ENCOUNTERS WITH INTERESTING STRANGERS 🚴 成都骑到雅安，四川的大爷大妈太好玩了！
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Welcome to my first ever multi day bike ride!!! We will meet lots of interesting strangers and see all kinds of scenery from tea fields 🍵 to bamboo forests 🎋 to bustling city streets 🏙 and much more, don’t miss out!!!
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brush your teeth 30 minutes after because there is acid in your saliva to help your stomach to breakdown the food. if you brush your teeth right away the tooth brush, toothpaste, and acid will brush away the enamel on your teeth.
That guy only gets one tooth left......
Electric ⚡️ bike 🚴🏿 helps on the hillsides
OMG. 04:28 The guys expression...."US-China relations" LOL LOL
Check you moderator setting regularly to make sure utube are not erasing comments
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I’m from the United States. I have a lot of admiration and respect for China, I think if average American people could see what China was really like instead of having the media drum up hatred and war mongering, then we could perhaps learn a lot from one another, and make the world a much more safe and prosperous place. Love to China from an American college student 🇺🇸❤️🇨🇳
You are one of many foreigners that understand and know RUclips's China. This video will definitely play a small part in information the positive aspects of China, it does help to clear the wrong and distorted view of China. She is changing everyday and it is good for the world in general. We need world peace with truthful information and a lot of common sense.
Anyone ,who wants to know about China, could easily check youtube to get information. The China criticizers have zero interest in China but need someone to hate.
😂。摸着鹰酱过河，把鹰酱都快抹秃了。😂
Harold Sullivan, l just read your message,Today date,22/2/10monday. To me you one of many enlighten one, unfortunately, this unique situation will not be reexamine or rectified or amended or explained or proclaimed as the truth and real situation in China, the CCP is not we perceived in Western contexts, there are English, German and even New Zealanders and Australian who had lived in China separated in distance of miles, yet their enjoy peaceful and happy lifestyles never experienced in their motherlands, some even married to Chinese and have Children. CCP was and is NOT the monster, or dictator or killing machine or shoot to kill or no justices organisation. Remember any countries or reputable, law obedience nations will not even allow China to exist, she will be thrown into dungeon of fire and curse by billions. China is recognised by 180 nations is that not proved that she is s normal, respectful nations?
@@edwardhochwand9063 this is new to me for not seeking the truth and obviously truth will give us so much confidence and as cool aid. Politicians will play no part in you tube as their priorities are opposite and different from us, lay people. No matter what situation, US politicians will distort what ever videos had created. Devil in disguise is say not for the seek of saying. All politicians have their plans set by party leaders, as such it is impossible for the truth to be communicated as honestly as possible, such that we have no choice s but to double or triple checks for the truth.However, the good news are that eventually You Tube will prevail.
What I love about these interactions with strangers is that you might be the only foreigner many of these people ever meet. They want so badly to ask you questions and are sad they can't speak English. Then BOOM! You speak Chinese. Now they can have a real conversation with someone from around the world. That's an experience so few people in the world ever get to enjoy.
The reactions are (or were) priceless😀
You make sounding the ability to speak Chinese the equivalent of dropping a bomb. Hope no one was killed for speaking Chinese. 😂😂😂
Agreed!
you described this thing precisely my dude
Solo (female) bike trip: I wouldn't dare to do this in the US. Katherine, you have the sharp eyes, the inquisitive and open mind, friendly demeaner and free spirit to make interesting videos! Of course, the friendly and happy Chinese people make the solo trip rewarding!
Good Point..
People are so friendly and happy....A lot of dancing going on. Pretty uplifting.
This was a really great video! I really like the happiness and kindness of the Chinese 🇨🇳 people! 💐 🇨🇳
The guy holding his forehead ... "US-China relations... sigh..."
That guy 🤣🤣🤣
哈哈哈哈
Funny and honest.
Hahahahaha
Looks like such a fun little adventure...interesting sceneries and friendly strangers!
