LIFE OUTSIDE THE TOURIST AREAS: Exploring rural Hainan 🏝 旅游区以外的海南：老百姓的生活怎么样！

[@kats_journey_east]

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[@小肉肉-f4u]

Happy Chinese new year 🧧🎋

[@dimsumcinema]

Tried using the code after logging in, but there's no option :(

[@rebecca2950]

The link can’t be found . I was trying to forward to my friend

[@walterbenicio6408]

It is so nice to see how chinese people are frendly. It is a very pleasure to know you are biking again in China 's countryside Catherine. 🤗😁

[@GeorgeLouVideo]

I have been to many countries and always end up envious at your interaction with friendly strangers.

[@阿棗]

[@andrewjlow]

There were so many cyclists and the people are so friendly! Thank you once again for a very lovely video! Hainan seems like a very laid-back, easy-going place :)

[@RelaxingGameShow]

Chinese people are always super friendly to guest

[@Albert_Einstein_not]

Thanks for doing a bike tour of Hainan. The rural areas are often overshadowed by the more touristy Sanya. I am looking forward to your next instalment, Wenchang and Haikou.

[@bengt_axle]

Just love these rural roads and conversations with the locals. “Hello.”

[@hangtuah888]

FYI, hello is a greeting, not a conversation. Since when has a single call sign a conversation? Am I missing something here? 😅😅😅

[@bengt_axle]

@@hangtuah888 Indeed you are! 😜

[@steveliu5392]

I must say , you are exceptional ! At least so far no Chinese or foreigners could ever explore these sceneries to viewers ; You are special ! just because you are familiar with Chinese culture and comprehensive of Chinese language.

[@seln87]

居然看到我老丈人所在的村庄👍，你是沿着小海路边走的，我很熟悉这一片…

[@relaxwhc]

If you think Hainan is a beautiful island, raise your hand ✋🙋🏻‍♂️👍

[@steventan385]

Is like Malaysia

[@relaxwhc]

@@steventan385 nah, it doesn't have durian 😂

[@steventan385]

@@relaxwhc but got coconut.padi field. And Hainanese chicken rice!

[@kats_journey_east]

Someone left cranky comments on my Hainan camping video that Hainan is stealing the durian industry from southeast Asian countries or something like that so does it have durian or not , I am confused 😂

[@relaxwhc]

@@kats_journey_east Hainan can never steal durian industry from Southeast Asia because it's a fruit where its taste and quality depends on the geography heavily. There is an American vlogger called Lindsay Gasik, you can follow her Instagram and KZbin for more durian adventure 😂

[@jupplut6159]

Beautiful tropical Island, Hainan is perfect place to spend the winter, the young green coconut the young man offered you, the juice (water in side) is sweet, and the flash is tender, just scoop it with spoon like soft jelly, sweet and creamy.

[@omni3670]

Haha....as a Chinese Malaysian, Hainan really reminds me of where I live. Palms trees, coconuts, goats and cows on rural roads, mini Chinese temples and shrines on the way. And yes, tropical rains that come and go. Even some of the shops look Malaysian leh hehehe.....That nutty cracker snack, we also have that too here but I don't know what they call it though I know I love the snack. Another enjoyable countryside ride and the friendly people you met. The Chinese boy on the bike that stopped by to talk with you even reminds me of myself at around his age. We even have quite similar faces at his age hohoho.....More of Hainan forays, Katherine! And TQ!

[@edukid1984]

Fun fact: shacha (沙茶sauce, which is quite popular in Southern China these days especially as a condiment for hot pot, was introduced to China by overseas Chinese immigrants from SEA (yes, including Malaysia) in early 20th century. And what is the pronunciation of 沙茶 in the Southern Min language (incl. Hainan and Hokkien dialects) ? Sate / Satay ! That's right, shacha sauce is essentially our famous peanut sauce for satay dishes. From, a fellow Chinese Malaysian =)

[@oxvendivil442]

Chinese Filipino here my fellow SEA Chinese! Hainan really reminds me of SEA especially where I live in Luzon island northern Philippines, probably on the same latitude as Hainan, totally similar to our places here in SEA especially North Vietnam.

[@oxvendivil442]

@@edukid1984 Love satay although here in the Philippines it is only a Chinese Filipino thing especially in northern and central areas and for Malay/local people in the deep south close to Sabah, Malaysia.

