KUNMING IS SO UNDERRATED | Yunnan Ethnic Village, Local Market + Eating Chicken's Feet!

[@LaowaiDaveJCP]

Kunming is my most favourite, a highly underrated city. I lived there for a year and i definitely wanna go back in this lifetime.

[@AhmetTekin101]

Covid came from Yunnan cave, then to Wuhan lab, then to Wuhan Seafood market, then to the world.

[@AhmetTekin101]

Yunnan is where *bat caves* are. - It's where China🇨🇳 Bat Woman, Dr. Shi Zhengli, frequented for her Wuhan lab experiment.

[@Kulutuk-bn4yc]

Lying and manufacturing hatred against China are the FaLunGong's reasons for existence.

[@michealrowe8561]

​@@AhmetTekin101 Cia bot. Keep coping 😂😂

[@llkk290]

Due to its high altitude, Kunming has warm winters and cool summers all year round. It is known as the "Spring City" and is a good place to live.

[@williamharding9753]

I just arrived in Kunming today. I'm absolutely loving it already 😊

[@AlinaMcleod]

I'm so glad!

[@constantineding8700]

I went to Kunming during Chinese new year. Such a beautiful city with the most soothing weather. No sooner than I left Kunming I started to miss the mouth-watering mushroom hotpot and chill vibe. My wife and I were born in Shanghai and she never consider to move to another city or country because she is so proud of where we come from. After visiting Kunming she told me Kunming might be a good choice for retiring life...

[@AlinaMcleod]

Kunming is a really lovely city :)

[@felixluk3167]

Yeah, I super want to move to Kunming when I retire

[@silveriver9]

Pride when used negatively can narrow your mindset. Pride when used positively opens your mind and become more global.

[@AhmetTekin101]

Is that why you don't want to live in China 🇨🇳?

[@constantineding8700]

@@AhmetTekin101 How on earth did you get the message that I didn't want to live in China? I don't want to live abroad especially the US because I don't wanna live in a place where guns, drugs and shoplifting is a part of daily life.

[@mokobuko]

I like China and always like to look at my most favorite country.

[@mokobuko]

@@ChopSueyPot Long live the Chinese Communist Party! Long live Xi Jinping!

[@xdrdfvx4gd]

Welcome anytime when you are available! You will get surprise every time you visit

[@陳華-k7w]

Welcome bro

[@sophaman9193]

A lot of western media talks bad about china but I can see a lot of Chinese people live a happy life Alina please don't forget to visit Xinjiang province it's beautiful place in China and they are look white people including a lot of Russian people live in that province too. Take care bye from milton Ontario Canada 🇨🇦

[@AhmetTekin101]

Is that why you don't want to live in China 🇨🇳?

[@cool_things_collection]

@@AhmetTekin101 There are 1.4 billion people living in China, why don't you ask them😂 You can see many people living in different countries here just because Chinese people use Bilibili instead of KZbin, only those who lives in abroad uses it.

[@sophaman9193]

I love to live in China if I can speak mandarin

[@AhmetTekin101]

​@@cool_things_collectionIs that why you don't want to live in China 🇨🇳?

[@AhmetTekin101]

​@@sophaman9193Is that why you don't want to live in China 🇨🇳?

[@thevoiceoftaiwan]

I'm from Taiwan Province of China. Through Alina's videos, I saw that people in mainland China live a happy life. However, our Taiwanese media and Western media have been promoting that the Chinese people have no freedom, no clothes to wear, and no food To Eat, so, who is the liar?

[@yaakovliu]

The criticism from the media cannot resonate with people. The biggest issue within China is fairness, as government led wealth distribution makes individual efforts seem insignificant.

[@一门用光的艺术]

简单想想，世界工厂可能没钱赚吗😅

[@feding3328]

@@yaakovliu You, such a lier, can't represent Chinese. Do you think the Western countries have fairness? LOL!

