Most People DON'T BELIEVE This Is China Dreamy Rural Town In Yunnan Province
Is this where we're staying this is it Miss May Hostel this place is so beautiful we can wait here she's going to come down now wow look at how beautiful the garden is she's going to help us check in we can put our bags down first she's like it looks so heavy where are you from because I called you many times but your phone is unreachable oh we're from Thailand from Thailand yeah I'm using a Thai number you're welcome it's okay it's okay it's okay have a seat have a seat first wow you speak so many languages I'm so complicated so I was born in Shanghai I can understand and speak a little bit of Shanghainese but for the Shanghainese when they listen to my tone they say oh no you are not really Shanghainese then I moved to Hong Kong and migration to Hong Kong so I speak Cantonese what about English also not good very good very good it's limited band you know but her I guess your son-in-law son-in-law is Italian yeah so you speak a bit of Italian uh no not even a word only Mamma Mia yeah my whole family speaks Cantonese cuz they're all in Hong Kong so I only moved to Thailand after I got married yeah okay oh hi what's your name come here oh I love your place even more now he always like to catch the birds but is this your cat no it's our neighbour's he belongs to our neighbour so what do you think babe I love it already so peaceful it's so nice and I can speak Cantonese cause my Mandarin has been better but it's still not very good okay thank you wow this place is so cozy it feels like a real homestay like a real guesthouse because of the hospitality and how it's like decorated we have a little tea corner here this is so lovely that's even a seating area right here oh at the bottom here oh yeah isn't this cute with a stuffed panda yeah with a little panda nice not the softest bed but I think it will be nice there's a mattress topper on it too that one is a heater I believe cause it can get quite cold but right now I think it's perfect outside and a humidifier cause it is a bit drier here we both feel it yeah my face is peeling yeah I can feel it on my skin too all the amenities we need in the washroom nice and cozy oh and a separate shower that one is a look that's a heating lamp oh we can do laundry I don't think it's for laundry it doesn't dry I think it's just for keeping you warm after the shower is this the kind of place you want to open one day this type of bed and breakfast guesthouse it's a perfect size I love that it doesn't have that many rooms I think 1 2 3 4 5 maybe eight seven yeah maybe about eight rooms good job finding this place I'm glad you like it I mean I've been taking you to some places that are kind of off the beaten path and not the easiest to get to but you've been a good sport which way should we go I have no idea all directions are so beautiful they're so kind so he told us to come this way yeah he said if we keep going down here on the left there will be more things to see even this ancient bridge that's quite famous in this area and then on the right is going to be more food so we'll go left and then we'll go right hey hey there hey there you know this house we just walked by mhm it says that this house is 100 years old this is all part of the ancient town it's actually one of the last surviving market towns of the Ancient Tea Horse Road even though the architecture of this old town is still very traditional and they really well preserved it but the shops have become a lot more modern like there's a lot of the boutiques and cafes and tea shops the content of what's inside is quite modern I think because it has recently gotten so much more popular because of some Chinese dramas and people know of this place and want to come and visit this place so naturally there are more business opportunities here and I think they did a great job blending the old architectures with the new modern style cause you can't really tell until you go really near that it's a cozy cafe inside and a huge highlight is this is the third cat we've seen hi hi you're so fat that one's so fat look at this boutique shop beautiful clothes did they dye their own color yeah you want to come see oh so that's the original color yeah so that's the original and then they dye it in that so they dip it in like I think it might be water or the liquid and then they dip it into the dye and they do it multiple times to get a different pattern oh wow look inside wow this would match me I would look good in this color I don't know what material they use to dye it she said it is a natural material so maybe it's some sort of flower or plants I don't quite understand what it is the ingredients the husband was saying it takes time for the color to develop that's why after they dye it they have to hang dry it and then they wash it and then finally you'll see what the product looks like which is so interesting because every single piece will be different that's so kind of her to show us that yeah and she said even though we aren't buying anything cause we really don't have space in our backpacks anymore she said it's okay come back next time and take a look so this street here or this little square is called Sideng Street and it's very famous in this town because this used to be where all the traders all the vendors come to sell goods and trade goods so this is now kind of the iconic place you don't see any like vendors here anymore but there are some small shops around here and you can kind of get that vibe when you walk through cause everything else is