I SURVIVED summer in a south Chinese village! 🤣🌧️ 我终于熬过了南方农村的夏天！！我的地毯还活着吗？

[@kats_journey_east]

It seems this video has accidentally given some people the impression I don’t have an air conditioner - I do, I just miss going outside 🥲I have some bike tours planned for whenever it is tolerable to be outside again, stay tuned 🤣 If you have any questions for my 🇺🇸 Q&A video, remember to leave them in the comment section! For extra bonus content join my Patreon @ patreon.com/kats_journey_east or follow me on instagram @ kats_journey_east

[@Macky1101]

"Certified whiner. Boo-hoo. Let me throw you a pity party". LMAO. You are too funny. So the water buffaloes and cows go into the rivers and poo and then people down stream play in the water?

[@Jimmy_Chow]

天气潮湿的时候要关紧门窗，有助于缓解家具物品霉变

[@artistlovepeace]

Hi Katherine. I love your videos. I'm probably an uncle so I'll try to tell you something wise. Do you really own anything? Who are you waiting for to sit on that furniture and who are you waiting to see your art? Do not worry so much about things and deprogram your mind to focus on people you love including yourself. No one is judging you wrongly. You are doing and making a great job. Love you in a family way.

[@artistlovepeace]

Have you never heard the Beatles song, "Rain". You can go outside when it's raining.

[@kagautam]

Hey Katherine.. nice video.. keep uploading. I am trying to learn mandarin through videos and vlogs like yours. Just wanted to know if you can share me the details of the inn where you stayed, which run by the couple in the bamboo forest. Currently , i stay in Shanghai and would love to visit your beautiful province and that Inn.

[@wjh5144]

Despite the minor shortcomings, your life there looks quite enjoyable.

[@chendaforest]

I love your channel Katherine, and your life in rural China looks fabulous.

[@RespectOthers1]

What a great summer filled with many fun activities. Most happy that you shared it with a nice companion! :D

[@Jack-bg5sg]

Hi Katherine, The outdoor fun looks pretty impressive. I envy you😊

[@917amazon]

You have a nice and warm house especially with the rug well design.

[@josephtsui125]

Always a joy to watch your video. Thanks.

[@TwoCentsOnTour]

Never thought I'd find mould chat so fascinating 😅 I am looking forward to the start of spring here in NZ

[@moemimouni679]

CHEERS 🥂SAME THOUGHTS ENTERED MY HEAD HERE IN 🇨🇦EXCEPT IS 4 WINTER!!

[@ziladerrick514]

Oh yes,me too love my rugs in every room…♥️👍🏾

[@snowsmile7113]

11:15 bahahaha Aysajan's facial expression 😆

[@colinchai]

Love your beautiful rugs especially the colors.

[@LeoCooper-n2k]

OMG , this young & beautiful girl really knows how to enjoy life and make use of her spare time after work 🎉🎉🎉 ( she knows what she wants and she do what she likes 👍 , my dream life)

[@lolilollolilol7773]

This rug really ties the room together ! - The Dude

[@gabriellagirardi4741]

Your rugs are amazing and the colour just fantastic! I love rugs! Great summer indeed and beautiful outdoor activities! Thank you Katherine for this nice video 💕🪻🍀

[@brianquinn5060]

Love your happy video.

[@lyssums]

I'm glad your rugs were unharmed. They're really gorgeous! Your home looks like a palace in an absolute place of wonder. Lucky life ❤🎉

[@一个说话大声的中国人]

The chances are that those rugs are lack of the mold supporting nutrients. After all, mold is a life form and needs nutrients to survive.

[@Q_QQ_Q]

​@@一个说话大声的中国人moulds did get other rugs

[@susanaaragorn8606]

I suppose are from syntetic fibers, but glad they survived​@@一个说话大声的中国人

[@chingchork7633]

Great to watching your activities in China. Love you from Cambodia..!

[@boonteoh2346]

Magic carpet ride Katherine!!! 😁😁😁 Keep well!! ❤❤❤

[@kennethkan53]

Always refreshing to see your video and that you enjoy anything you encounter!🎉 Thanks for sharing your enriching journey!

[@allanyeh-vu8ib]

I don’t see you being dramatic at all but joy and excitement

[@AnnTao]

Fun, you always do something that I personally really want to try! Good for you, young lady!

[@kayapi5321]

Catherine has a dedicated photographer

[@wushantao]

强迫劳动的新疆人

[@hainanbob6144]

What a great life you lead up there! Loved it.

[@artistlovepeace]

Thank you from the top to the bottom of my heart. I love your movies. Your cinema is astonishing and very warm. I think your videos are pure art. I worked for a Chinese (TB) family restaurant and my best friend for many years was a wonderful lady who always helped me and shared with me many truths and foot rubs. You remind me of every great and honest human being and wonderful friend who shares art, facts and feelings. Thank you.

[@jhonjiang3693]

Loved your video, especially the part where you got out of the Qiangtang River's mud. Seeing you keep smiling in that situation really gave me a sense of peace and reminded me of my childhood experiences. Back then, I was never afraid of the hot sun or dirty mud, and could play in the water with my friends all day long.