[@cashmerecat9269]

I have just came back from my Hong Kong and Guangzhou trip..I can attest that the media in taiwan dan the western media, have lost their integrity as media..Hong Kong living expenses is very very high, hotel price, even street food is so much more expensive than Guangzhou..the people are more friendly nowadays in HK compared to few decades ago..but english seems to be slowly forgotten in HK..

[@rogernguyen1273]

the liar is your media and Gvt and also the USA Gvt and the media

[@tommysong8463]

I took my daughter to Kunming when she is in grade 8 a few years back. We tour same farm market you visit. She like the taste of food there very much. Definitely worth visit. We bought some BBQ duck. The price was almost like 20% of the price in Regina, Saskatchewan

[@anyaroz8619]

Americans and Canadians can be very unadventurous about various foods, the textures and flavors. Especially those, who are many generations in and don't know their roots much or don't associate themselves with any cultures outside US. This makes your videos ever so precious, just cause you are "braving" the world and try to be openminded. Kudos to you, Alina. I was born in Russia and lived there for 17 years before I immigrated to US about 34 years ago. In my 17 years there I've been exposed to some weird foods and developed a taste for them, but most importantly, I remain open minded and appreciating of various textures, flavors and smells. But I have to say, there are many foodstuffs that unless one tried them in childhood it's hard to take a true liking to. Going to a foreign market and having a local guide is amazing! Thank you so much for sharing this experience.

[@AlinaMcleod]

Haha I agree. I am not adventurous enough to solely be a food blogger, but I will try and push myself out of my comfort zone some when it comes to new foods.

[@suckmemore]

I think hotdogs are pretty bad! Ha............

[@User-nw37]

True. Food in Asia is not only diverse in tastes, but also in textures and smells.

[@act_sion]

Totally right . Europeans are in general more adventurous. Americans prefer their unhealthy processed food with unknown ingredients

[@戢鎮海]

You may need more than one year to visit all those different cities and provinces in China. Each province is so different, sometimes you may think you are in another country.

[@AlinaMcleod]

Very true!

[@alexdoo610]

Kunming is the Spring City of China, where you can see so many types of flowers.

[@luigiadegiorgi4030]

Near Kunming there is Dounan flowers market.Three floors of flowers. The biggest flowers market in China. They reach 42 countries in the world

[@YongLi-np3wg]

Kunming is known as the city of eternal spring also known as the capital of flowers. The mushroom hot pot is made of a variety of local precious types. Definitely worth a try.

[@Bai420-h2k]

The best place for temperature in Yunnan is Pu'er

[@beneditocrispim9554]

It's amazing how much information Alina has shown us about China. I'm watching all videos in this tour and the quality of images, the songs are incredible. To know about others cultures open your mind. Waiting for the next.

[@AlinaMcleod]

Aw thank you so much!

[@满城風雪]

Why your videos have become so precious to people in North America is because you are "bravely" confronting China and trying to keep an open mind. Shockingly unveiled the mystery of the great Eastern country, thousands of years of history and culture and modern civilization and technology, its progress is the envy of the world

[@haniahannslew4108]

Totally agree. The myth about China as bad, poor, undeveloped from western news would be bursted for anyone traveling to China.

[@AhmetTekin101]

She should come and visit 380 Uyghur camps in Xinjiang.

[@AhmetTekin101]

She should come and visit hospitals for Falun Gong.