[@omni3670]

@@edukid1984 “keong hi fat chay” to you! Won't dispute that satay sauce 沙茶 thing. Don't know if Hainan has yee sang too? We "loh sang" haha tossed yee sang yesterday.! Yee Sang is also a Malaysian "invention" that might have found its way to some regions of China too. Anyway, 祝大家新年快了。万事如意。 身体健康。财源滚滚来！

[@hangtuah888]

Should have got Yang Yang to ask to see his birth certificate in case he is an in vitro fertiliser child and had used the same batch of spermatoza. Such co-incident is rare and far and few in between. The only thing that spoilt the video was the boy at the age of eight is already smoking, a disgusting and despicable habit, so common in alas my motherland. 74 per cent of the males smoke and 40 per cent of the female do too. Will campaign for the NPCCC to introduce a ban and closed down the state owned tobacco companies. 🙉🙉🙉

[@oxvendivil442]

That is some crazy long biking tour, Hainan is almost as big as Ireland or Switzerland, your amazing.

[@malgok9733]

Im really impressed by all that greetings on the road 🥰 i love your travels, they are showing me more and more beautifull sites of China.

[@paulcaistudio]

Lovely video. I was born in Wanning, Hainan. It is a good time to cycle in Guangdong and Hainan now. After Qingming Festival, the weather in the south will quickly go into summer, hot and sunny.

[@hangtuah888]

Are you suggesting once the spirits are appeased, they honoured those appeasers with fine weather? Can we make it permanent? 😅😅😅

[@paulcaistudio]

@@hangtuah888 Qingming is not only about tomb sweeping and ancestor worshiping. It is one of the 24 solar terms marking the time of weather change. After Qingming, the West Pacific Subtropical High moves northward, and the region under its control is in hot and sunny weather 😅

[@明智邏輯]

thank you so much for uploading more clips for us during mourning period. Wishing you guys can get back into cheerfulness soon. This clip is wonderful as I'm planning bringing my bicycle to China for a tour... stay strong... you guys are wonderful together and can get through it all.

[@lanzortiz3199]

Oh, it's so good to see my fellow bikers. Good to know they do this in china too. I bike for fun using MTB like this guys.

[@isaiahmcclure8894]

My wife and I moved to Hainan 7 months ago after living in Chengdu for 5 years. She is a Chinese local and I am an American. We also do vlogs and I stumbled upon your video while looking for other places in Hainan to go. We're trying not to vlog Haikou or Sanya, Wanning as much as those are the most touristy spots. Your videos have been helpful!

[@eduardochavacano]

Rural China is always my favorite part. I really love the fruit trees and old houses.

[@petermanuel5043]

What a beautiful journey. Thanks for sharing!

[@程程-j6z]

I love Hainan and would like to explore this beautiful tropical area in the near future!

[@jerrywang4695]

happy Chinese Lunar new year Katherine! really enjoyed your casual conversation with the locals. for a moment I thought/really hoped you might ask the coconut boy show you how to climb the tree and chop down the coconut; that would add some fun action element into this episode! Sigh it did not happen.

[@nileshbhattacharya2526]

Beautiful video ❤️. Happy Chinese New Year Sis 🎆

[@gabriellagirardi4741]

Beautiful countryside! The people of this country is truly nice and above all friendly. Lifestyle is not so different from ours and they like to ride their bicycles and enjoy their spare time in a relaxing way. Great video

[@josephdewuhan]

Thank you for the great videos you produce so that I can ride with you to see the country I left decades ago. Generally, the people in the south find it easier to understand people in the North since northern languages sound closer to standard mandarin. I grew up in Wuhan, Hubei and my grandma came from Hunan. No Neighbour would understand my grandma but myself although 湖北and湖南are neighbouring provinces separated by just a lake.

[@hangtuah888]

Are you suggesting Esperanto, a universal language that has gone to the languages in the sky, be revived? So the First Emperor in his effort to standardise Chinese as Mandarin has failed miserably if the people from the same country cannot understand and communicate with each other. How sad. What about Esperanto? 😅😅😅😅 (I have to insert emojis to inform the viewers that it is written in jest as there are too many humourless clowns who populate Yang Yang's channel. She is trying to make light of the situation and these clowns who wear too tight pants and constantly treat everything as a topic of serious discourse.)

