People Warned Me Not To Visit Rural China
in this video we are going to visit rural China I have been told it's better not to go there as a foreigner people might be rude nobody will speak English and I will not have a good experience but since I have never been to rural China I am curious to find out what Countryside China is really like join me and let's find out okay so we are in the city center of Xi'an now but the plan the idea is to leave the city and go to some rural areas outside of the city center I'm here with my friend Steven and Ivana from the jetlag Warriors Channel YouTube and we all have never been to rural China right never we've only been in the city and usually the city center yeah right so we are very curious to see rural areas so the idea is now to take the metro there's a sign Metro and then just go to the last station see where we are and then maybe take a taxi even further let's see okay so here we are inside the metro station first mission is to figure out where to get tickets and I think we can get tickets right here so this is the metro map and as you can see it's quite a large Metro System here going to all the directions we wanted to take the red line right red line to the last station so we're going to take line number two CH changing Kong and this map actually tells you how much it costs yes all the twos cost two and as you go further goes to three goes to four so we pay 5 yuan so these are the prices we're going to go line two line two we're going to go to J switch to English already right y I got English on here J gong cash pay oh there are three people three tickets three tickets 15 cash payment cash payment and there are the tickets 1 2 3 all right and now we have to go through security every Chinese Metro station has a security similar to an airport so you have to put your bags on the belt and then go through the metal detector yeah it's not as strict as in an airport usually just going through very quickly and yeah as usual in Chinese Metro stations or train station everything looks well organ organized very clean you have all the informations on top here usually you can even see yeah here as well how busy the next train is going to be so all the the cards of the next train are green vacant so it's going to be not that busy then you can see how many minutes until the next train arrives I guess so I guess this is 2 minutes until the next train and then the train after that is arriving and 5 minutes but now the question is which direction do we have to go on I think we'll just go one stop to line two the next station jangl I think it's this way okay that's my guess do we trust SE yes okay here we go so the city above us is very crowded today but the train actually is not that crowded I'm wondering how much time we're going to spend on the Metro now to go to the last station good be an hour half an hour 2 hours we have no idea we have no idea it's nice that the sign is in English also yeah right also usually the announcements are first in Chinese and then in English so actually pretty easy to use as a foreigner okay that was literally a 2-minute right and we are now at the station where we should change the lines and there's a sign line two is it just the other side or do we have to go up I think it's this way oh follow the sign line two yeah sorry photo bomb what does the sign say why are they taking a picture of this what does this say please translate in the comment section must be something special didn't taking a picture of it yes look at us boys here taking the stairs getting the steps in and we have Ivana down there so it's crazy we're going up now and there's another line so it's like two levels of Subway Lines here and we're going up a long way yeah and that's the station name where we want to go Chang ning Kong so we are on the right track and it looks way busier here okay so it is a big system here underground but it is actually pretty easy to navigate your way around okay so we are here now so it should be 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 stations usually it's like let's say 2 to 3 minutes per station okay so I guess around half an hour half an hour sure half an hour on the train let's see and then let's see what it's like when we get there no idea what do expect idea and probably we have to take a taxi to go further yeah let's figure it out once we there okay and here we are train number two which will bring us to the last station so what's good here inside the trains you can see exactly where you are and then you just follow the dots and I think once we arrive at the station the dot will turn green so these are the dots that already we already passed and then we're going this way which city has the most difficult Metro System in your experience Tokyo Tokyo the thing about Tokyo is the different lines are different companies and they can't transfer oh really so if you buy the wrong ticket you can go to the same station but you can't go the way you want to go you have to go around a long way by accident that's confusing yes okay we have arrived at the last station and as expected the train is pretty much empty now okay let's leave the train station and see where we are is this still the city is this a village what is the world looking like outside let's find out okay there's a map here so we started somewhere here in the city center and we are now down here and we have a village in mind which is somewhere here as well as a mountain with a lake which is somewhere here so I think we might need a taxi now let's see we might still be in the city we we really don't know where we are sometimes these random trips are the most exciting ones because we don't really know what to expect so everything today will be a surprise but we did similar trip before and it always ended up being something