[@菜阴蚊-l7m]

东方神秘大国是印度

[@Lja9]

@@AhmetTekin101 Give their locations Turkic lair

[@dorthabailey4072]

I worked in Kunming in 1989, 1991, 1993 and 2000. I cannot believe how the city has changed. In 1989 the population was around 3,000. Most of the restaurants were just little places on the street. There were more donkey carts than automobiles and we had to boil our drinking water. Bicycles were the main mode of transportation. By 2000 things were more modern and I believed the population was around 6,000. By our standards it was a city that was far from modern and still just local street markets. There were department stores, but nothing like the ones in the USA. However, you don’t go to foreign countries expecting them to be like home. I enjoyed the time that I spent there. The people were wonderful and they wanted you to see everything that China had to offer . I was encouraged to travel which I did and was able to do things that tourists are not usually able to see. But, it definitely was not an easy place to live the first couple of times I was there. After I was there often when I would go out on the streets I would see people that I had known before! When I was there in 1991 I was there before my husband and when my husband got there we were going to the Green Lake hotel. A group of the minority girls saw him from a distance and started running toward him waving , smiling and yelling. What a wonderful place!

[@jamesreese4170]

I didn't make it to Kunming on my last visit but the old town and the park with all the ethnic displays has definitely put it on my list for future visits. Thank you for sharing!

[@AlinaMcleod]

I’m happy to hear it!

[@ninjedi]

Pretty epic watching Alina consume chicken's feet for the first time. Btw, they're widely available in Toronto as well, lol. Full of collagen and trace minerals, they're good for you!

[@AlinaMcleod]

Aw thank you very much for the support, Dean! I don’t doubt they’re healthy, but not my snack of choice lol

[@davidellis5141]

I've been enjoying the incredible experience of China Alina ! Thanks 😊.

[@7hx89]

Kunming! The best place in China for mild weather all year around. Perfect mix of modern vibes and traditional legacies with stunning national parks at the center of the city. Very unique. You even hope the time would pause for a few years so that people can fully enjoy a sample of everything before the historical relics are eventually replaced by modern developments. Great episode. Love as always❤

[@劉沛-l3l]

56个民族组成的大家庭🥰🥰🥰

[@AshOnTheGo1999]

尬

[@Arineo7]

@@AshOnTheGo1999 尬，但典，非常的合理

[@lowcc7602]

Chicken feet. Best food to eat as you eat more, you will fall in love with this feet. It is not easy to cook.

[@ryanshiflett2178]

Kunming is ideal for a first time visit to China. Not too hot or too cold, not too big or too small, safe, beautiful, clean, and surrounded by beautiful nature. I’ve been there twice and loved every moment of it. Cheers!

[@BeijingBuzzz-China-Travel]

Another great, informative video in a relaxed and beautifully filmed style : )

[@AlinaMcleod]

Thank you so much!

[@minchen5187]

😊😊😊

[@AlinaMcleod]

Aw thank you so much for the support! :)

[@WbWb-i3c]

Hello Ni Hao Ma ,Alina Thank you very much for take all FC to visit KUNMING A large family consisting of 56 ethnic groups it's very Great of China too.

[@horaceleung8646]

There is a story about Crossing the bridge noodles. It is said that there was a scholar in ancient times who stayed at school to focus on his studies in order to take exams. His wife brings him food every day, but because the school is a bit far from home, the food is already cold when it is delivered. So his wife came up with a solution, which was to cut the meat very thin to make it easy to cook, then make a pot of hot chicken soup, and cook the rice noodles, then put all of them into a food box. Because there is a lot of oil on top of the chicken soup, it can maintain the soup's temperature for a long time. When she brought the food box to school, her husband could cook the meat in hot chicken soup and put the cooked noodles in, so he could eat hot food. Because there is a bridge between their home and school, and this wife need to pass a bridge when delivering the food box, people later call this cooking method "cross bridge", and this kind of noodles is called "Crossing the bridge noodles".

[@didirahadian3463]

Alina. I have been in Kunming - Dali - Lijiang a couple weeks ago. My surprise is ... China touristm is improved so much than I thought before visiting those 3 cities

[@AlinaMcleod]

I'm glad you had a positive experience :)

[@rogernguyen1273]

@@ChopSueyPot troll

[@bldomain]

@@ChopSueyPot Shouting the usual anti China lying negative talking points do not work anymore as more and more people in the world are being exposed to the sights and sounds of China. It will only make you look jealous and uncredible.

