cilly999 Posted March 20, 2006 at 11:59 AM Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 at 11:59 AM Hi everybody! I'm an Italian student and i will be staying in Kunming for about a month to study Mandarin. Does anybody have a free room to rent in their apartment? Do you know if there's a particular place in Kunming where people post their announcement? Grazie.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiao Kui Posted March 20, 2006 at 04:35 PM Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 at 04:35 PM Hey! Lots of foreigners post advertisements for this kind of thing in the Wicker Basket restaurants. One of them is in Bei Chen Xiao Qu 北辰小区 and the other is in Chun Yuan Xiao Qu 春苑小区 Then there are also lots of restaurants and bars frequented by foreigners near Yunnan University on Wen Lin Jie 文林街 and Wen Hua Xiang 文化巷. You're sure to meet some foreigners around there. Did you try checking out the guesthouse at Yunnan University? They rent by the day ( a little expensive). For one month it would be great for your Chinese if you could stay with a Chinese family, but I don't know how you would go abt setting that up. Hopefully someone on this forum will be able to give you some better advice or even have sth. available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjabyrd Posted October 13, 2006 at 01:36 AM Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 at 01:36 AM Just arrived in Kunming to study at YNU and want to get out of the Int'l students hostel as soon as possible. Anyone looking for a roommate? I plan to be in Kunming until the end of January. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffofarabia Posted October 25, 2006 at 11:33 AM Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 at 11:33 AM ninjabird, what is the ynu housing like? is it horrible? or semi-nice? i am thinking about ynu for next year. how do you like the course? are you learning a lot? thanks, jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjabyrd Posted October 30, 2006 at 04:59 AM Report Share Posted October 30, 2006 at 04:59 AM Jeff, YNU offers two choices as far as on-campus housing options: the foreign students dormitory and the foreign students hotel. The dormitory is 4ppl to a room and runs around 30RMB/night. The hotel is 1 person to a room (although there are two twin beds) for 80RMB/night. The hotel is ok, but I wouldn't want to stay there longer than a few weeks. Hot water only at nights for a couple hours starting at 8PM. It's pretty much a good place to start off with until you get your feet weet and find another apartment. I ended up spending a little over two weeks there--it took me a little longer to find an apartment since I'm planning on staying in Kunming for only 3 months. I can't comment on the classes at YNU, becaue I'm doing the one-on-one (tutoring) sessions. I've been very impressed so far with the teachers that have been assigned to me. I was kind of overwhelmed at how big an operation the chinese language classes are here at YNU (and in Kunming in general). If you want to get away from the laowai circuit, this may not be the best location for you, especially if you think you'll spend most of your time in the university area. However, if you're a little independent, it's easy to break away from the foreigner circuit and mix with the locals. Kunming strikes me as a good transition city--- plenty of opportunity to interact with locals, but the support of other foreigners if you need help or have questions. Some of the administrative staff have been very supportive and helpful, while others have been less so. I think it just depends on the person, unfortunately. Don't expect anyone to hold your hand here. Let me know if you have any other questions. -Ninjabyrd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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