China's Hidden Tourist Gem

[@palmpalm5131]

Love your attitude and outlook. Thanks for another great video.

[@stevel5806]

Most foreigners never heard of Yunnan, but in China it's one of the most well known provinces for tourism and it's super popular among Chinese tourists.

[@outsidetheconfines]

Maybe they should learn a thing or two

[@BiXiaoyu]

As a Chinese, I have visited almost most of our country. I would like to give you some recommendations. There are many beautiful snow mountains in Yunnan, such as Meili Snow Mountain and Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, as well as hiking holy places, Tiger Leaping Gorge, Antarctic Luo, etc., and I think which are more shocking than the city scenery. You are also welcome to go to Xinjiang or Tibet, which has the best scenery in China! welcome everyone to China!

[@outsidetheconfines]

@@BiXiaoyu Tibet not easy a pass is required

[@gliu1431]

@@outsidetheconfinesJoin a local tour agency.

[@doyi.design]

不需要，除了少部分边境地区，那部分地区即使中国人也需要提前办理通行证​@@outsidetheconfines

[@vikkitang8353]

云南，one of the most beautiful place in China.💖🤗

[@jingyutsang8164]

kunming is known as the “spring city” and “flower city” in China, the weather in kunming is always warm as in spring which is the best condition for flower planting.

[@tommybarnard9781]

Loved this! Beautiful clean city with great food! Love the editing and drone footage as well. Park and forest were great to see!

[@doug_barnard]

thanks dad!

[@jogana6909]

Kunming is a very beautiful city

[@cinnamomumcamphora8943]

wow! Awesome amazing beautiful! Thank for sharing! ❤👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@3rdStoneObliterum]

I'm only a couple minutes into this video but this guy did a great job of not doing what 99% of other travel bloggers do and that is making cringe-worthy faces and saying cringe-worthy things and making stupid faces for the camera and acting like an idiot. This guy is really genuine and down-to-earth and those are the kinds of travel videos that are most useful to people

[@doug_barnard]

I appreciate that!!

[@钱子豪-e1q]

thank you,have fun

[@Charitoandtheworld]

Loving the China vids so far Doug!!!!!!

[@Charitoandtheworld]

Thanks for the love Doug. Hopefully we will cross paths soon. I'm starting travel vlogs too. Will need to take one of those tours you do.

[@baobaolove2801]

What a wonderful place is. Make me want to travel there! Thank you!

[@doug_barnard]

glad you liked it!

[@doyi.design]

welcome

[@kenyup7936]

Thanks!

[@doug_barnard]

thank you so much!! i really really appreciate the support!!

[@AnHuiFuYang]

大哥你好有钱啊

[@qiLE-md3rn]

大哥可太有钱了

[@charleneji6759]

Such a beeeautiful park.

[@ageoflove1980]

Cool to see they still have a preserved historic old town!

[@linelaine5592]

Kunming has always been my favorite city, especially for its attitude towards life and chill vibe.

[@nanoshka7484]

Welcome to my hometown!

[@lakesuccess1]

Awesome video. Keep up the good work ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@deerbeau]

Just subscribed. Love your China videos. Hope to see more.

[@angellau3618]

You got to go back and continue to Dali, Lijiang and other cities in Yunnan. 😊

[@WaseemsWay]

The Travel Content GOAT!

[@doug_barnard]

my man 🙏🙏🙏

[@handk2-h6z]

This brother is a real travel guru, I tell you what , my IELTS is 6.5 and I still can't travel in the US without a tour guide, but this brother can spend a week in China only in English😂

[@彭科科]

It can be seen that you are a very professional traveler, you can always find delicious Chinese food. I have watched many people's travel videos to China. Most people go to China to drink Starbucks, eat KFC or McDonald's, eat bread, or some food in chain convenience stores, and don't even know to try authentic Chinese food. I just want to say that food is also part of traveling. Otherwise, if you just go to China to drink Starbucks and eat bread, what's the point? You did a great job. It seems that you have done your homework. I wish you a happy trip.

[@doug_barnard]

thank you! i loved it !