[@WushuTaz]

I appreciate you showing some of the less known areas of China. Great stuff!

[@stuartchong8807]

Kunming spells great weather & perfect air quality (AQI) - spring forever! It’s flora & flora is amazing with lots of historical ethnic cultures preserved for reference. It’s Karst Landforms are a unique Stone formation and it’s parks and lakes are also wonderfully beautiful. It’s become a tourist friendly spot for food and cultural immersion by interested parties seeking their roots & studying history. Looks like your short stay paid off with a brief tapping in on the ethnic village, old town and city center, but the stone Forrest aerial shots would have been epic for Vloggers ✅👍🫡Next time then 🙏 Happy Adventures 👍

[@internationaldaily9820]

Meinv Alina, and that's Beautiful Alina in Chinese Mandarin, thanks so much for bringing Kunming right to our screen. Love the vibes and the beautiful scenes of this lovely city of eternal spring.

[@nayac7615]

Hi. Alina thanks for cultural video and great heritage of kunming. Highly underrated city and historical china. Take care and watched here montreal

[@AlinaMcleod]

Thank you 😊

[@shenaghbroderick7019]

Kunming was 1st place I visited in China.great area thanks for nice video

[@peterwu1125]

I'm Chinese, envy you could visit many resorts I never been. love your vedio, I can see wonderful landscape through your camera.

[@lynnwebb8622]

Thank you for the video. Both informative and entertaining. I am an Australian living in Siem Reap permanently and will be visiting Kunming in October. Thanks again and safe travels. 👍🙏

[@silveriver9]

I'll be back to visit China next month. I hope to visit Yunnan too! 👍

[@BenjiSun]

That "sweet white wine" thing... The basis of it sounds like it's just Jiuniang 酒釀 (or Amazake 甘酒 in Japan), rice that's been partially digested by Aspergillus oryzae (Jiuqu 酒麹 in Chinese, Kome Koji 米糀 in Japanese), so all the sugars got pulled out of the rice but it hasn't gone through fermentation yet so there's little to no alcohol inside. Did they actually add milk to it? That's something we don't hear it being done in the Jiangnan region(near Shanghai) where we typically cook Jiuniang with glutinous rice balls for a simple dessert called Jiuniang Tangyuan 酒釀湯圓 (or in our region the mochi dumplings are called tandu'zi 汤团子).

[@AlinaMcleod]

I’m not super sure, but it did have a slight milky taste if I remember correctly

[@spider6660]

6:21 I thought the video playing in 2x. But I was wrong, she's really fast and I'm impressed. 💯

[@evergreennj8950]

Thank you for posting this about Kunming. I lived there a number of years in the 1970s as a child. Revisited for the 1st and only time about 16 years ago. I hope to visit again in a few years and possibly retire there eventually.

[@normanmoffatt9707]

Last year we drove there from Liuzhou, the drive was unbelievable, we lost count of the tunnels we went through.

[@donstravelsandrants.]

I'm really enjoying your China series, Alina. I'm loving it. 👍😊🇮🇪💙🇨🇳

[@AlinaMcleod]

I'm so glad!

[@leahlee8291]

Thank you Alina for such a lovely recording of kunming’s beautiful scenes and relaxing live❤

[@AlinaMcleod]

My pleasure 😊

[@manolexing68]

So many delicious food in Yunnan's open markets!!! Basically, all the ingredients that Thais eat I think. The eels would definitely be welcomed by Thais. However, I never ate loaches before, I just kept them as pets in my fresh water aquarium. However, the loaches I had were bright orange, from the Amazon River. Continue to learn a lot from this market tour. Awesome!!!

[@xiangbowang3702]

so amzing city and food and culture. all are peaceful.

[@ernestconnell8087]

Chicken feet was a fairly common dish throughout the US, prior to the 1950s.

