WE GOT IN A CAR ACCIDENT IN CHINA Traveling To Lijiang, Yunnan
are you okay so we have to wait for a new car now oh no no no he said get off the car he going to have to sort out the situation before we continue yeah it's too dangerous to stay in the car we're in the middle of the the road we have never been in a car accident like this before so this taxi just cut across us and we ran into him that was scary I didn't see it until the girl in the front was screaming and then I looked it already hit so what's happening now uh we're waiting right now cuz I think they have to call the the police to sort out the situation like his car is okay but their car yeah but he's the one in the wrong no not our driver the other car is in the wrong they didn't signal and they just turned across the lane I saw the whole thing our guy's pretty pissed off though he has a full car of a customers going to Lijiang ironically on his car on the side of the car it says safe driving he was safe he was safe well this is an interesting exciting start to our journey to Lijiang yeah which is about only 2 hours from Shaxi where we were before honestly I was having such a chill time he was driving pretty well listening to Jay Chou music yeah enjoying our ride so that was crazy wow that's so nice of her no he bought it right oh yeah the driver bought Gatorade for all of us the police are here now yeah taking photos what did he say he asked if any of us are hurt he wants to make sure we're all okay the driver feels bad it's totally not his fault at all I'm not 100% sure I think she heard them mention that they're trying to get footage from the road to confirm the statements oh the security camera yeah but we also have witnesses like you for sure saw it I saw it happen yeah and the girl in front saw it happen I didn't see if he signaled or not signaled I just saw they hit no he didn't the green car was on the left lane we were driving pretty fast on the right lane and they just tried to turn into this road but there usually are a lot of security cameras on the streets like on the roads so I wonder if it captured it he also has a dash cam camera our car you know what everyone is scared about what they're not scared about the accident or about waiting they're very scared that sitting here the UV ray is too strong they need to find somewhere to hide you see how everyone kind of moved to the shade yeah yeah literally that girl was like don't sit there come stand in the shade with me it's too strong the UV is too strong it is though it is very strong we're okay to drive so there are two scenarios one is he's going to do a safety check on the car and if everything is okay then we just continue with him if it's not then we have to take another another car but we're not alone we have six of us that are together so I'm sure we'll figure something out better put on my seat belt oh he's not doing the safety check himself we're at the garage this is an actual safety check place we're back on the road to Lijiang I'm glad we get to continue our journey so we made it to Lijiang Ancient Town in one piece we are currently waiting for the hotel to come and get us because it's a little bit of a maze in there and the car can't drop us off directly at the hotel we have to walk in through the Old Town that was a interesting experience though and the driver he was saying that he's so sorry it took much more time than he was expecting but he wanted to make sure that everything was safe so the safety check was a for sure thing that we had to do um and he mentioned that if he didn't have the proper vehicle with the proper licensing and insurance and the camera that was recording everything then he would have maybe lost that battle that's why he's said don't go booking random cars underground vehicles he said try to find cars that are like insured cars that are made to transport travelers around in China he said that's important because if we got hurt then we would be covered and he's also covered we were unlucky but also lucky at the same time so we're just going to go back to our hotel we'll take it easy today and tomorrow we'll finally get to explore Lijiang yeah oh oh hi yes good morning from our lovely boutique hotel here in the middle of Lijiang Ancient Town we're going to be exploring the town later but let me show you the hotel that we're staying in because it's beautiful we got a nice king-size bed look at all the details on this little tea area TV closet and a nice shower with hot water and good pressure but the highlight is this secret door to the rooftop and Flora is already here soaking up the sun it's so nice look at this view oh so nice it's so warm up here that's insane this is the Ancient Town yeah this is all the ancient town and that one is called Lion Hill and at the night time it it lights up it's so crazy and even all these roofs underneath you see our roof here has like a light so at I don't know like 7 cuz it's like sunset's like 7:30 here once the sun sets then all the rooms light up it's so crazy yesterday we were working here we use this as our uh working desk and just soaking up the sun and enjoying the sunset it was really hard to work it's just too beautiful and you can take a peek down there the town is not really busy yet I think most people come a bit later so it's a good time for us to go and explore and get some yummy food for lunch this town is so lively there's so much going on you can't read the Chinese but I'm getting really excited because there are so many different types of snacks to try I already saw an ice cream shop a green bean shop beef jerky shop but we have to get