[@jennyohara4011]

As time goes on, your confidence and Beauty is starting to shine through in your videos Katherine!

[@michaelding6222]

Joining you was the first thing that came to my mind when watching you rafting.

[@yingxiaowei6263]

What a life in China. Congratulations! Even I am a local citizen in Hangzhou, I still envy your life.

[@Zmooooooo]

11:08 they r soooo cute

[@wangship]

喜欢阳离子！有内涵的美女！

[@hehe-mq2bk]

ur rugs r indeed sooo nice

[@PeterSzeto-es6em]

Hope you can persuade your parents to visit China this time when you are in the US. Interesting video as always. 👍

[@greenpepper5883]

Loving touring your room. Click the video because I was curious how your room transformed. Not bad!

[@btrue2day]

if only more people like you, showing fun stuff about different cultures instead of fighting

[@walterchin8832]

I love your beautiful rug and you as beautiful.

[@jurrasicpig2426]

funny thing, when I was a child, I'd thought the water buffalo were fierce because of their horns. turned out they are very gentle animal. on the other hand, the cattle looks peaceful, they surely have temper!

[@margaretabendroth8658]

Yay. Your coming home. I'm in Hudson Fl. Your welcome to visit with your family. We could kyak the Wikie Watchie River. !!!Last year I saw Chinese couple kyaking. I went nuts to get close to them. So I could make friends. Luckily they spoke English. Cause all I could say was Nehow. Uggg....well I love Cina like you. Hugs happy FALL Season.

[@kats_journey_east]

I'm planning to visit Florida on my next-next trip to the US, December 2025! (yes I plan this far ahead 😂😂😂) , would love to go kayaking with you ! I haven't been to Florida in over a decade. We used to go there almost every year to see the springs 🌴

[@margaretabendroth8658]

@@kats_journey_east wow. I'll be waiting girl. Great. Can't wait.

[@margaretabendroth8658]

@@kats_journey_east oh also. Let me know ahead of time. So I can make everything nice for you.

[@2WheelsGood.01]

Dude you're thriving there, love to see it!

[@JSTech2012]

I love to live In your village, love your house decoration.

[@rosalianolasco5741]

Again another beautiful vlog to watch in a relaxing Sunday, here Washington. Excited much what to see, to your new vlog in the making for US tour this time. Greeting from Washington of USA with LOVE. ❤

[@Whitfield369]

I am just envious of your positive outlook in life! Indeed there is always something and no difference anywhere. The trick is how you handle it when not so pleasant things happen.

[@AshleyMcIntosh-zz7kr]

Excellent Katherine.You have had a good summer.enjoy.x

[@charleneji6759]

This video reminds me of why I'm your follower--your work involves environment protection!!! I'm veeery environment conscious. Not to mention my first English name was Katherine, and I studied at Nanda. 🤣

[@叶佐豪]

理性的美国人、很善良

[@michaelhui6311]

It’s nice to your video again. So looks like you are settling down for a while in Southern China. Enjoy.

[@lordumas]

That river rafting looked so fun

[@VictorThang-b5p]

Only rich and not to worry..life is really amazing in China

[@davidlam2320]

Hey kat we are loving your new video I'm so glad your beautiful rugs didn't got ruined living in country and sides of china is like that get use to it especially you're living in southern part of china

[@sauho2775]

Get a dehumidifiers and a damp rid. I live in a humid place and it definitely helps.

[@nosy_old_man]

This time you are lucky, remember high power dehumidifier

[@cz2143]

10:18 too funny lmao😂😂😂😂😂

[@hornro4136]

长三角的夏天，冬天都挺难熬的😂

[@karl-heinzgrabowski3022]

Some people were waiting years for this kind of episode

[@artistlovepeace]

Life is the best!

[@truthbetold001]

I dare say there could be a reincarnation at play, you fitted perfectly as a hippie on the last days woodstock jam after being rained on😉☮

[@chufang50]

So 🤩 ❤🎉thank you for sharing 💐🎈

[@SPLITSLEEVE]

Thanks Katherine. Loved it.

[@hans7166]

The summer is getting more and more hotter because of globe warm.

[@chendaforest]

yes its worrying

[@sirainilawal]

My country is getting colder and colder. I am scared that maybe next year we might even get some snow. #justkidding 😂 But it’s still getting colder and colder for a tropical Savannah country

[@chauglodyte]

The rugs really tie those rooms together.

[@1989gurdeep]

Great video as always ! Yes, fall is almost here. I’ll be going over to Burlington, VT at end of September to see the fall colour in their full glory. Enjoy your trip back home!

[@liveintc]

OMG. It looks so funny. It is 35 degress or even 36 degrees here. I wished I could go there and have a lot fun in the river.

[@jurrasicpig2426]

next time you can try the notorious Tongtian (path to the heaven) river drifting in Guizhou lol

[@PS-383]

Should move to Kunming (city of eternal spring) when it is summer in other parts of China.