[@AlinaMcleod]

Really?? Never imagined that

[@ernestconnell8087]

@@AlinaMcleod Many Americans were quite poor in the 1930s/1940s and were still using “old world” European recipes, using meat parts still used in Asia today.

[@AhmetTekin101]

Chinese in Yunnan eat mice, too.

[@ernestconnell8087]

@@AhmetTekin101 🫣

[@bldomain]

@@AhmetTekin101 Calm down boy, calm down AhmedTekin. I know being anti China troll is getting tough nowadays as the world is fast being exposed to the sights and sounds of China BUT don't be ridiculous, you are making a fool of yourself.

[@darellnewsome4459]

Great video Alina! Oh definitely the Old Town was my favorite. I continue to be amazed at the size of these cities. On to the next!!

[@waihangwong6513]

I been watching all your videos from China and hope you do more videos cos China is such large country .thanks 🙏❤️

[@siewleanlim3335]

Lovely video Alina. I loved the cross bridge noodles. It is a pity you have insufficient time to venture to the stone forest and the awesome cave.. Never mind always a next time. Keep up the good job'. Loved China........beautiful country......came back to Malaysia still thinking of the yummy noodles

[@Chris-ut4qy]

I'm from here It looks so friendly I miss this place so much My hometown. Thank you for taking such beautiful video of my hometown

[@AlinaMcleod]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Chris-ut4qy]

@@AlinaMcleod omg I didn’t expect you to see this comment and reply Thanks very much I really like watching your videos and I will become your loyal fan. Btw will you go to Dali?

[@bill_tan]

i heard that YunNan is an amazing place for traveling, i m so curious about our ethnic minority culture.....i must go there to experience everything one day!!

[@AlinaMcleod]

I hope you do!

[@AhmetTekin101]

Covid came from Yunnan cave, then to Wuhan lab, then to Wuhan Seafood market, then to the world.

[@kcwc08]

Thanks for the sharing👍 “Cross Bridge Rice Noddle” is very delicious 😋 If you still have time, you should consider to visit Dali too.

[@joyofplumeria5961]

A good summary of what Kunming city is like. I'm so looking forward to visit Kunming coming October. May I know what's the name of the local market you went with the local guide? I would love to explore it.

[@ensher1552]

The Stone Forest or Shilin ( Chinese: 石 林; pinyin: Shílín) is also a nice place to visit in Yunnan Province. Many years ago I went to Kunming - Dali - Lijiang - Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (Lijiang) in Yunnan, china; and more places ....

[@AhmetTekin101]

Yunnan is where *bat caves* are. - It's where China🇨🇳 Bat Woman, Dr. Shi Zhengli, frequented for her Wuhan lab experiment.

[@treesymb]

Kunming is a city with a spring-like climate all year round and is also home to many ethnic groups. Unique cuisines and customs can be found everywhere in this city, where mutual tolerance and mutual support keep this multi-ethnic cohabitation city running harmoniously.

[@exploringlocalandbeyond]

Wow, excellent videography, excellent narration. Just recently discovered you. I am addicted to your videos. My whole family love to watch your videos on TV. After China, please visit Middle East.

[@AlinaMcleod]

Thank you so much!

[@MonkeyD3333]

Alina. thank you for sharing your video in Kunming. I've been in Vancouver Canada for 14 years, and I've stayed here since I graduated from university. My hometown is Kunming, and there are many cities in Yunnan that have a climate similar to Canada's. I'm so happy you could come to my hometown, I haven't been back there for 4 years since the epidemic. You wouldn't believe how much I've seen my hometown change from your videos lol, I hope you have a good trip!

[@kenyup7936]

Thanks!