interesting exciting okay and the total Journey time to get here was about half an hour and this is where we are now still looks like a city to me okay the first good thing I see taxis here which I think we might need yeah maybe CH Mountain Zia one you want to go zja one first Village or Mountain first maybe a mountain first it's on the way yeah on the way yeah anyhow we want to go to Shian Mountain okay and we use meter probably that means meter what you guess how much is going to be the price7 minutes I'm going to say 801 100 100 991 but wow look at this this looks beautiful here huge long bridge okay I feel like now we are actually leaving the city yeah so we're going to see some rural areas which is exciting that's what we were trying to do you have a g b g may wiet may may wiet so the total price is 46 so we all guessed way too high actually okay and we have arrived at what seems to be the entrance to like a national park or something I think there's an information center here tour Center there it is and then I think we can hike a little bit and then there's a mountain and everything looks beautiful okay so we paid 40 un per person entrance fee and then there was a very helpful man who explained us the different routes we can go hiking on and we decided to go on the hike That was supposed to be about 40 minutes and the goal was to reach this beautiful Lake here and the man promised us that there's going to be very Scenic views along the way and this is now our first time outside of a city in China so welcome to Countryside China on my channel okay so we do have a long stairway up here now which looks pretty steep I know never looks that steep on camera but it is pretty [Music] steep hello the good news is it's going to be the first Vlog to show you the inside of a wow Chinese Hospital some about have a heart ATT okay so behind the scenes of jet like Warriors Steve Dusty effort walking back and now walking up to get the scenic shot you's filming the hike get even more tiring when you do it twice video that's what he's doing for the video sorry I don't it's funny every time all the local think that you are speaking Chinese happy New Year okay maybe that means have a safe trip or it means good luck it's still so far okay my god wow wo oh the echo here W okay this was worth it man you should come here this is amazing Bo wow but now I have snow in my shoe but that was worth it oh what the water is very fresh oh it's ice cold but very fresh can you drink it not sure maybe this was wrong but I think it's fresh Mountain Water here yeah yeah do you have tea cha I think cha is tea hot tea uh hot hot do you have hot tea y y y is yes yes yes y okay can we get three tea no Chinese English let's see I don't think they have H tea here they only have cold drinks here I think no hot tea may only this one oh okay I think they only have to cold drinks here okay thank you maybe there was a bit of misunderstanding I'm not sure but we are looking for hot drinks what's going on here hello my friend hello hello what's your name hello do your LIF here your home yeah are you from here oh she's throwing slow as us so cute girl I can fight back okay name what so cute my name Ken Kat Ken cat yeah cat cat yeah no no no Ken I am from Germany Dua yeah my pronunciation for Germany is always wrong nobody understands it yeah it really looks like a little village here in the mountains that is actually pretty epic look at the scenery here wow this is exactly what I wanted to see today some rural areas outside of the Cities yeah maybe firecrackers or something yeah it looks like the remainings of firecrackers from Chinese New Year exactly it's all over the village here so maybe you saw my video from the Chinese New Year celebrations in Chiang where there wasn't really big fireworks or firecrackers happening but it looks like here in the village they actually did use a lot of fire crackers but wow this looks so picturesque here I really like it and we have a lot of these restaurants here by the side of the road happy New Year four come with us come on come for hike okay byebye okay have a good day byebye do you know what I like about Chinese tourist places there are always some speakers playing calm Chinese music in the background and I think that really adds a cool atmosphere to the places you really feel like you're in China with this music in the background and I noticed that that many tourist places in China have that that's a cool atmosphere right yeah you're absolutely right it's a good point it does make you have a feeling inside you like yeah oh here I am in China okay and we found the lake called Heaven Lake and it is frozen actually or most of the lake is actually Frozen okay so I guess we can't take a boat ride we saw some pictures where people uh taking boat rides here but I don't think that is happening today also the air here is very fresh and nice very nice day trip just a bit outside of Chang definitely worth coming here check it out no pictures allowed but every weone is taking pictures here why no pictures doesn't make sense right usually I follow the rules but today I'm going to break them because I'm taking pictures this is the most scenic spot here I know I'm really wondering why the sign is here if you have any ideas let me know in the comments check it out there's a vending machine here in the middle of nowhere basically let's see if we can figure out how to get a drink from here so you need to scan it obviously you want something no go ahead okay so I scanned it and now I have this on my phone okay looks like drinks that looks like a drinks button oh I can't click it actually has denied I think red is not a good sign I think that means it's not happening I mean it's amazing it's out here in the mountains it's really special it's like right by the lake a vending