I get bored and even fall into sleep when going to the cinemas & watching TV.
But watching Katherine's videos has given me so much warmth and laughter. Truly is magical!
Amazing video.
Really feels like China is one of those country where you can travel freely in the countryside without any worries and meet awesome people.
Moreover, even though you are from the US, no Chinese were hostile to you (or at least you didn't show them). I'm not sure if the same could be said if a Chinese was visiting the US countryside.
Before the Trump era, I did a lot of solo hiking trips on the west coast of USA, in some really remote places. I would say, 100% of the Mexican Americans and Native Americans that I ran into on these trips were friendly to me. 😜
@@yank-blood-no-eat-get I'm sure there are places in the US where Chinese are not bothered just for being Chinese.
I think that's more a result of the US transportation system. The perception of fear is really strong when you're a lone biker with high-speed automobiles and trucks zooming past. I've met amazing people on bike paths, hiking trails, and campgrounds. People are generally friendly to others in environments that are friendly to people.
China is very safe place to visit and live, just don't act like you own the place, be respectful to others, and don't act like you have a higher moral.
@@riceball4u172 Safety is relative. For example, you're not safe to voice political disagreements or talk bad about the Chinese government. Chinese people are very kind though and the crime rates are a lot lower than in the US
Another wonderful video Katherine, it’s so fascinating seeing places in China where most wouldn’t go.
So this is real China looks like. It really is a beautiful city. Never know China is such an interesting country till your videos.👍
You should visit China yourself. It is really eye opening, beside being enjoyable and educational
Great video. You’d be a great anthropologist specializing in environmental toxicology - that is, someone who studies how cultures and traditions affect the way the environment is understood and cared for. The pace of modernization shown in your videos is just dizzying!
The agricultural area in US is indeed boring. Villages in China are more fun to visit, like the way you do it.
Obama: It will be a disaster to the world if Chinese people have the same living level as the US. What a friendly president he is😂
😖😖😖
主要是形象好，中国人对他印象不错的
Please don't be controversial, okay? Already he opined that he was on the Emerald Isles when he was in Scotland for the COP26. The Emerald Isles is 500 miles away down south. He cited the Bard as the Scottish poet, when the Bard was last known to be borned and bred in Stafford on Avon. So there you go, he is not always right, okay? 😂😂😂
Wkkkkk.,...,😅
With due respect, it should be he "was." He is no longer there and his deputy has taken over the mantle despite suffering his second childhood phase.
really enjoyed all the interactions with strangers, esp. they're curiosity with you and speaking chinese.
I notice you have indirectly and unofficially become a travelling ambassador from US, giving the normal Chinese citizen a totally different view of a typical American....someone which is friendly and approachable (vs the current US-China relations). Also, i feel you must be alert/careful too as you are a pretty girl cycling alone in some of this deserted roads.....wishing you safe and happy always!
现在的中国，凌晨在路上走也没事，对，就是这么安全，当然，坏人肯定是有的，也需要注意保护自己
If you know Chinese laws，You will know that she won't be in any danger.
We couldn’t see the back of those cool-looking apartments, ridiculously wide road, river…quick enough because it meant fun adventure time! :D
Great video Katherine. Fascinating travel log. I have on suggestion: I saw you put up a map briefly at the end. Could you put a map that zooms out a little more to have a better geographical orientation. Maybe (like you ahve time), digitally trace the route?
Thanks for the suggestion 😁😁
Chengdu, Can Do Katherine!! Such a nice place, makes me feel "lost", being a long while l was there. Thanks for update! 👍👍
The guy struggled trying to pop out an english word and found out you can speak Chinese, so funny! and the geese! as someone who'd been chased and bit by geese multiple times, I hate them, they are pure bullies!
Can we recruit them for the PLA as the frontline soldiers to defend the People's Republic of China? 😂😂😂 If they traumatised you, I am sure they will do a good job as defenders.