[@AlinaMcleod]

Thank you so much 😊

[@鸡鸡滴人]

昆明的确是适合旅游的地方，那里的春天开满了鲜花，夏天气温也不热因为是高原，冬天甚至会有候鸟从北方飞来过冬，在巨大的滇池湖泊里有海鸥会来，人们都在那里喂食物给鸟。总的来说，像这样一年四季的气候温和的地方很少。其他的中国各地都是要分季节前往。其实中国大部分地区都是适合春天或秋天去。夏天则多个地区都很热且多雨。而如果你意愿体验冰雪旅游，那就要在冬天去哈尔滨，那里会真的建起一座用冰雪造出的城市，非常有名。

[@AlinaMcleod]

It does have great weather!

[@bravesl6666]

I’m quite excited to see your fantastic video! It was great to see you visit my hometown! You’ve created an excellent video introducing my hometown to people all over the world! Btw, does anyone else think the young man in the video is quite handsome？😏🐶

[@BenjiSun]

Thank you for having an open mind and trying all kinds of things that might seem a bit weird and exotic. That noodle dish looks so good!

[@AlinaMcleod]

I loved cross bridge noodles! Ended up eating them so many times in Lijiang!

[@boodoojap]

What's a modern city ! And looks keep good balance.with nature. It's amazing!

[@DavidL23.]

Hi Alina! 😄🙏👋✨🌟 I hope your having a super fantastic day! This is truly a wonderful magnificent video! 😁👍❤️👏📹🇨🇳🍲🥇💯💫✨🌟 Wow! The city of Kunming looks so amazing! Also the Yunnan Ethnic Village and The Old Town looks really marvelous! Even the food at the local market and the restaurant looks very delicious! I would definitely like to visit the city of Kunming one day. It’s really a excellent city! Thank you so much Alina to share with us this fantastic video. You are the best and greatest world traveler adventurer! 😃👍👏✈️🌏📹🧳🥇💯🏆💫🌟 I wish you Alina a marvelous excellent amazing blessed day. 😊🙏❤️👋👍✨🌟

[@AlinaMcleod]

Thank you very much 😊

[@gliu1431]

Dali city is another popular tourist destination that sits between Kunming and Lijiang. I have been to Yunnan twice. My itinerary would normally be Kunming - Dali - Lijiang- Shangri la, or part of it. From Shangri la you may move on to Lingzhi of Tibet. Dali is famous for its huge lake called Erhai.

[@AhmetTekin101]

Free Tibet

[@joewong438]

Thanks for posting the video. We were there but no video. Keep travelling and enjoy your holidays.

[@dinab7852]

Watching this video Sunday morning in Toronto with a coffee ☕️ after watching your Chengdu video for the 3rd time.

[@AlinaMcleod]

Thank you so much ❤️

[@jimross7648]

You just keep introducing me to amazing places in China that I frankly have never heard of before. I knew that China had unparalleled history and some amazing visual sights, but I didn't realize that there were as many high tech and modern cities in the country. You give your viewers a very well rounded picture of what a tourist can find, and how to go about doing what you did.

[@AlinaMcleod]

I’m so happy to hear that! It definitely has a lot to offer 🙂

[@raymondyau7234]

The city is so beautiful, especially at night.

[@greentraveler4114]

Wow, very amazing city. So beautiful and colorful

[@evergreennj8950]

@17:55 Regarding the Stone Forest, there’s a folk tale love story about how it was formed. It was made into a movie in the 1960s. The name of the movie is 阿诗玛.

[@smith77john]

I really enjoy watching your videos, so much to learn about China - ---China is so awesome - than you

[@Reporterfy]

Beautiful video

[@AlinaMcleod]

Thank you!

[@ervinsmoviecorner8748]

A very nice one!❤❤❤❤

[@abbasahmed6374]

Marvellous place. Thank you Alina you look beautiful too. Lots of love from Montreal

[@PeterSzeto-es6em]

Chicken feet are really delicious, and you can get them off the bone in some restaurants. Another great video so thank you for posting.

[@user-ud6uv6xm6w]

I'm so glad you went from east coast to the central and west of China, a lot of tourists only go to the major cities with international airports and they missed so much culture that evolved independently due to geography. Now that you've covered the southern part, next up you should try the north, where the grassland, snow mountains, pine forests and deserts are!