so narrow right this is the only open space where people would gather in the town this dated back hundreds of years ago oh I think more than a hundred I'm not sure how many years ago probably thousands of years ago my favorite part about some of these little shops is that they have seating outside the shop and they face outside so you can people watch and they get a little bit of sunlight which is so perfect it's so beautiful it's such a cozy place should we get something refreshing and just people watch I think we should choose a place this place looks very nice too yeah let's go wow now this place I feel like I could stay here for a few weeks at least just grab a book grab our work go hang out in a coffee shop go back to our lovely homestay it would be wonderful if we could stay here longer I feel so relaxed being here my mind is so clear get to watch the mountain the town itself is quite small mhm I think you can walk the whole town in 2 hours it's definitely a place that you come to escape and just enjoy and relax if it's not sweet enough you can add sugar yeah wow look at this glass I ordered this this is like a plum tea plum juice and I got an iced vanilla latte oh it's sweet enough yeah mhm sweet and sour do you like it yeah delicious so could you live in this town too yeah I think instead of just living in this town I would want to open a guest house in this town let's buy her place let's buy Joyce's place she runs it so well that's probably their retirement she moved to this town 5 years ago and bought the home stay from the previous owner and now she runs it with her husband what a dream place you see over there by the bridge the bridge is already here but there's live music let's go see I could sit there all day listening to her feeling the breeze of the wind this is one of my favorite places in all the places we have traveled I just feel like I want to live here I want to go to the cafes I want to walk these streets I want to come here for live music in the evenings it would be just perfect there's not much to do other than just relax and enjoy the nature I'm super low maintenance I don't want a lot of things to do I just want to chill you can ride horses though yeah I did see some people on horses but I'm severely allergic to horses so we'll skip that this is probably the most popular spot in this village people taking photos on the bridge and if you go further and look at the bridge you can see the reflection oh and it would form like a full circle a circle cause from this point you can see the river on this side part of the old town on that side the mountains on that side and there's even the canola flower fields oh yeah across the bridge you can see it from here and you can only see them in I think March and April that's the prime time to see them so we're very lucky people here just enjoying the slow life if I were to live here i'd get a fishing rod and just come here and fish like these guys but they're so fancy though is it why is it fancy they have a monitor screen attached to their fishing rod so they can see underwater oh what is it called like the sonar no sonar you can just see the like the icon of the fish but that's an actual camera oh but then that means you need the water to be quite clear in order to see anything maybe it has a flashlight underneath it's so cool I've never seen that before how's your ankle it's okay you tripped and fell yeah again you're going to be okay yeah I didn't even look back cuz I was like oh I'm so embarrassed just kept going did anyone see you probably it was in the square right outside the cafe this is so beautiful it's not our first time seeing the yellow canola flower fields because we saw them when we were in Jiangxi Province but they were terraces so it's not open like this this one is very beautiful as well and with the mountains and the moon behind the mountains I think in about a month or so they will harvest these and um make canola oil out of it which is actually one of the most popular oils in China is they use canola oil for cooking can you eat the flowers I don't know but I assume if you make oil out of it you can consume it does it smell no oh what does it taste like exactly like mustard greens it's part of the same family it is yeah it's part of the same I wonder if you can stir fry the greens yeah it's quite delicious okay you convinced me pick a piece for me oh exactly yeah tastes like mustard greens interesting I wonder if they cook it then not just make oil you can probably eat the whole plant I am very happy that we came to Yunnan Province it's so different from where we started like we started in Shanghai in such a busy modern city but here I really feel like this province vibes with us and I love the countryside yeah and I hope one day I can bring my parents here I think they would really like it it's funny because we weren't going to film this video no I was like okay I really really want to enjoy this place for 2 days and maybe no one's going to watch this video about this ancient town that they never heard of yeah but the moment we walked in through that first alley yeah first gate and you saw it and you were like I think we should film it yeah we need to show you guys this place is just out of this world and one day I think we will be able to watch that and be like oh I missed that place we should go back this is only our first day let's see what else is there to explore tomorrow but first I'm getting hungry me too let's go to that food street that the guest house owner was telling us about to get some yummy yummy Yunnan