Towhid's World

These days lot of people like to travel some economy airliners and China Eastern Airlines is one of them. Their price is much cheaper than others, so lot of travelers to and from asian countries choose this airline. There is daily flight between Dhaka and Kunming. This blog is useful for them whose layover time in Kunming is very long, mostly overnight. For the convenience of people, some hotels and restaurants has grown up nearby airport. You will be issued as 24 hours transit visa at Kunming Airport and at the exit of the airport, you will see some Bangladeshi persons will be calling in Bangla to go to their hotel. They offer airport pick up and drop service from the hotel, 2 meal (it was dinner and breakfast in my case) and single or double room based on your requirement. It is better to fix the price at the airport otherwise they may ask some extra charge. Usually they ask for 125 Chinese Yuan (they call it RMB) which equivalent to 25 US Dollars or 2000 Bangladesh Taka. They offer traditional Bangladeshi menu at the dinner. Rice with different side dishes like different types of meshed vegetables which we call 'vorta' means meshed stuffs. Most likely 'Alu vorta' - meshed potato, 'Begun vorta' - meshed eggplant, 'tomato vorta' - meshed tomato, 'daal vorta' -meshed lentils, 'dim vorta' - meshed egg etc. Main dish is a meat curry usually chicken or duck and fish fry. For breakfast they offer plain 'ruti' or flatbread with fried egg, mixed vegetable and milk tea.
I visited these hotels several times. Sometime hotels were crowded with guests and service was not up to the mark.
Good to mark that these are not like as conventional hotels. They rented some local houses and use it as hotel. These hotels are good for travelers who want a bed for rest during long layover. They give you travelers pack toothbrush-toothpaste pack, small soap for shower. No towel. Unlimited wifi.