@@hangtuah888 看你的大纪元吧，这里不适合你。
@@whatswhite110 😂😂😂😂😂😂Typical clown, no sense of humour and no sense of proprietary.
I like the interview people along your bike journey. Refreshing oppose to just sceneries.
I raised my hat on you for your care free life in China my ancestor's land! Can't help feeling that it is so safe and easy traveling alone as a foreign woman in a country whom considered in the West as backward, oppressive, communist ruled! And yet watching your video, people there are so free and friendly whose lives are very normal and rich in most respects!
I had been to the US many times since from the 70's . I as a man would not dared to venture far to remote places even in any big city there! Love your videos and hope to view many more! 謝謝，加油！
David, time to come home, our life can only last till we are 100 years maximum so don't delay by then you cannot even enjoy hot pot or square dance
Hi David, from where you are writing this message must be just next door to me, the world has changed for the better, as what you discuss about Katherine adventures in China, real time, this proof Americans propaganda has failed big time, and slowly Capitol Hill will have another mayhem, this time shall be the end of the American Imperialism and the the down fall of "Democracy practices" which are combinations of many self invented principles to suit the pockets of the special group of billionaires. They will also be assigned to retired in cells and dungeons, specially built for them as how the disadvantages suffers, the end results shall justify the evils that American has promoted and still doing.
Yo - 9:45. You missed a major cultural item - a private shrine, possibly for ancestors or earth deities (土地神). If you explore into this part of Chinese village culture you will be amazed. Everything on Earth has a counterpart deity 神。Door deity. Stove deity. Tree deity. Turnip deity. Potato deity. Fox deity. Crab deity ... This culture also existed in Japan (Shinto神道) - watch Spirited Away to understand it more. Btw the Monkey King ran into a lot of them on the Journey to the West....maybe you'll run into some on your journey to the East.
你客观公正的展现出中国人民现在的幸福生活,感谢你精彩的视频,你是最棒的！
I've being at the Chengdu Reaserch Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chegdu in 2016, but not at the Ya'an one.
希望你这次的自行车不会像之前去内蒙那样掉链子，哈哈哈哈~~~Wish your bicycle chain this time has a better condition then the Heilongjiang-Inner Mongolia one
K deserves a medal from the SPCA for her heroic mantis intervention! (Though, if there's a subsequent plague of them, responsibility may lie partly on your shoulders...)
4:00 Ahaha, these gentlemen' curiosity are so cute☺️ Also I'm giggled with the other guy mentioning about the sour US-China relation🤭 I mean he's certainly right in a sense, but still it's gonna feel awkward to hear that coming out of blue from a random person you met on your way of your trip😅
Yeah it’s funny seeing people’s different reactions to me saying I’m from the US 😂different response every time
@@kats_journey_east I have a pretty similar experience myself. Not necessarily as foreigner, but you know Indonesia is so diverse culturally and ethnically and as an Indonesian myself, coming to another place in another part of the country often feels like a brand new experience. I'm happened to be someone who's from the more remote place of the country (a north Bornean myself), so for example I occasionally met with some people who were curious about me every time I came to visit to any city or town in Java.
These men are drunk.You can see it from their faces and manners.But they still have no threat.
You have such a kind heart Katherine. You saved, or rather pushed him away from more immediate dangers with high potential to end his life, that lucky small mantis who met a human like you, and in some other episodes you showed sympathy for other life forms too. Such kindness will bring you good luck in this phase and future phases of life.
While I wish I could travel, see, and experience much of China but cannot, at least not at the moment, I thank you for sharing much of your life and travelling in China and this is another very comfortable trip of yours to watch. You are an intelligent, smart, multi-cultural, one with a lot of positive energy, and of course a pretty girl (by Asian or Western standards). Your husband is a lucky man, very lucky one indeed. Wish you good health, happiness, and more discoveries of meaningfulness in life.
Thank you for another great travel tour! This is China as real as it gets. Locals are not internationalized. But they love to talk world politics!
Very interesting….as usual.