food [Music] since we came to China I think I'm liking tea now yeah we drink tea a lot almost everyday and most hotels provide you with a little teapot and some tea which is quite nice that's an interesting looking dish I've never had this before so first the broad beans are stir fried with the cured ham that is hanging above your head yes and we have rice and also this pot is special this pot of soup has a lot of vegetables inside and the lady just said you take some of the vegetables and you dip it into this sauce to eat it and it is a specialty of the Bai people which is a minority group of this area but they're one of the minorities there's actually many many ethnic minority groups in this area and I mentioned I think in a previous video that Yunnan is one of the most diverse provinces because you're really close to Vietnam Myanmar Laos and not far from Thailand too not far from Thailand that's why there's been a lot of movement between the people crossing borders and there's a lot of minority groups living around this area which influences the food I want to try this bean first me too I've only had broad beans like dried ones as a snack a lot I've never had cooked broad beans it's tasty the cured meat is very tasty it has a distinct smell the cured meat is really good tastes just like ham mhm lots of goodies inside lots of vegetables and there's ham in here and tofu oh lots of veggies and glass noodles seaweed cauliflower you have to dip it in the sauce or if you don't want to dip it you don't have to dip it too let me try the soup first just like vegetable soup nice and clean I like it maybe this one pot it was already enough food for us another beautiful day it's actually a little bit chilly isn't it but I think the sun will come out soon yeah we both had a wonderful sleep yesterday they had that heated mattress again so we've been really enjoying all the heated beds in China and the humidifier was a nice touch I feel like my skin is not so dry this morning I would say that was the best sleep I had so far in China really we're going to walk towards this food market that the owner was telling us about he said there is a lot of choices for breakfast so let's go get breakfast and then find another nice cafe to chill and enjoy the town okay this is it cute little market yeah lots of little vendors fried dough oh yeah this is like uh yeah Gurung bread like the Tibetan bread she makes it here fresh with all the different fillings how much was it 2 Yuan for one yeah nice I got the one with the meat filling oh it looks like this it's rose petals and inside I think it's like some corn and wheat flakes it's amazing what did I just eat this one one of the most delicious thing I had wouldbe so good with coffee so we got eight pieces for 21 Yuan she said you look Chinese you look like one of us but she said oh you're from Thailand wow that looks amazing dumplings oh what's inside it's dry mixed wontons so they just boil them and then they mix some chili sauce soy sauce some vegetables in there it's this one here this is perfect I can even dip it in the soup I feel like there's so much to try here but I don't know what the things are you know what I mean that lady had photos which is actually very smart because right away you were like okay I want this but some of them are just written in Chinese it'll be so hard to guess what they are is it really good dumpling is very nice that is really good and chase it with the seaweed soup oh you're doing it Chinese style it's like a very comforting breakfast wow yeah this is really really good there is one more food I want to try there's this ancient food from this area called rushan and I see it in a lot of places and I didn't get to try it in the last place we were at so I think I'm going to get it here but what is it though I think it's made of milk and yogurt and then they even mix a little bit of rose petals into it and then they roll it up and eat it so it's like a it's an ancient snack that looks delicious yeah it's made with fresh milk she said wow look at the char on that yeah it's probably from the milk sugar so it chars so quickly and it took her like 15 seconds to make that was not what I was expecting it's um very chewy almost tastes like tofu curd it's like dry milk I don't know how to explain it it's like cheese it actually tastes like cheese you like it mm it's not creamy right no I usually like anything chewy and this is the texture I like it tastes more like cheese than bread or dough and always love that rose taste I didn't even know I liked rose flavored things and this one was 7 Yuan I think if you get the chance to come to China and you have a few more days definitely come to Shaxi this is a highlight of my trip yeah yes I think it's definitely worth coming as well because it's not too difficult to get to I mean if you were either going to Dali or Lijiang which is most likely on your to go lists for Yunnan as I was saying if you are either going to be in Dali or Lijiang then this is only about an hour and a half ride from either of those cities and the quickest way and easiest way is to just order or hire a DiDi which is equivalent to like a Uber or a Grab in China we're going to enjoy our coffees enjoy the rest of the day in this beautiful ancient town we will see you in the next amazing city in Yunnan we'll be going to Lijiang where the scenery the food the culture will be slightly different from Dali thanks again for watching and as always have a wonderful day see you in the next one byebye bye nice big cup of coffee good too
2024-05-12 19:01