some coffee first but look look at this look at the walls that's so nice that's why people come here to take photos I see a lot of photographers and people taking photos around the city I saw a sign that said it's actually only $88 I mean 88 Yuan to dress up in the traditional outfit and they'll do your hair and makeup and a professional photographer following you I'm not sure if that's an additional cost or not but it's not expensive if you wanted to dress up and take photos in these beautiful places yeah see that's so cute it's a bit harder to walk though cuz you have to watch out for people taking photos all the time but I find that in general it's been really polite when people take photos like even when we're filming something and someone wants to pass they will wait a little bit and they're completely happy to wait because it's almost like we take turns I see a lot of people coming in here to take photos this says Cherry Blossom Restaurant look at behind you how photogenic is this look at this place I think I've seen this one online because at night time it's a completely different vibe a lot of the you see all the lanterns and the lights on the side they light up so people come here at night to take photos as well that's pretty impressive though that's so cute you want one photo like that no I'm okay I want one photo like that okay that actually looks really nice wow look at you strike a pose perfect you have to be careful on these roads yeah look at how shiny they are they're super they can be super slippery it's because these roads are 800 years old so people walk on them so much people horses you know over the year's carriages going down these roads it's made it super super slippery yeah oh what is this colorful thing is it tofu? I have no idea she speaks a different dialect oh okay but I think it's sweet and I think it might have milk in it might be milky oh she said you should try it it's good that I understood for some reason I don't think you can eat it I think there's milk in it okay we we'll we'll find a new one thank you look at this this is the noodle I wanted to try it's called cross bridge noodle literally that noodle is served on a mini bridge there's a story behind it as well but do you want to try this yes yeah okay let's go it looks good you have to order online yeah okay this is quite confusing first he asked me if I have Tik Tok cuz he said I can scan it with my Tik Tok and be able to order it at a discounted price but I I don't use like I don't have Tik Tok like maybe they want you to follow them on Tik Tok so you get discount no people use Tik Tok to order food at restaurants for a discount price it's like you get a coupon code or something so then he said okay you can use the other app which I have because we use it for food delivery and it is significantly cheaper like it's 30% off and stuff so he said we can buy it on here and then order it and it's cheaper than the menu price yeah this one on the menu is yeah this 42 Yuan but here it's 30 Yuan wow that's significant so which one do you want we have to decide the signature one okay look at how big this is maybe you have to move and it does look like a bridge a broken one though the railing is broken on this side wait but this is not cooked yeah I think we're missing something I'll explain once it gets here yeah don't touch it it's super hot look at that yeah it's spilling out too okay you got to put the meat in first right now yeah yeah oh it smells so good the broth what else is raw here this one this is fish you can put the raw things in there this one is like a piece of ham it's chicken quail eggs tomato I think this is the fun part of it because you get to do it all yourself not sure what this is squid I that would like is it cooked already squid and you have to put the noodles in might as well drop the whole bowl in there oh okay this looks really good lots of goodies in there beautiful we also got fried tiny shrimps with the chili smells really good river shrimp I think yeah and you just eat the whole thing so yummy and this one is another popular dish here in this town called Baba right it's um heavier flatbread from this region from the minority group The Naxi people but usually it can be savory or sweet so I'm actually not sure if this is savory or sweet I think it's savory there's no stuffing inside it's sweet it is it smells sweet it's in between I'm not sure what the stuffing is but it's really yummy they almost feels like a jam I want to try this soup first oh chicken broth is it nice nice and clean oh that's lovely that's so good very comforting and it's so hot and all the meat has cooked inside yeah why is this the noodle so popular I think for one it's super beautiful to put together especially this place that they actually put it on a bridge to display it but most places you also have to add your own ingredients into it and the story behind this noodle is that there was a man who was working really hard and he didn't get to eat any hot meals so the wife decided to separate all of the components of his meal carry it across the bridge for him so then when he gets to eat it it's not a soggy bowl of noodles or something everything is going to be nice and hot and fresh so that is a love story noodle actually but did he eat on the bridge or it just she crossed the bridge she crossed the bridge to bring this lunch to him but she made sure that it was like a fresh fresh lunch and that's why everything is separated and you have to assemble it by yourself talking about the Naxi people you mentioned some thing about them living here and owning a lot of properties