BEST DAY IN DALI, YUNNAN We Couldn’t Wait To Come Here In China!
this video is brought to you by Squarespace in the next few videos we'll be taking you to explore Yunnan China's most diverse province boasting a rich blend of people cultures and breathtaking landscapes we're kicking off our adventures in Dali which might just be our favorite city in China with it warmer climate trendy vibes and incredible scenery we'll show you what makes Dali a must visit for travelers both local and International we are in Shuanglang Ancient Town in the city of Dali and this town is very very cute it's not super busy especially in the morning so I feel like a local walking down the street we fit just right in I smell roses everywhere walking down the street because one famous cake that they have here in in Dali I think um or maybe it's Yunnan I'm not sure is this rose cake and what's interesting is that they use real rose petals inside the cake that's why you see them drying all the petals out here um and they make the cakes fresh I feel like we should try one of course we need to try let's grab a few and then we go get coffee you're right it smells so nice look at how beautiful all these are but do you eat the leaves they put the leaves inside the cake no I think they pick out the petals and then they make a paste and put it inside but it looks like inside is still the petals like it's not completely blended but there's a few flavors so I need to ask her what they are I think this is one of the top souvenirs people buy to the give to their friends and family after visiting Dali it's cheap too it was one was for 4 Yuan um but three was 10 Yuan so I got one of each flavor in the end so one matcha one purple potato and one original and she said it is a Dali thing it's not like a whole Yunnan thing it's really famous here specifically in Dali can I quickly get corn for breakfast you want one right yeah how do I say "I want one" very good she has so many things I want to try too what is that it's pears but cooked pears oh never had that before she said it's mostly sweet a little sour what you got in your hands I got some snacks the lady just stuffed it in my hands oh you want a drink too yeah they like to give a lot of samples because there's a lot of souvenir snacks you can buy this one I have no idea what it is it almost looks like a rice crispy kind of thing with peanuts it's warm still look really good yeah it's so warm even these are warm everything is fresh she got you it's like rice crispy so she got you you need to go back and buy it that's really yummy I might have to buy more what do you think it's good right that is so delicious hey some more rice crispy here someone didn't like it how come you sure you don't want those I don't want that one did you get us some coffees I got us two hot americanos this is the cheapest coffee yeah I just saw five yuan five yuan for a hot coffee they said that it's majority of the beans are actually from Yunnan from an area called Pu'er and a little bit mixed from like other places in the world so we're basically having Yunnan coffee maybe that's why it's cheap mhm are we sitting here this is cute oh it's nice I'm already in love with this town I wish we could stay here longer I said this at the other place too but as we travel China we keep seeing places that we're like wow we could live here we could stay here longer and this is one of those places but don't worry because the next couple places that I'm taking you you're going to love 100% I'm sure I will love it so far I haven't been disappointed have you had it before no I haven't had this before look it's like a little pastry in the Chinese drama I was watching about Dali they were making this fresh and sending it home to their family and I was like one day I'm going to try this cake finally the day is here so flakey it tastes like roses it's actually not too jammy it really tastes like rose petals and it's still a little bit warm inside I can smell the roses from here mhm I actually give that a 10 out of 10 no way I think that's delicious considering you don't really like pastries what do you think I like the stuffing I'm not a big fan of the the pastry but the stuffing very delicious it's not too sweet and look actual rose petals yeah actual petals it's like eating sweet roses oh my God that's the first foreigner I've seen we really haven't seen many I mean we can count it with 10 fingers how did he get here they probably are teachers in China could be they probably speak better Chinese than me we rarely see any foreigners here even in big cities well in Shanghai we saw a few yeah and other than that we didn't didn't see many holy moly are we in Europe or what I know are we in Greece is this what it would look like wow this is amazing now look over there you can see there's snow on the mountain that's so beautiful today is so clear that's actually an island you know like where the trees are over there I think there is a little ferry that you can take to cross the island but we have other plans of exploring so we won't do that today but this part is so beautiful see all of these lakeside properties I looked into booking one of those because I thought it would be so amazing to sit on the balcony and just enjoy the lake but they are close to $100 to $200 USD a night and it's higher than our usual budget a lot higher so I found a guest house that's still in town but it was only $21 a night it's Lanna style Thai style so you can feel like home and you can just walk right to the lake I think that was a good choice we don't have to stay right at the lake but if you're looking for a beautiful lakefront property it's actually quite affordable i'd say $100 a night there are a lot of options real quick once again thank you to Squarespace for supporting our channel and for making it super easy for anyone to build a professional looking website to start you can browse through their award-winning templates or there's this cool thing called Squarespace Blueprint which uses AI to 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have today is pretty awesome remember the one we rented in Hangzhou we could only go about 20 km (mileage with full charge) this one we're renting today she says we can