[@shuyanbai]

I spent 4 years in Kunming; it's really nice and less crowded. In Kunming, I strongly recommend visiting the Chenggong Flower Market, Haigeng Dam Park, and Cuihu Park. You can also rent an e-bike to ride around Dianchi Lake; it's a really wonderful experience. In Yunnan province, you can also visit Lijiang, Dali, Shangri-La, and Xishuangbanna. The vibes in these places are completely different, but all of them are charming, lovely, and safe. I want to visit Yunan every year.

[@angelbellhermano-gg2dk]

Nice video! Kunming is a very beautiful city, with so much to offer. I love the ambience and the nature. Its very interesting to see such unique, unusual,and stunning landscape like the stone forest. The local foods looks good and China is very modern and high tech using cashless mobile payments alipay and electric vehicles. Great China series and im looking forward for your upcoming videos about this country.

[@SSmarzuq]

First time watching, enjoyed to see such a seasoned and cool traveller

[@doug_barnard]

thanks a lot!

[@logicmakessense]

welcome to China welcome to Bilibili.there r many Chinese audiences watch ur videos at Bilibili. Hope u have a best journey

[@lzl4226]

The fictional location in Avatar is based off a place in China.... not this place though, but instead, a place called Zhangjiajie in central China, which, unsurprisingly, is also a popular tourist attraction.

[@_Y.Iix_]

Love you, Doug from Iraq 🔥❤

[@LudanZHANG-j8e]

Yunnan has many amazing cities, such as Pu 'er, Yuxi, Dali, and so on, there are many ethnic food, I hope you have time to explore one by one, it is best to find a local knowledge of the people as your guide, there are many foreigners in Yunnan at present, they are very integrated and understand the local life. Thank you for liking my hometown! Enjoy your journey! 🥰

[@3rdStoneObliterum]

Please can I ask you a question? I heard there is no KZbin in China so how are you people posting from inside China on these KZbin videos?

[@wlf-lh1tn]

@@3rdStoneObliterum我们会翻墙看外网视频😂😂😂，翻墙的意思就是连VPN，只要连上VPN就可以了，但是其实翻墙在中国是犯法的😂😂😂但是只要你没有做不好的事就没事

[@wlf-lh1tn]

@@3rdStoneObliterum苹果手机只要弄一个外国ID就可以下载KZbin，然后在连VPN就可以使用了😊😊😊

[@3rdStoneObliterum]

@@wlf-lh1tn thanks for your answer but I can't really understand it ...I'm going to have to use Google translate. But I see that you said VPN so I guess you're using a VPN. I forgot about that

[@QQ-hp8mh]

There are so many beautiful places in China that you can never see them all in your lifetime!

[@陈晨-k2i]

很多中国人自己都不一定能玩遍全国😂，面积太大了，好吃的，好玩的有很多

[@TheFuronghua]

I really like his Vlogs, they have such positive energy

[@doug_barnard]

thanks a lot!

[@_Y.Iix_]

Very good video blog. I hope you will come to the city of Basra in Iraq 🇮🇶❤

[@周利刚]

Appreciation from Kunming. Welcome back again to explore more.

[@doug_barnard]

thanks a lot!

[@锐李]

Welcome to China!Passion from Xiamen,another famous city to traval.

[@bravesl6666]

Thanks for introducing my hometown for people all over the world!

[@DK-ev9dg]

Every city is best city in china in their own way.

[@youmi257]

I went to Kunming last December. There are 26 ethnic minorities in Yunnan, so there are a lot of different cuisines. What was even more surprising was that the weather was very similar to that of Los Angeles. Love the city soooooooooo much ❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@jameswu5096]

Kunming is the capital of Yunnan Province, which is famous for its view, whether and unique ethnic culture. In kunming you should visit (maybe) the world's largest flower market Dounan, and then take train to Lijiang, Dali and Shangri-la.

[@Iraq_Baghdad]

Love from Iraq ❤🇮🇶

[@JunJiaChen]

Awesome stuff Doug, I havent been back to China for over 7 years. KunMing is definitely one of those places as chinese my self would love to go to. and thanks for taking us along for the view.

[@auslei]

I am not sure about the “to slurp” thing. Isn’t that a Japanese thing about how it shows enjoyment? I know growing up in China my parents told me off for slurping. 😅 maybe it differs from region to region. But yah it definitely won’t offend people in China.

