOSTEL||88|
|Lost Garden Guesthouse||Kunming Cuihu Nanlu Huanggong Dongjie Yiqiutian No.7||Guesthouse||88|
|IC Holiday SOHO Junyuan||Room 1912, Unit 2, Building 10 SOHO Junyuan, Beijing Road||Hostel||-|
The western travellers' favourite is the Camellia Hotel, which offers a range of accomodations from small dorms to fairly nice doubles. If you book a room here, ask for it to be at the front of the hotel as these rooms are refurbished and double-glazed, whereas the ones at the back of the hotel are scruffy and cost the same.
See also International Telephone Calls
China Post (中国邮政) is the official postal service of the People's Republic of China, operated by the State Postal Bureau of the People's Republic of China (website in Chinese only), and has more details about price to send letters, postcards and parcels, both domestically as well as internationally. The Chinese postal service is very good. Remember that in more remote places usually only one post office in a city can handle sending international boxes or letters. Also many times it might be worth having the name of the country you are trying to send to in Chinese characters. Post offices have a striking green logo and can easily be found everywhere in the cities. They are mostly open every day (including weekends!) from 8:00am to 6:00pm, though small offices might have shorter opening times, while the bigger ones in central and touristic areas are sometimes open during evenings as well.
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