[@wongrobert7340]

Alina, I hope you can visit Guizhou . Mild weathered, mountainous, and sometimes overlooked, China's Guizhou province is a patchwork of waterfalls and karst cave networks, forested ravines, and more.

[@AlinaMcleod]

Definitely on another trip!

[@AhmetTekin101]

Yunnan is where *bat caves* are. - It's where China🇨🇳 Bat Woman, Dr. Shi Zhengli, frequented for her Wuhan lab experiment.

[@AgeCobra]

Thanks Alina for that fine video .Have a good week .

[@wu05354207]

Wow kunming is amazing !

[@evergreennj8950]

@13:05 The “cross the bridge noodles” has a distinct flavor. It’s 1 of my favorites. I ate it only 1 or 2 times as a child in the 1970s and when I tried it again 16 years ago, the taste was just as I had remembered it. I don’t recall the broth as being very salty - I drank it at the end so it may have been diluted from the liquids in the other ingredients (meats, veggies, and rice noodles). I also don’t recall it as being rich - the flavor is light and enhances the flavor of the other ingredients. I guess it gives the noodles that umami magic. Yes, it may be considered rich because there’s a layer of fat / oil that floats at the top to prevent the water from evaporating and thus maintain the heat in order to cook the meats and kill any harmful bacteria or germs in the raw ingredients. By the way, Sidney Rittenburg arrived in China via Kunming as an American soldier in 1945. In the first chapter of his book "The Man Who Stayed Behind", he described eating this dish. I would highly recommend foodies to watch Mark Wiens’ “Jacuzzi Chicken” in Kunming video where he shared his experience at a different Kunming market. A few of the things he tried brought back childhood memories. A type of spicy rice noodles called 豆花米线 at the 12 minute mark was so good to me. Can’t wait to try it again.

[@keithng2517]

豆花米线-Tofu rice stick noodles . If I translated that correctly? hmm never tried that.

[@evergreennj8950]

@@keithng2517 豆花 is very soft "silken" tofu. 米线 is rice noodles. Last time I had it was in the 1970s in Kunming. I was surprised to see Mark feature it in his video. It's spicy because of the red chili. Makes me salivate just thinking about it 😅.

[@evergreennj8950]

@@keithng2517 By the way, if you watch that video, the 12:06 mark is where it begins. You can hear the Kunming dialect spoken by the locals in the background.

[@vinodpund1574]

Interesting great information about Chinese village 🎉🎉 ❤

[@huayang5595]

哈哈，看到这一幕想家了，云南欢迎大家来旅游，时间充裕的话来云南旅游没必要报团。

[@christinecamley]

Wow! Talk about an outstanding video!! Loved every second!! 🙂

[@AlinaMcleod]

Thank you so much!

[@christinecamley]

@@AlinaMcleod YW!!🙂

[@adnanmollah7199]

I visited Kunming Yunnan University in 2023 and i absolutely loved it.

[@taotao98103]

Alina, if you go back to Toronto, find a Chinese dim sum restaurant. you'll find chicken feet there. it is so common. You should check out the Chinese restaurants in your home country more.

[@iansen57002]

I appreciate your video as always but this time you look stunning. You are beautiful in white

[@wroughtforge7547]

It’s unfortunate that you didn’t have a chance to get off the beaten path to visit the Kunming Dog kennel. The iconic Kunming dog is China’s national dog developed by the People’s Liberation Army in the 50s by crossing the German Shepard with local dogs. Because of the isolation of the Kunming villages , the PLA Kunming Dog breeding kennel has the only gene pool of the original German Shepard from the 50s in the world. The Kunming dog is a very versatile dog that’s very easy to train and very protective. And it’s used extensively in the Chinese military. Kunming was the breeding station for these dogs because of the excellent animal husbandry of the Yi people who rival the Germans and Dutch in raising animals.