do about 100 km but and there's an even more powerful one that we can rent for 140 km so that basically can take you to so many places and it's only 50 Yuan a day yeah this one is a pretty good deal I see people stopping over here to take photos you want to stop here I think you can see the whole town from up at this platform let's find a parking right here wow take off your helmet first though I feel like we're so high up and we actually are pretty high yeah we're 2,000 m above sea level and can you imagine the peak of those mountains wouldn't that be like 4,000-5,000 m probably I mean there's still snow on it must be high up and cold there we were just down there yeah we were just down over there that was the island we saw and then if we look on this side our homestay is just right on that side I wonder how much would it cost to rent like a long-term apartment oh our friend uh my roommate from university she's Shanghainese so she was telling me that a a lot of people buy lakefront properties in this area in Dali as a retirement home I would love that yeah retirement home vacation home it's probably not too expensive considering that there's so much land and even when we rent a room is not that expensive so it's probably more affordable than we thought yeah but I don't know how much this is a perfect place do you regret renting the e-bike after seeing all the convertibles on the street convertible would be awesome though and they're all beautiful pastel colors and I see a lot of girls kind of doing a girls trip in the convertibles taking photos yeah see like this one the Beetle pink Beetle pink Beetle or a blue Mercedes and a yellow Audi look at this I did check before what the price was it's about 450 yuan to 500 yuan per day to rent a convertible which is that's not bad yeah it's like a $100 USD a day but compared to this 50 Yuan e-bike this is way more practical for us it's exactly what we need it's incredible how big this lake is I think it takes over 2 hours just to drive around it and if you were to stop and take photos probably five or six hours there's so many spots you can stop before we got here we stopped like five times to get photos and usually if you see more than a couple cars and a few more uh motorbikes and you're like okay this must be a nice spot like this little village here is very beautiful it's super colorful pastel just like the convertible cars and how big is the lake again isn't it like 200 km to drive around it I don't remember so this lake is called Erhai Lake and Erhai actually it means the Ear Lake because they say from up above looking down it looks like the shape of a human ear and it is 250 square km big and about 11 meters deep which is not very deep okay this is a good opportunity I've seen girls just walking down the middle to take photos watch out looks nice though you have to risk your life for it I have to do the signature pose though yeah I've seen people be like this oh it looks nice actually yeah [Music] I'll have the spicy one wow oh nice and hot we have to make an emergency stop here the drive to come down to here was beautiful but it got so cold once the sun started hiding behind the clouds so I think a hot bowl of beef noodle soup is exactly what we need right now before we start exploring up top which is called "Li Xiang Bang" also the little Santorini of Dali look more like Greece than the old town we were in this warms my heart it's delicious this is good and it's pretty affordable cuz this is a touristy place and I think the restaurants up there are quite expensive but because the beef noodle shop is on the bottom layer of this area it's only 25 Yuan per set which is the noodle beef and an egg pretty good deal what do you think does it look like Santorini I have no idea I have never been to Greece me too did you see those now it looks like Greece yeah that looks like Greece oh my goodness look at those beautiful pool villas overlooking the lake it's so big it looks like an ocean it does it kind of goes like forever doesn't it you want know my honest opinion about this place it is beautiful but I don't think it's worth coming here unless you're really close by like we drove almost an hour on the e-bike from Shuanglang Ancient Town to come here and it's really just a bunch of hotels some cafes and if you want to take photos all the way up to the top deck you have to pay to go up there to take photos or buy an expensive coffee so I think it's it's okay it's not as laid back and chill as casual as the coffee shops that are actually in Shuanglang Ancient Town but does it make you want to go to Greece though yeah I want to see the real thing I think that would be awesome and have some Greek food one day we'll go to Santorini the real one what do we have here I got some snacks dry fish and biscuits yeah all of this only for 10 Yuan but they're not for us they for us it's for the are those seagulls they must be seagulls cuz they can fly right wow look at the sun rays wow it's like we're in heaven I'm scared I'm scared are you trying to get it to come and eat it from your hand yeah it's so beautiful how they fly and that when they're fighting the wind it's like they are still in the air you threw your phone too yeah I threw my phone just the cookies is enough babe you see that they eat it from the sky if you throw it high enough open the door it's nice to be warm let me turn this on crank it up okay that's the hottest it will get okay it's warm it is warm the bed is warm it's so nice they have a mattress heaters we're pretty lucky yesterday we had such great weather that we got to enjoy the parks and all around the lake mhm even get to enjoy the local live music there are lots of places you can stop all around the lake so if you get an e-bike or a convertible or I think there's also motorbikes for rent definitely take a day or two to explore around the lake explore around the different villages Dali is quite a wonderful and a very beautiful city hope you enjoyed exploring Dali with us this is only the first out of many wonderful videos in Yunnan so make sure to subscribe and follow our adventures in this province thanks again for watching and have a wonderful day see you in the next one byebye byebye
2024-05-07 13:36