machine darn so close and yet so far I can't click on the drink item yeah excuse me do you speak English do you know how I can get water here click here trick trick oh nothing happened oh maybe it works I think he's do it for us and we'll give him the cash oh even on his phone he can't click the drink item by the way so helpful guy it's been 5 or 10 minutes he's really trying to [Music] best okay no okay no problem okay thank you very much okay so nice guy oh very helpful yeah he took a few minutes here to try to solve the problem but in the end I'm still without water have a look at this you can shoot with both here how hello I can shoot yes yes how much is it 35 35 yes okay I'm calling a competition I want to shoot both against you accept my challenge loser bu lunch okay that's a big one okay okay I'm from Germany Germany Germany yeah oh oh you speak German speak a little what comes to here Kina China yeah in ch um Hong Kong Hong Kong yeah okay nice nice city I been there as well which city you from I am from bman near bman yeah I know bman you know bman yeah yeah yeah oh nice you know I work in Africa you work in Africa yeah especially I most of my time I stay in South Africa in South Africa yeah as inberg Johan Johannesburg Johannesburg okay how is it there you like it yeah yeah yeah i' I've SE walking uh whole Africa over the world almost you know for almost 12 years already 12 years okay and now you're here for holiday no no no I just come back for my channel Luna New Year ah okay oh happy New Year yeah thank you thank you new okay question Steve have you done this before yep I've done it before but when I was a child or something okay I've done it relatively recently but I'm no good so relatively recently like the like three months ago two months ago I need to be better than him we have a challenge oh so please give me give me the better one give me the straight arrows give me the the pro only there two left you you two try H okay mine one look more Pro to be honest you want to have a competition yeah yeah I think you you 15 you 15 you 15 for each okay okay okay okay okay the lady is out there now setting up two Targets for us now she seems to trust us that we can hit the target far away the what that like 10 m away looks far yeah uh I'm going to guess it's going to be in the ground 2T short competition is who is the only one who can hit it I think you're right the winner will hit the target once it went further than I would have expected oh that was a good shot actually okay that was a good first attempt now I just need to hit the target I here okay Ah that's easier oh I wasted two I think I have an advantage going second oh that was close that was closer wow and I heard that the wind off the arrow I watched a lot of the Rings last week where they shooting a lot of arrows leg a ass I then missed many many shots until oh W that was a hit that's on I can't see the number now but that's on target that counts that counts four more four arrows remaining I want to hit the target at least once more I feel like if I hadit twice then it's a good chance it's a good chance oh that was a second hit and it's in the red ooh in the redose oh my gosh Ivana get the wallet we're buying lunch I don't know if I can do that unfortunately no more luck after that okay let's see how many points I actually got so all the one eror is out of the point WIS oh hold on but wait it's on the line it's one that counts that counts that's one that's a point you see there's a yep it's on the line it's ripped the the line that's one point that's one point and this is eight I guess and eight so you got nine total so nine in total yeah so beat that oh God okay let's see what he can do first shot and that was far off that was the worst shot I've ever seen okay second shot thinking already what Lun I'm going to take oh K's going to order Lobster he then also missed many shots and got a bit nervous oh I think is it in that's points that's points yeah I think it's in the in the blue in the dark blue okay now the final shot H by lunch he needs a good hit in the Target okay come on the pressure is high Steve and yes that is a lunch for me so you actually hit the target three times but two of them are way of the numbers and this one I can give you a four for this all right Ken I owe you lunch it thank you very much it was a good fight anytime again you want can't afford it check it out how cool this is so you can take photos here flying in the air here up there it doesn't seem to be open today otherwise I will be down to do that same same flying over the the lake here and then taking these beautiful pictures here having some props even Spider-Man Spider-Man is up here wow that is that is really cool by the way we are now circling around the lake here so we started seeing the lake over there and then we took a circle around the arrow shooting was over there okay so we can buy bus tickets here for 20 un to go down because yeah the Sun is setting in about half an hour and it gets significantly colder here now so we decided to not hike back down but actually take the bus back down yeah the plan is to get food inside the village actually so we're not going back straight toang we want to have some food in the village here I really have to say overall everything here is pretty well organized the whole system with the shuttle buses the hiking trails there are proper signs even in English as well and then up there the whole experience here getting the tickets arriving here everything is super well organized so overall a very good experience here I have to say hungry hungry very hungry very hungry yeah it's going to be more like dinner now than lunch it's like 55 now or so okay so we are in a little village now here still in the mountains and not many restaurants seem to be open which is