[@josephdewuhan]

@@hangtuah888 Not sure if I agree with your idea. Dialects occur naturally. It is as natural as the colour of our hair, eyes, and skin. Almost all young people in minority areas such as Tibetans and Uighurs can speak and understand mandarin. This is already attacked by western countries as an act of racial oppression. Actually, just like Han Chinese who can speak a foreign language can get better paid jobs, the minority people who are fluent in mandarin are typically much better off than those who cannot speak mandarin. They simply get better economic chances.

[@10lauset]

I enjoy the routes that are off the beaten track ... Cheers...

[@not2tees]

Katherine, champion of goat stare-downs!! As an old apartment-bound Albertan, these videos of exotic street-level China are a big treat. May the angels of Bicycles lighten your way.

[@kats_journey_east]

Glad you like the videos 😎😎

[@小肉肉-f4u]

Never living in a tropical island... it looks fascinating even in the winters.

[@andrewwong2605]

Hot all year round. In my country. Borneo.

[@jefferytie]

Love your humorous comments, like winning the stare down with Billy the goat😂

[@jellykelly333]

Love you! ❤️👍好喜欢你的骑行以及乐观的心态。Nature is the best friend of the life.

[@onebillionplusone]

yeah~ another bike tour. Can't get enough of them

[@londonstannow1103]

I know the bridge you passed, i am filled with happiness and envy. Thanks for sharing!

[@JakeWang399]

Excellent video again! Thanks for taking me onto a great tour when travelling is still not so easy due to the covid restrictions

[@shand7674]

Thank you for sharing the videos to accompany me thru this difficult year. Happy Chinese new year!

[@kats_journey_east]

Happy Chinese new year to you too 🎇 more videos coming soon 🚲

[@notsure1276]

Thanks for posting and showing how beautiful China is. Hope both of you are well. Love the remarks on animals. Save the goats.

[@don08ngo]

Representing with the VT shirt. Nice. Looks like they like bike in that area. Got any New Year videos of the local festivity?

[@kats_journey_east]

I’m a bit behind on editing this is from a couple weeks ago but I am going to try and get CNY videos edited as fast as possible so I don’t miss the celebratory time frame Lol

[@hangtuah888]

@@kats_journey_east FYI, Chinese New Year last for 15 (fifteen) days. Do you need any longer and if so, we can petitioned the kitchen god to delay his or her reporting sojourn to heaven for an extension just like an extension to a delay essay submission?

[@platocai8874]

i'm loving in watch your video,you are beautiful and you got eyes which to found the beautiful things

[@johnwu4636]

That out of poverty meme phrase is wild and funny. In a way it is very true, like we say here in the States “No money no honey” LOL 😂

[@tsuikr]

Sad too!

[@kats_journey_east]

Lmao

[@1proudytfan]

Thanks for intro to hanbook. Another great cycling vlog. Can't wait for the next. Have a safe and enjoyable journey

[@dannychu2014]

I have a guilty pleasure. I can binge watch your bike tours all day!

[@aungaisum8654]

Coconut guy really a nice fellow 🙂

[@SohThirsty]

Love the rice fields... looks so peaceful

[@宝岛海南自干五-瘦脸]

Welcome to hainan my beautiful hometown

[@hz240]

I enjoy your interaction with the locals.👍 Certainly helps to be fluent in the language of your travels. The success of the poverty alleviation initiative is apparent in many places visited. You may want to haul a trailer for your free coconut supplies.🌴 Hainan certainly looks to be an interesting destination to explore.🚵 Hospitable people and tropical climate.🌅🏖️

[@hangtuah888]

Why do you think they chose at one stage to host the Miss World there? It is not because of the coconuts I can assure you. A trailer for the coconuts? Can you get drunk on the coconut juices? In Malaysia the Indians ferment the coconut juice to make todi, good spirit and a notch above methylated spirit as a drink. 😌😌😌

[@cuibin1636]

等春天来临的时候，来我们河南乡下玩玩吧，这里是平原，民风淳朴，我是周口人。

[@johnchan1500]

農曆新年將至，祝陽陽一家身體健康，橫財就手

[@vister6757]

Beautiful!

[@cheeahhui2117]

Happy lunar New year 2022 to you and family

[@BackpackerDuanGuoXia]

Please let me know if you decide to take the route of Coconut Grove at Wenchang. Coconut chicken hotpot is a must-try dish in the area.

