About Kunming Walk
Kunming Walk is a cultural exchange project. We run walking tours and community events. Researching and writing about the city is a big part of it. Our focus is short cultural experiences: a few hours, in Kunming — that allows visitors to connect with the city and its people in a meaningful way.
Hello, I'm Dioni.
I'm a foreigner who came to study Chinese for seven months, and ended up still being here three years later. My grandfather left China a hundred years ago from Guangdong province. Countries, continents, and generations later, life trajectory brought me to Kunming.
Caught between two worlds, I found myself becoming a bridge between cultures and languages. I build communities and continue to find ways to connect people — foreigners and locals.
Along the way, I found my people here. Some are locals who have never left. Others are outsiders, like me, who slowly became insiders. In Kunming, there's a term: 家乡宝 (jiāxiāngbǎo)—'hometown baby'. It describes people who never leave. Because why would you? Somehow, that became us too.