I am a Malaysian Chinese and I never get to see the little things that you show…….❤️
I thought about buying a electric toothbrush for a long time ，but after your review ，I defintely decide that I would buy for myself😊
@Jessica W lol do you know this brand
Unfortunately the website is down or somehow inaccessible to me
Great video!! Careful traveling around because there were 10 or 15 recent covid cases.
視頻很好，很喜歡成都周邊地區，我兒時的家園，與你相反，選擇在美國生活三十多年了，因為疫情，我有三年多沒去成都了，看到視頻中熟悉的地方，還是有點激動。
I have seen many of your vloggs. Chinese culture is sooooo diverse, every single part of China has its own provincial culture. I suggest you visit Lijiang and Guilin some day in the future.
Since I don't read/speak Chinese, I am not sure, I had been to Ya'an. I was sitting at the back of a tour bus, when we traveled from Jiuzhaigou to Emushan, I am pretty sure, we took G5 and on the outskirt, we took G93. As always, I enjoy you video.
“川普耍了很多女盆友” 🤣🤣🤣。。。
四川话里“耍”没有贬义， 就是交往过很多女朋友的意思
Just curious, how come Chengdu is developing so fast while people there are kind of living in a lay-back style?
Get rent from new comers
@@suyang2057 - for extra incomes.
~50% of the people in the new developments are semi-retired . They were bought out by the state and /or private enterprises (former farmers and workers from end of life industries ). Some do work for extra money but it's not necessary to live comfortably .
Chinese people age slowly. Most people recorded by K are actually retirees who enjoy this laid-back life style. Most young people in Chengdu still need to work hard just like elsewhere.
Almost the top IT companies established their datas server base in Chengdu.
Chengdu has also one of air force industries city in China.
If you believe China is a peaceful and progressive nation, raise your hand 🙋✋🔥
Omg, you’re first, congrats
@@kats_journey_east haha thanks 😂🔥
👍👍👍
I have to say that electric toothbrushes are as important as dishwashers. I've been using Philips Sonicare for 2 years and now it has a problem with the button. This is what I need lol.😂
interesting video! good see there are still some "foreigners" in China having fun and living a normal life
Hi, katherine
I think you have visited the real living life in China. Thank you for your videos which let me know the modern development in China. I am a Chinese but have not gone China for two years since the breaking on covid19. Now the whole country have been changed to safety, conservation and beautiful, very different from 5 years ago.
You are really energetic. Amazing scenery and nice people around China. This type of villages are hard to come by in the near future. Enjoy while it is still there. 👍👍👏👏
“I love you!" 🤣🤣🤣 那兩個老乡太搅笑了。
"I love you" is probably the only English sentence he can speak out fluently to express good willing. 🤣🤣🤣 nice people indeed.
They just wanted to speak the only English words they know to show respect and friendliness :-)
he gao le
@@chrisxiao1681 哥们你说的对，you are right！
I love how the locals, eventhough knowing about the bad China-USA political relationships, but still so wholesome to embrace and welcome you. 4:18
Learning someone's language (even though you may be able to get by without knowing it) truly opens people up to you. Immediately their demeanor changes and you see a smile or a hint of curiosity about you. I took French for 4 years in high school and can only remember how to introduce myself. I wasn't passionate about it back then but I'm really interested in learning Mandarin even after knowing it's difficulties.
Looks awesome !!! So funny how random people come over to talk to you. You just wouldn't get that in the UK, they would think you are strange if you started talking to them like that.
Meh...depends where you are in the uk
Catherine, you are a true embassador. People to people interaction is precious.
If you had renamed the video Locals shocked by American girl speaking fluent mandarin then the clip would have received 10 x the viewership rate. Really missed a golden opportunity there
It’s tempting but at the same time I find those kind of videos to be kinda obnoxious😂😂I will consider 🤣
@@kats_journey_east If you choose to do that, it will be the case in every of your videos. Not really your style anyway to repeat the same point/story. Plus you have a Chinese only videos.