[@iamcanadianedmonton]

the chinese is not afraid to strike up a brief conversation with a foreigner, i don't think i can do it here in canada 😂😂😂. love from canada.

[@小さな森-w6o]

Not all Chinese, only hainanese are so bold

[@tsuikr]

I am ethnic Chinese from Canada, been here for 56 years. About six years ago I spent the CNY in Hainan, my first CNY in China since I left! It just knocked me over! Don’t go to Sanya at that time, just too many people. We were in QiongHai in New Year’s Eve. When I was young in Macau, we buy fire crackers, 20 in a pack, and we could afford may be two or three packs. In QiongHai, they had rolls of fire crackers about two meters in diameter, hanging from the top of high rise building! Firming off for hours starting at midnight! Thundering!

[@snowwhite-jt9cj]

Hainan is islands 🌴 I want to see the ocean 🌊 and forest 🌳....

[@joewong438]

Thanks for posting the videos. I am impressed that you can speak Pinyin so fluently. Sorry I can speak only Cantonese and am in Canada. Happy travels and stay healthy and safe.

[@longyou8254]

Thank you for the top quality contents of the channel.Happy Lunar New Year 🎊

[@kats_journey_east]

Happy new year to you too 🐯

[@rebecca2950]

❤️🥰🧧Happy New Year Katherine !! Perhaps you would like to consider it pack a lightweight raincoat with hoodie? I hope you don’t catch a cold . It’s a such fun place to visit . Look at these cows and goats. They don’t bother by the weather . They are so cute because they can understand Chinese and your English ? They must be bilingual like you as well . What I enjoy the most past is to see so many beautiful trees among you and above you . They are so beautiful from the way you take each scene. Amazing 🥰❤️. It’s the day of Chinese New Year Eve here in US . My mom and I want to wish you and your loved ones a very happy lunar new year and a safe & blessed upcoming year with lots of love and blessings ahead of you no matter where you are , where you go . 🥰💕💕🙏🧧

[@kats_journey_east]

Happy new year to you too 🎆 and yes I might have to start bringing a raincoat🤣🤣this is the second time getting rained on in a month!

[@rebecca2950]

@@kats_journey_east Don’t forger to bring a raincoat . Your parents will be worried about you if they keep watching you biking in the rain . 🥰 stay safe and looking forward to seeing you in the next video . We were watching Lunar new year celebration on TV . We were thinking about you . Happy new year 🎆 🐅

[@likechen4605]

You explore my hometown more than myself

[@wdw1910]

凯特琳祝你虎年快乐，事事顺心。

[@yeowtong9865]

Thanks for the Hainan videos. This is my next destination.

[@vinwin803]

謝謝🙏

[@jeffreysiu6149]

Thanks for the peaceful country road scenes. Thanks for changing to peaceful, relaxing background music!

[@sic8098]

Great share and thanks for the tips with Han book.😊

[@laws5801]

So REAL; so NATURAL.

[@ellashy6539]

I'm am just curious where they launch the space rockets in Hainan the landscape looks peaceful and rural but they do space missions hahaha how cool is that

[@kats_journey_east]

Omg I didn’t even know the rocket launch place was here , learn something new every day

[@南风-p8k]

@@kats_journey_east 你的功课没做好啊，文昌发射中心 海南有名的文昌鸡的原产地

[@gofifi001]

@@kats_journey_east 文昌市龍樓鎮

[@ellashy6539]

@@kats_journey_east yea I remember the reporter mentioned Hainan when I was watching it on TV but I guess it is a restricted area for bikers hahaha xD

[@舒畅-f5q]

The rocket launch base is in Wenchang

[@relaxwhc]

If you enjoyed this video, raise your hand to show Katherine 😺ion your undying support ✋🙋🏻‍♂️👍

[@kats_journey_east]

Thanks🌞🌞

[@relaxwhc]

@@kats_journey_east you're welcome 👍

[@HanC.]

This was a lovely video, love to see how you talk to everyone. But...do feel afraid sometimes?

[@ovenmao9206]

happy Chinese new year

[@chuenyeelau]

Just found your channel. 👍👍cheers from 🇨🇦

[@captainaustralia4238]

While I was in Shenzhen several years ago, I saw electric bikes with special umbrella shielding the riders from the sun and rain. Can you get one for your bike so that you wont get wet when it rains while biking ?