[@Blasian-Couple]

beautiful work🥰

[@longyou8254]

Thx for sharing

[@avil8686]

Stone forest 👍👍👍

[@yibofu-g9p]

Thanks for sharing my hometown Kunming a peaceful city

[@judyfungjubili8577]

Suggestion for a good hotel for 2 senior citizens. Tq

[@_Y.Iix_]

Keep posting the videos, my brother. I support you. Your videos are very beautiful. You are a nice person and have a social personality. I hope to meet you.💟❤

[@lucastam4840]

An interesting fact is that when the director of the avatar was shooting the film, they decided to come to china the place which is called guangxi province, they went to Guilin city and captured the landscape and views and became the model of the avatar planet landscape in the film, so if you have time to come to china next time, u can go visit Guilin, the view and landscape in Guilin really looks like the avatar planet

[@提空提空]

桂林山水甲天下，意思是，桂林山水天下第一

[@easonlau329]

The vlog is wonderful! The food like noodles at 3:26 called “small pot rice noodles” because it was cooked by a copper small pot and made by rice, it’s the traditional foods in Yunnan. This province also have many beautiful landscapes, Dali and Lijiang at northwest are plateau, it has higher mountains such as Yulong snow mountain and clear lakes, at southern of Yunnan, Xishuangbanna is most like Thailand, the weather is hot and the city is Southeast Asia style.

[@الياس-ع4خ]

Hello Doug, don't forget to visit us in Iraq, we love you and welcome all tourists ❤🇮🇶

[@couchtaming23]

Kunming got lot's of interesting night markets, more than 20 night markets, and it's also a huge capital city, and it's more beautiful at night.

[@WeiDuan-ul7pz]

Welcome to Kunming🎉❤

[@jingxu7737]

I love Yunnan so much 🥲 thanks for sharing

[@user-kz9rp3pq2z]

Great vlog Doug. Loved the old guy at 5 mins in 😂

[@YY-ct2gw]

Kunming is my hometown, Xianroubing is one of my favorite snacks. If you'll be visiting Kunming again in the future, I'd love to take you to try some of the more authentic dishes if I happen to be there.

[@lizz7805]

don't forget to check the world famous flower market where you can buy a gorgeous bouquet for $3 or even $2.

[@yaoliang1580]

Sadly the flower n bird market is gone

[@hollybug-76542]

​@yaoliang1580 what happened?

[@yaoliang1580]

@@hollybug-76542 a large section has been cleared to make way for modern development.

[@yaoliang1580]

@@hollybug-76542 a large section has been cleared to make way for modern development

[@hs7590]

3:12 India has also the same payment system India has more apps about 4-5 UPI apps which you’re talking about and India’s UPI is more integrated and interoperable and efficient then CHINA For example you can pay from a different app on your mobile while the shop may have different app’s barcode That’s how integrated India’s payment system is

[@doug_barnard]

awesome

[@蒋正寒]

Thank you brother! The foreigners learnt more about the cities in China from your videos!❤❤

[@lucynaczaja4259]

😊😊😊😊architektura,budowle,historia,jedzenie,widoki

[@onuruncihani7641]

Love you doug❤

[@heystck]

Great video Doug…love to know; Are animals nicer, outside of USA? They seem much better behaved!

[@doug_barnard]

the puppies were a little wild hahaha i think they were hungry but they were mostly good!!!

[@weiwang6998]

Thank you for visiting my hometown 😄

[@saunter_soul]

封面这是我小时候天天骑车玩的广场，就在我家旁边哈哈哈，现在我爸妈还住在那里，总之欢迎来到昆明

[@dariomaricic2031]

Doug you can plan Xishuangbanna, Dali/Lijiang and Diqing if you plam to visit Yunnan for the second time

[@李广怀]

Welcome to changsha i hope meet to you

[@rubybox8504]

Love your video I will visit this city soon 👍

[@xiangyufeng8739]

1:48 That building is the only building left from my elementary school after it moved around 15 years ago, and where those food stalls are was our sports field back in time. Brought back a lot of good memories😢

[@CarterWu6517]

Thank you! I'm heading to Kunming the day after tomorrow!