but they don't they don't really run them this is what the hotel people were telling me they're saying that nowadays a lot of the land I think belong to the Naxi people but since the boom of tourism happened here their personalities naturally are not really geared for hospitality are they not friendly no I think maybe that just means they're more straightforward or maybe they speak a stronger dialect or you know something like that they're just not geared for for tourism and hospitality so a lot of them have rented out their homes or buildings or shops to other people from other cities in China to come and run them and in return they get to collect rents and they find themselves a nice house outside of town in the village to just enjoy their retirement just like the hotel we're staying at yeah that one is not run by like local Naxi people as well it's four or five partners and they're quite young probably our age or even younger than us and they bought a property and now run the hotel that's so cool to be able to do it at that age to own a business we need a few more friends and then we can buy something in Thailand together and we can run it this shop looks like they sell some warm clothes yeah because we need them I've seen people wearing this one at a lot of places it looks so warm yeah it's very soft too looks so nice it's quite heavy though I don't think I can fit it in my backpack oh that looks nice though that looks nice and warm but you know what we really need though I think we need some gloves cuz we want to go to the mountain and we want to go hiking eventually and I think we need gloves yeah cuz it's going to be cold up there this might do babe this looks warm touch it oh this one this one comes with the gloves no this one is only for your neck this one's so cute yeah you see here you see these these are little oxygen canisters because there is a mountain around here called the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and when you go up there it is 4,500 m so the air is thin you need an oxygen yeah people say you need to buy these and take it up there just in case we'll come and get them when we can get the tickets to go out there yeah it's really hard to get the tickets I was trying to ask the hotel and she said you have to go online and starting from 8:00 p.m. the day before they release the tickets but it's hard to get or you can join a tour but we don't really want to join a tour and it's like a couple hundred Yuan I think that one looks good oh that's so warm it's very cute it's so warm I wish it has like um the hand thing the hand warmer as well do you think we need it I'm not sure we have a toque I was looking for gloves yeah I would get it if I can get the one with the gloves in there yeah she says not the season okay she actually has gloves oh let's see oh these are nice too yeah how much are they this one bit too small I think this one's bigger yeah but look they even leave holes for your thumb and your oh look index so you can use your phone you can you can yeah play with your phone oh no I changed my mind I don't want it anymore she ignored it she's like too late I do want this though I do want this you can do it how much is it 8 Yuan for one piece and if I do it and I don't like it what happens yeah you can remove it if you don't like it I don't have to shave my head right no no I think it's braided on it's not I don't know what the other way to do it is but you should think about it first I actually think that looks so cool and I would like to try she said you have a good head shape right she's a good saleswoman she said that if you do it you're going to look even better you're going to make better videos it's going to turn out so good back to our favorite spot in this town this is the best best part of Lijiang for me yeah wow the lights are so beautiful at night and look at that temple on top of the Lion Hill it's all lit up it's cold though so what do you think about the Ancient Town I have mixed feelings about it on one side I feel like it's very beautiful it's big um very photogenic but it also feels more commercialized compared to some of the ancient towns that we've been in Shuanglang Ancient Town and Shaxi Ancient Town both we loved a lot so this one even though I think it's the most famous one out of the three it is a lot busier and a bit more like perfect yeah it's like they build it just so that you can come here and take photos we found so many beautiful spots for taking photos but then you also are like dodging people taking photos all day so at the end of the day it's a little bit tiring I'm so glad I came here cuz I feel like Lijang is a place that people really hype up and I'm glad that I was able to come and see it myself and form my own opinion about it but maybe because it's so over hyped that I am a little bit disappointed I feel like you were more excited about the car accident I wouldn't say excited I think that was I'm not excited about it but that was the most eventful thing that happened on this trip you had no idea what was happening you were like what what what what are we doing why are we waiting here what's the police doing are we going and I had to wait you had to wait for me to translate oh it was an eventful couple days for sure hope you enjoyed getting a little glimpse of what the ancient town here in Lijiang looks like um we are going to another place in the next video we are quite excited to um show you that adventure we will be doing a two-day trek to the Tiger Leaping Gorge as always thanks again for watching and we'll see you in the next one bye-bye bye-bye
2024-05-21 17:23