expected because it's still Chinese New Year holiday but I think this one looks open let's see if we can get some delicious food here you're open food I think do means yes yo y yo yo means what was yo again I think yo means uh there is or yes we have oh you lost all your paper thank you thank you no problem water yeah let's go inside check it out a local restaurant here that looks lovely oh they have a heater here oh we can sit here okay oh we get tea already here fishing I feel like this is going to be a good meal here also we have the typical Chinese round table which is meant to share the food so you put all the food up here and then everyone is sharing the food so you can spin spin the table like this so everyone can grab the food from everywhere oh the tea is very good I like it okay I do have a translation of the menu here now and she's trying to to tell us something I think she wants to recommend this is fish grac rabbit nuggets that sounds good I would love some rabbit nuggets y get the rabbit nuggets okay so we're going to order the braced rabbit nuggets which is the third from the bottom so this one you want to write it you want to write it down oh watch this no problem this is the braced rabbit nuggets according to my translations Steve's trying to write in Chinese yo this is so hard but they looks so difficult so complicated okay guys can you read this if you are from China and then I think we get grilled vegetables with musroom rooms this one so much work this one that is a lot of work man oh her reaction to Steve's writing maybe she can read it let's see don't don't point to the menu don't let her know which one it is make sure okay so he wrote down this can I film it properly yeah yeah so this is the second word and now he's trying to write sauteed pork with wild mushrooms which is this one right here me me rice so we want to add rice three times and then not spicey see B baa okay so this is the order written by Steve in Chinese if you are able to read Chinese let me know in the comments if you can actually read this this is a good test of my skills let me know if that makes any sense you can read this okay okay she seems to understand let's see what we will get let's see what we will get let's see what we will get thing there's one male but the rabbit is sold out no rabbit this is stone pot rabbit this one okay so this one this one switch so we're getting rabbit chicken and mushroom stew right no rabbit uh pork and grilled vegetables okay the first two meals have arrived already we have the pork with the mushrooms here and then mushroom with butat Choy and then we have the rice on the side and we're still waiting for the main dish which is going to be the rabbit and I think we're going to get it it in a stone pot like this over there and yeah guys the pork here the pork and the mushrooms is super delicious unbelievably good like so such a nice flavor to it it's really oh delicious it's soaked in the oil here which adds a really nice flavor to it makes it super flavorful oh this is awesome pork wow so I'm very looking forward to the rabbit now yeah rabbit meat is something special I actually can't remember the last time I ate rabbit I know I at it before but that is like 10 years ago or so it was in Germany where it's totally not a common dish very rare to find in Germany the vegetables have a very nice freshness to it yeah it's good man oh that is good it's good right crunchy not cooked too much oh so far this is delicious know the recipe is so good okay and the main course has arrived oh check it out oh my gosh how probably uh you you find out you find out okay okay okay or probably like of course yeah maybe so yeah oh yeah onions this is like spicy look at this star starus and then where's the meat ah there it is okay okay first time trying rabbit meat in a long time first time trying rabbit meat in China tastes like chicken tastes like chicken I thought too it's more like chicken yeah kind of looks like chicken it's white meat yeah I can't taste the difference compared to chicken to be honest oh it tastes good it can't beat the pork Oh the pork was the best pork was mind BL the pork was really good the stew is still good quite yummy rabbit stew in small town China who would have thought I actually feel like that this restaurant is also their living room the TV there so it's like they have a restaurant inside their house right what are you doing oh what a lovely restaurant we stumbled up on here basically inside the home of someone very delicious food friendly people here very good 61 change so 194 194 three people good lots of food good food great atmosphere you could not beat the vi of the restaurant okay byebye bye bye byebye I am really impressed by the kindness of the people here the whole day we were welcomed everywhere people smiling friendly kind curious to talk to us so that was actually a great impression here in rubal China today okay we're trying to get a taxi back home which is very difficult we waited for like 10 15 minutes already and there's a local guy he seems to be able to drive us but then suddenly a proper taxi showed up here as well but he doesn't want to use the meter and he wants a very high fixed price 200 200 200 the taxi or this guyy oh confusing here now but all the locals are very eager to help us I think it's yes we have no choice yes okay okay but what about the taxi got question again okay okay we don't really have choices here okay byebye byebye byebye so I think this is just a local guy now willing to drive us friendly people here in the village all right what a day here love it and if you haven't seen my previous video where we celebrated Chinese New Year here in Xiang then feel free to check it out right here stay healthy stay positive and then see you on the next episode ciao guys
2024-02-18 14:29