[@boonteoh2346]

Han Book will travel, Hainan is on my Bucket list, thanks Katherine. You are the eyes and ears for "stuck at home" travellers!! 🤗🤗🤗

[@kats_journey_east]

Hope you get a chance to visit soon 🏝

[@boonteoh2346]

@@kats_journey_east Thanks.

[@siqhishsqqqshsi6958]

benhao? that's interesting, most people starts either in sanya or in haikou, they either do a circle around the island or cut through the middle mountainous part

[@kats_journey_east]

It’s near the place where Wei and I did our Tesla camping trip ⛰

[@kirbyhuang5609]

谢谢你的分享！一切都会更美好的👌

[@鮮艷的紅領巾飄揚在前]

新年快樂，順心如意，身體健康，萬事如意👏🏻👍🏻🥰🌸🎉😘

[@davidchong7284]

Howdy hokie, condolences to your husband. Have you all decided to settled down in Hainan? Happy exploring!

[@kats_journey_east]

Just staying for a few weeks , moving on to new places after CNY

[@luyao7034]

热带海洋气候跟成都不同，要记得带伞

[@rocketman1553]

Hainan looks like Haiwaii of China！ Thank you Katherine for sharing your bike tour on such beautiful island！ Happy Chinese new year！

[@thewiseone7286]

Fun journey. I love it when you challenge the goat. It's funny.

[@段昌昌-n9q]

作为海南人，不得不说，欢迎来到海南！

[@yingxu7908]

happy Chinese new year the year of tiger more luck and healthier for you

[@小肉肉-f4u]

At least the rain is warm in Hainan.

[@kats_journey_east]

Lol

[@spadeysay6846]

The typhoons there can be quite intense.

[@小肉肉-f4u]

@@spadeysay6846 Ya. 70 mph is the maximum wind speed most humans can withstand without getting blown away. But no worry. We have bear claws. Just grip a tree branch. 🌳

[@xudonggong8610]

好多年没去海南了

[@RP-mm9ie]

beautiful journey.

[@davidng407]

Another awesome video!!

[@stvdmc2011]

Great video, was in Hainan 2012, great place to visit

[@文此乃]

welcome to my hometown! enjoy your life!

[@turmen6655]

oh，my hometown

[@dzzhang2107]

There are lots and lots of bikers in Hainan. You will be a big star among them.

[@梁树荣-d8m]

美丽的海南岛👍

[@郭峰-c9g]

阳离子快活了，南京现在冷的吃不消，室内只有三四度。

[@kats_journey_east]

元宵节准备去南京，体验一下🤣

[@pooi-hoongchan8680]

Lovely Katherine, 👏👏👏👍👍👍

[@李明初-d3q]

视频很棒！真实而温暖！加油！

[@cheeahhui2117]

Happy biking are you using electric bike happy lunar New year 2022

[@kats_journey_east]

It’s a regular bike 😜 happy new year to you too 🎆

[@jackolantern7342]

Stunning countryside views.

[@shawnmo3887]

琼海 is myhometown，my parents are living here😊，I'm back here for spring Festival. A bit sad that you don't record more about Qionghai

[@kats_journey_east]

There is more about it in the next one

[@didikpurnomo7389]

Yo. Welcome to Hainan. I live in the village on the way from wanning to Qionghai by the seaside 玉带滩。Hope u guys hv a nice stay 🤟🏾

[@发视频纯粹是为了卖课]

等天气好的时候，你可以在沿海公路骑，挺漂亮的

[@jerometsowinghuen]

Not lying, cycling in the rural/agriculture area can be peaceful and quiet, with a chance of seeing the nature.

[@IA100KPDT]

Get their coconut strip candy. Very nice. Natural coconut laced with sugar.

[@jacobrocks7]

That place looks amazing ! Thanks

[@relaxwhc]

Why do Haikou and Sanya have different climate even though they're not far from each other? 🔥

[@ctyhk1997]

The difference in climate is due to the fact that they are separated by mountains that isolate the cold currents.

[@ZenHornWhale]

The reason is that they are separated by the Wuzhishan Mountain, which mostly stops cold fronts from invading the southern part of Hainan.

[@firstchild8985]

Will you go to Wenchang?

[@kats_journey_east]

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