... so where is Kunming? I know it's in the Yunnan province, but that is just about all I know about the place.

Just the other day, I was in Kunming out shooting a travel-related program for the Discovery Travel and Leisure Channel. Before I went, I really didn't know what to expect from the place because the last time I was there, I was in the hotel for a day and then the airport...that's it! This time it’s different, I got to finally see the place!

At first, I wasn't too psyched about going to Kunming, but after I got there, I realized that Kunming is a very beautiful place with a lot of famous sites!

I didn't see a lot of foreigners in Kunming until we went to a cafe called Salvadore's Cafe in the middle of Wen Hua Street, close to the university. The place is owned by a few Americans and Japanese catering mostly to the foreign students in the area.

Much to my surprise, they had all the comforts a foreign student would come to expect to make it feel a bit like home. Things like Cappuccino, magazines, internet, pasta, and a bar to hangout and talk to other people at. It's totally a place where you can go hangout and forget about where you are and be in a completely different world. It's good to learn different things in a different place, but every once in awhile, you need a little 'fix' to tune yourself up a little bit!

The other amazing place I went to was a spa called 'Brilliant Spa' a bit outside of Kunming. Much to my surprise, the place is absolutely beautiful! It is one of the top ten resort hotels in all of china and well known throughout the whole world! I never thought Kunming would have such a beautiful spa where they have 26 different hot spring pools, massage huts for various different massages for your different needs, and all this in a very beautiful Thai style resort. With something like this, who needs to go to Thailand for a spa treatment? I'm not a guy who's known to like massages, but the one I got over there while doing the program, my gosh, felt so good that I told the camera guy to forget work for now, wait till this is done!!!

Here's a picture of me enjoying one of the hot spring pools.

The spa felt so good that I even took a picture! iI fact, I thought that the place was so nice that I’ve decided to bring my mom and family here to chill and enjoy the hot springs! If you like this sort of stuff, you should try it too.

If hitting the spa is not your thing, another one of china's great sites is just around the area, a place called Spring City Golf Resort. As the name says, it's a golf course and you can stay there for days either to golf or just hangout. The place is considered the best in china, the so called number one golf course in all of china. I asked the resident pro why it's the best, and he said for me to just look around. The view is beautiful, the course is pretty, and the facilities are first rate. It's also a pretty difficult course so it can be a challenge to anyone at any level of play. The weather in Kunming is also one of the best in china. It's warm in the winter, and not too hot in the summer. All these conditions combined makes Kunming a great place to do all sorts of outdoor activities or just to hangout.

Here's a picture of me chillin' at the resort.

So next time if you feel like getting out of the city and relaxing a little, you don't have to go far, just go to Kunming, and you can enjoy world class comfort right in your own back yard!

posted on 2006-04-14 17:05 吴大维 阅读(3265) 评论(18)  编辑  收藏 网摘收藏