@@kats_journey_east Your videos have the best like dislike ratio, keep them as they are they are amazing
@@kats_journey_east I think he is being sarcastic. Click bait is bad taste. I am sure you know that too -)
@@kats_journey_east Yeh be yourself. I would be dissapointed if you end up becoming something like 小马在纽约
Katherine, thanks for sharing the beautiful rural side of 雅安。I enjoyed it very much. Take care and continue to send us more interesting videos.
Liziqi sues her partner company and managed to freeze their asset. If you want Liziqi to win, raise your hand 🙋✋💥
she‘s already win，so she is back
I love Chengdu 🐼♥️ i traveled from germany on my bike to chengdu and EmeiShan. I miss this great time and reports on my RUclips channel 🐼
wow, that's a looooooooooog bike trip!
@@alee2204 yes 🚴🇨🇳 it was fantastic
Nice ride especially among the tea plantations. Glad you're commenting on the water quality of the streams and river. I keep wondering about the sewage treatment systems of the smaller areas if they're all small scale like the tannery. Thanks for taking us along. Cheers.
陽離子美女:您好！中國人民喜歡您這樣的善良的美國人！您以客觀的看待中國的一切,事事物物,畢竟中國不是完美的,政府在努力的方方面面的為人民服務！改進中！也多多的向政府單位,機關:建議改進的地方！希望你在中國生活美好！謝謝！為您按讚！關注您以频道加油！
@4:20 "the way usa is treating us now is...hmm..." that's like the harshest criticism from chinese citizen on the subject...
I am happy too that you went off the beaten track. It is always so much more fun and interesting! I love the change in scenery as you cycled through the area.
Thank you once again for sharing your fantastic trip! :D
Very nice tour. Thanks so much. So cool to see your conversations with the locals. They were all surprised when they hear yiu speak good Chinese. Yeah, looking forward to seeing you and Wei going to see pandas.
Such an adventure seeker. 😊 Thanks for taking us on another scenic journey through the backcountry roads.🚲👍
Metropolitan Chengdu has expanded immensely since my first visit in 2006. The metro system was under construction at the time.
Does the metro line extend to Qionglai?😱
That metro station I passed was in xinjin district , halfway to Qionglai . Maybe in a few years it will get all the way to Qionglai 🤣🤣 it just keeps growing like crazy and it’s all just been in the past decade
@@kats_journey_east Regardless this is well beyond City limits into County jurisdiction. I had no idea the metro lines extend that far out.
Is the second airport in operation now?
Curious to know how that M-teeth compares to Oral-B or Phillips Sonic other than the exceptional battery life.
@@hz240 I didn’t know the second airport was new , there have been two airports in operation the whole time I’ve been here. Not sure how Mteeth compares to other brands in other aspects , I didn’t really use electric toothbrushes until a few months ago when mteeth sent me one for a collab on bilibili . I always hated electric toothbrushes Bc they make my teeth feel itchy Lol but the “sensitive” mode on this one is pretty good
@@kats_journey_east It is brand new opened in late June. Lookup Tianfu International. Previously only Shuangliu existed.
No comparison in scale to Daxing Beijing though, but two major airports in Chengdu represents staggering growth.
@@hz240 成都现在有两个机场，今年还开通了全球最长的地铁6号线，从最北的新都出发达到最南的回龙，全程有60多公里。贯穿了整个成都。
Thanks for bringing Ya'an, a barely known Chinese city, to overseas viewer. Have been following Chengdu-Lhasa high speed rail to be completion by 2030. Chengdu-Ya'an section was completed and in operation since 2018. Katherine, you are definitely our eyes and ears before we can visit China again. Great work!
One of my favorite of your videos so far. Watched it with a big smile and had to laugh at some of the conversations.... Beautifully shot/edited and lightheartedly narrated. More people need to subscribe and see China through your lens! Very well done, Katherine!