[@joyofplumeria5961]

Wow.. may I ask where is the location of this Dog Kennel? We will be visiting Kunming soon.

[@wroughtforge7547]

@@joyofplumeria5961 This is the QQ, I got censored when I keyed them as QQ

[@wroughtforge7547]

lj in front of number

[@wroughtforge7547]

@@joyofplumeria5961 I have the QQ but YT keeps deleting it...ask for Mr Li

[@247TravelYT]

Hey Alina ❤ Your Smiley face brings happiness to my Dull Life 💕 This White 🤍 Dress 🐻‍❄️ looks Amazing on you. The 🥣🍜 Noodles Dish looks yummy 😋 Take Care 🤗 God Bless You All 🍀

[@abirbo]

Lovely episode Alina and Kunming is one of my favorite cities in China! I thought you might meet up with Lizzy, a South African lady living in Kunming also making vlogs about her life in China. Nevertheless, you definitely enjoyed your time there. I also like that you are adventurous with food and eafer to try new dishes. Im an Indian and almost all the vloggers from my country who visited China were not adventurous with food at all. Love from India and waiting for the next episode.

[@AlinaMcleod]

Sadly only had a couple days there!

[@abirbo]

@@AlinaMcleod Its ok. I hope you will visit the city again in the future!

[@turfnsurf9367]

Planning to spend my winter months in Asia next winter, in Nanning or Kunming. Weather and HSR to South East Asia are biggest factors.

[@Marvinova]

What a peaceful place.

[@linpin2358]

Why your videos have become so precious to people in North America is because you are "bravely" confronting China and trying to keep an open mind.

[@JalomMatia]

China is one of the safest countries to travel, one does not need to be brave to visit the cities.

[@AhmetTekin101]

​@@JalomMatiaNot true! It's one of the most dangeous country in the world.

[@JalomMatia]

@@AhmetTekin101 ....nope. it's top 5 safest countries in the world.

[@AhmetTekin101]

​@@JalomMatia China's own statistic shows that 1 million people in China disappeared in 2022.

[@AhmetTekin101]

​@@JalomMatiaChina is at par with North Korea as a safe country in the world.

[@benjamwxs2008]

Love this video it’s amazing

[@shiboz6954]

Really enjoying watching your videos.

[@AlinaMcleod]

Thank you!

[@dr_emmz]

My own is that the city is remarkably beautiful and rich with natural scenery and also as you can see developing and growing fast like all Chinese cities are, but the most shocking of all is how clean everywhere is, and this is a trend I've been noticing since I started watching Chinese video, everywhere is just exceptionally clean I mean you went to the market and all I was just noticing was how clean it was, it cannot be my country, if you come to my market you might never come again 😂😂😂

[@jaglazzarinim2558]

It’s like every city is huge

[@alextube2551]

awesome, thanks for sharing

[@annycui5480]

Hi Alina welcome to my hometown Kunming, enjoying your time in China. Thanks for your video. 👍👍👍👏👏👏❤

[@AlinaMcleod]

My pleasure 😊

[@ChennieChen-kt2oe]

I am the design director for the restoration of the Kunming Old Town area... I see in the video there is the iron gate with "Wen Ming Jie" sign which I designed in Republic of China style... hope you guys like it... but I can't do nothing if you don't like it...

[@ralfmoll5727]

Hello Alina, too bad You had not the time to squeeze in the stone garden. The stone garden mainly was the only sight I saw in Kunming. But your old town experience also is very impressive. 🙂 Best regards, Ralf

[@KhurshidsChannel]

Beautiful video. Thank you for sharing. 👍

[@austinkonchira1568]

Beautiful presentation

[@lawrenceliao1550]

They have gathered many of the ethnic groups and built a village, which is smart, because most of them are habit in isolated and remote area and difficult to get to. Hopefully they can offer guide so foreigners can be easy to go around and enjoy the tradition.