[@Qiushishuo]

Nice video

[@lynnwebb8622]

Hello. Thank you for the great video. Very informative and entertaining. Finding your video is perfect timing for me. I'm an Australian living in Siem Reap Cambodia permanently. I have never been to China. Last week I randomly pick Kunming to visit as it is reasonably close (2 hours by air). So, with the assistance of your video, I even more motivated to visit Kunming and the surround in areas. I will also be sure to check out more of your videos. Cheers. 👍🙏

[@daa4072]

I love your videos, you are very energetic and good natured

[@atreelen1224]

Good video with definitely good shooting and smooth editing skill!👍 Very beautiful view, thanks for sharing:) BTW, cities nearby Kunming are attractive too in a different way, like Lijiang, Dali, Xianggelila, Xishuangbanna ect, worthy to explore, which is also quite popular and famous among Chinese tourists all year round.

[@JoyStanford-ps7ef]

I can’t wait to go back. Have been twice now our son was adopted from there.

[@liamporter1137]

Nice.

[@ericerik882]

WOW Doug you are such a foodie! 😋☺Seeing you try and enjoy these food also makes me so happy

[@autumncarolynnphotography]

I really enjoyed this! Thanks so much!!

[@LW78321]

I've heard the weather is consistent and lovely in Kunming, not hot or cold

[@Nick-rn6cw]

My hometown

[@facebright]

Wow, it seems there were few people in the stone forest, just you and nature. That's rare in China👍

[@jino9685]

Loving it that you're enjoying your trip brother! Are you there while on reserve duty?

[@doug_barnard]

i’m not in the military! my hat is for an american football team

[@subhajit201]

I am from Kolkata, India and it is so much like Kunming. That pet market, we literally have the same in here at Galif street. The pace of life is also kind of similar laid back relaxed. And it is almost the same distance from Delhi as from Kunming.

[@matravelvlog]

I am mohsin we meet today in babylon, you do good work I fellow you

[@vikkitang8353]

🤗👍🏻💐

[@will-213]

China is definitely a top choice for travel and I look forward to my next visit to China.

[@nikolee99]

china is clean safe dan developed what else more u expect for?

[@王江韬]

Foreigners who are not used to eating local Chinese food need not worry, many places in China have KFC, McDonald's, coffee shops, and western restaurants where you can eat pasta, steak, and pizza!

[@GoogleOfficialChannel]

welcome to China Doug,hope you traveling well here

[@melancholymelon5316]

Funny you say that about feeling like you're in Avatar. They were inspired by China's Zhangjiajie National Park when making the film

[@evanh9301]

Haven't been back for 20 years since last time I visited Yunnan

[@bulayu-z8e]

welcome to kunming!

[@Austin_Davis2]

Keep up the awesome work man!

[@firefly4784]

The film setting of AVATAR is based on Zhangjiajie in Hunan province, a popular tourist destination especially after the release of that movie

[@LearnChinesewithAnnie]

Go to the west part of Sichuan Province where is close to Tibet Province. That place is called Daochengyading. Great mountains and lakes like in heaven. And another one near is called Seda where there are hundreds of red houses lived by the monks. It is a Buddha college. They will do special ceremony for people who pass away outdoor even the tourists are allowed to watch it.

[@Rs8923HJL]

Thank you for all this useful information that I learned through you

[@张濮匀]

Welcome to Kunming!~~I come from Kunming~~

[@global_southerner]

Kunming or the Yunan province is one of the popular tourist destinations of Chinese. Hopefully it would soon become the one of the popular cities for foreign travellers.

[@carinasung654]

as a domestic traveler I totally agree. people live in Yunnan province are really, REALLY patient

[@danpeng9128]

welcome to my hometown！

[@jenme4796]

I paid $600 for my red poodle 16 years ago in Los Angeles. This was a bargain, other places was charging $3000 dollars

[@evanh9301]

The Avatar planet is based on Zhangjiajie in Hunan Province, it is a magnificent place

[@Lfg117]

Kunming, my #1 place on the planet. Ga! ♥

[@liongjiahwong5478]

In China many cities or small have their exotic foods. I just visisted Chaozhou, Guangzhou and Fujian 9 days. Good food on the streets as well as our meals provided by the tour. Just beautiful. The Highway or freeway are better abd the refreshing toilet breaks centre clean and nice food