Great video as always, Katherine... I enjoyed it thoroughly. I didn't know you could bring bikes on trains. That's quite convenient, if not, you would have had to go back by bike and it would have been a four day trip. I enjoy seeing the country side. Not a lot of vloggers film the country side. I loved the Panda loving town... Pandamonium everywhere... hahahaha
Folding bikes only😜that’s the reason why I picked this bike, it’s a little slower than a regular bike to ride but worth it to be able to take on the train or to be able to put in the trunk of a taxi
Can we get the toothbrush in America? I charge mine every week
Great video, as always! I did wonder about the weather, those clouds looked ominous. Now, when are you going to join in the outdoor karaoke?
According to my followers on Chinese social media , Ya’an is known as the rainy city since it’s aaaalways cloudy and rainy 🌧 maybe next time I can get lucky and catch it on a sunny day 😜
From singapore. Your videos are therapeutic.
Wish the video never ends.
中国雅安老汉：川普老耍女朋友~好多，好多女朋友。
美国迈阿密川普：Fake news！This old man is very bad！
As a biker on tours, your 2 day tours are pretty interersting. Do a LONG trip perhaps with a tent ? 🤣😂. Heard about the Lhasa Bike tour every year ?? . Only in Summer time advisable to Cycle from Chengdu. Very, Very Long Trip ...? Like you, I always avoid road with trucks. Both dangerous and pollution issues. Go to the many back / rural roads to avoid the trucks. Happy cycling and Be Safe.
I never get tired of these bike tours. Can't wait for you to learn Cantonese and go to southern China!
Sichuan is very very hilly ..... only Chengdu and Deyang is quite flat .....
Its very relaxing as always watching your adventure thru natural scenery at that moment of time, very refreshing
At first I tought you said that the metro goes all the way to Ya'an, then realised it's to Qionglai.
To be honest, I have been using electric toothbrushes for the past 4 years. Bluetooth with a stupid app is pointless in the brush. Completely waste of money. Only make the brush overpriced.
I love ❤️ China 🇨🇳 and your videos!
The more watching your clips, the more 有一點羨慕. I'm Thai working as a labor in Taiwan. It's my dream to have a bike tour in China. Wish you safe journey and make more videos like this. Thanks a lot.
Hope your dream comes true
When China reunites Taiwan Province,You can come to Chinese mainland by bike through the cross-sea bridge.😂😂😂
妳真的是一個善良的人
👍👍👍 An amazing vlog; love them for your friendship with the locals and your humility. 💐🙌
Blessings from Kuching, Malaysia.
How the Chinese judge your language level
LEVEL 1. Oh you can speak very good Chinese(with only Nihao is enough)
LEVEL 2. Oh your Mandarin is standard.
LEVEL 3. Oh you speak better Mandarin than I do.
LEVEL 4. You must come from Xinjiang right? There's no way that you are a foreigner.
A lot of people in Chengdu have been asking if I’m from Xinjiang 🤣🤣 never heard that in Nanjing but it happens a lot here
I love the curiosity of locals when they meet a foreigner 😂😂
Yeah it leads to a lot of fun conversations 😜😜
Your videos are really interesting to a lot of people all over the world. It's real China. I hope your journey can change world a little in view of China. Go, go, go
4 minutes and 28 seconds that dude's face talking about us-China relations is so funny
哈哈哈
That forehead palm lol
11:44 Beautiful countryside. Thanks for sharing your experiences with us.
I love the trees in the middle of the street. It keeps drunks alert and ninja's skills up! Love the interactions with normal people. Also don't mess with the geese!!!
Lmao
Great video as always, can't wait for china to open for regular tourist
Katherine, I enjoy immensely all your videos of the countryside in China. Keep up with more videos. Take care and stay safe healthy and well
You seem very motivated and very energetic to take on this long biking trip.
Hey Katherine, Seen some of ur vids, glad to see you're not one of the "Shills"... :)
I never watch those peeps, you have honest and good takes on most things., appreciate and respect that. Long time veteran in China, lived in Ya'an for a couple years in 2008 and back teaching at SAU now, so thought I would comment since I consider Ya'an my Chinese Hometown.
Good stuff, the country side is great out here, come back to this region, tons to see and do, and Western Sichuan is also incredible, good places for you to check out.
I’m really curious who you are referring to when you say one of the shills🤣🤣wow , you were there way before I visited it, wonder what it was like back then , probably unrecognizable ! Back then Chengdu didn’t even have a metro
Thanks Katherine for another great video, Ya'an is my hometown and I miss it so much😭 watching your video brings back so much memories, and you are always kind and sweet talking to the local people🌞
Love your trip! Katherine I wish you travel safely. Although China is safer than a lot of the places, it doesn't mean it's absolutely safe everywhere. 一个女孩儿在外面还是要注意安全!
OMG, you said the city is obsessed with Pandas.
I was just wondering whether they would put put Panda images on the crosswalks. Goodness, they did!!
How cute is that!!!
There's a traditional Chinese expression about mantis 螳臂擋車
Wow, awesome. Got goose bumps of nostalgia watching this one. 20 years ago, I rode a one-speed Shanghai Yongjiu bike from Chengdu to Wawushan (瓦屋山), in area of Ya'an. Got pulled over by the police to say hi. Had never seen a foreigner. Was invited to dinner at a toll station as I was passing through. Had a nice old man find me a hotel room after I'd ridden a bike for like 9 hours. Was so exhausted. But went out for some dog meat dinner. That was was most places in that town had.
Also did another four day trip south from Chengdu through 彭山 to 峨眉山 then to 乐山 and back to Chengdu. This also cut across your route. at the time, it was much dirtier and less organlized looking, but still beautiful and friendly and helpful people. Looks like development hasn't ruined it. Very happy to see it still looks very inviting!
Love it in rural China. Really like rural life in the West. Not familiar with the East so much, but your place looks nice.
Enjoy your dream!
wow, 20 years ago! would have loved to explore China back then for a comparison, must have been a completely different world considering how fast development is happening. my first visit was in 2016
@@kats_journey_east China is always awesome to explore.
Back then Chengdu's third ring road was close to what I’d call a forest with traders from outside the city setting up makeshift markets on rugs/sheets on the median. Inside the second ring road, the city was quite developed, many sky scrapers, bicycles, buses, mopeds, and VW Santanas, but no subway. Air was polluted. Summer sun was a yellowing orange dot in a yellow gray sky and every night I had to clean black from my nose. Nowadays, I hear it is quite modern and clean. Good for Chengdu!
Second bike trip was during SARS. Arrived in Emei only to be quarantined and then sneak away to climb Emei mountain for a couple days. Back then, I road on the main roads. Places like 新津， 眉山，and 峨眉山市had bicycle lanes, but in between it was mostly mean and 东风trucks。
Been to China 19 times now. Cannot wait until next time. Hopefully can go for New Years and then take my wife to 张家界 or somewhere else pretty in central or SW China.
BTW, your Chinese quiet good. Know your HSK level?
Suggest getting a gravel bike instead of using the folding bike for your journey. yeah I know it's the latest cycling trend, but gravel bike is built for touring/adventuring, with all the mounting points for racks and luggage. It'll make our cycling travel journey much more pleasant and enjoyable experiences. As a cyclist from SF Bay Area, I've ridden folding, road, mtb, cyclocross etc.... gravel bike is the way to go.
I love China country, peopele are happy and enjoying life. Thank you Katherine.
Really love the scenery from the tea plantations, almost a liziqi feel😉
Great they improved sewer pipes to keep river clean for animals.
Katherine you are amazing God bless you and bless your family amen 😇
I'm Chinese studying in the US but currently taking online courses in China. The president question cracks me up. Biden's got dementia lol...hope he survives this term...
Haha girl, you got sponsorship now. That's amazing. Lol
Kath, thoroughly enjoy watching your adventure trip and mingling with the locals. Keep up the good work!