[@Jarvodavis]

You look so cute @4.18 seconds 😊

[@binhe6500]

梅雨季其实就是霉雨季，梅字好听一点

[@ray-np5hi]

啊~~看到了爱喝茶的老路。检验一个人对地毯的爱是否真诚且深厚就看他敢不敢在山里房子铺地毯！！！

[@泰山北斗-o7e]

亲爱的，越来越漂亮了

[@ww7095]

Awesome lazy river fun...Is the water on the cool side?

[@bunnyfreakz]

Unlike Seine River, that river safe to swim.

[@hongtuzhang2515]

Thanks!

[@kats_journey_east]

Thanks for supporting this channel ❤️

[@charmingst9850]

好好握，榴槤都買好了，好好握。

[@charleneji6759]

You need a dehumidifier, maybe two, to fight the mold. 😁

[@davidchen92127]

I am impressed with the water quality in the creeks. I was in China in the Spring this year and will visit again in the Fall. I haven't noticed any air pollution problems so far. Do you think the EVs play an important role for this?

[@RealKevinChan]

One of your funniest videos I've seen, not least your deadpan advice that we should check out a certain useful gadget called a "vacuum cleaner." 😂

[@SunQuick.Orange]

thank you very much for sharing this video clip.

[@VictorThang-b5p]

Marvellous ❤

[@yummemys4608]

Love your update❤❤

[@tonyyin8524]

Fun video! You should make rap music with the lady fruit hawker or hawkers from various regions of rural China. Relieved you survived the great mold invasion of 2024, without being eaten by the Mold Queen! I hope you travel widely on your return to the States and comment on the changes from six years ago. I live in the SFBA and if I were abroad for six years, I'd be shocked at the changes here, and not in a good way.

[@kats_journey_east]

I wish I could go to lots of places hahaha but I can't get enough time off work to do much traveling! Best I can do is Virginia, Wisconsin, and Vermont 😭 and my mother was just telling me an hour ago about Venezuelan gangs taking over an apartment building in Colorado so yeah sounds like things are going great over there 🙄️

[@noncensen]

Happy to have you back to US. Hope could run into you HAHAHA

[@andrewczski1969]

Wow, China every leading good technology, no air conditioning.

[@joeyp1927]

Watching this on Labor Day, wishing my Labor Day could be this fun...at least the part about rafting on that freshwater creek with the BBQ's and picnics onshore. NOT the part about wallowing in mud! But anyway the contrast between the day on the pristine creek and the mud swim was so comical!

[@kats_journey_east]

🤣🤣

[@pooi-hoongchan8680]

Katherine is a wonderful lovely girl.

[@rafalyenlee]

Great best wish from taiwan🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@Choolloyd]

Thanks for creating this amazing video clip. All the best to you brave gal. Have a good safe trip back to USA. Best regards 🍻

[@dyrectory_com]

A good dshumidifier is what you might consider

[@yiuhingwong5897]

陽離子 晚上好🌠🤗

[@kats_journey_east]

晚上好🌛

[@R-Cforeverfriends]

wonderful!!! 谢谢！！

[@CouchTomato87]

Mugginess, mold, mud, muck, mire, mildew, and more!

[@pycpenn]

I was one of the viewers of your remodeling video who cautioned you about the mold problem in the humid south. Those rugs might have been treated with fungicide, which is good for a few years. Unless you have a dehumidifier running with all windows closed, mold will, I believe, eventually take over those rugs.

[@kats_journey_east]

This mold problem doesn’t exist in dry Kashgar , as far as I am aware they weren’t treated with anything because people don’t know that spontaneous mold is something that can happen at all 🍄 I’ll update you all about the mold again in a few years 🤣

[@pycpenn]

Maybe you are right. "Wool fibres have a natural ability to resist dirt, stains and even mold and mildew." - Design Morsels

[@billinsf88]

What a summer adventure!! Thank you Katherine for sharing your life in rural China.

[@andrewjlow]

I am so glad your rugs are ok! Probably get some dehumidifiers? The only hassle is emptying the water - and there will be ALOT of water! 😱 Wow, the river rafting sounds fun! Hopefully there were shower facilities to wash the mud off 🙂 Have a great trip back to the States! Will you stay for Halloween? It would be great to see some Halloween trick or treating 👍

[@kats_journey_east]

I can't stay for that long unfortunately, only September 15 - October 8

[@kaiki8490]

❤rugs

[@MichaelWan-s3c]

You need to buy an air conditioner. Air conditioner can suck to moisture out of the room.

[@quantum9571]

@11:50 Like your US map, somehow accurate LOL

[@sfbaysider]

Rugs do add character to your house. As for the occasional mold attack, would fans help? Of course, it's another household appliance that some may find "ugly" to be around. I do like Country Western music. Since Zhejiang province appears to be hilly, I would think Appalachian music would be "at home" there. I highly recommend "Songs of the Hills - Instrumental Impressions of Appalachian Classics" CD. My question for your upcoming Q & A video: Ask your aunt what she thinks of your interesting US map that shows Vermont being a part of the bigger region called "New York"? 😄 Are there places in China that have similar New England fall colors?

[@kats_journey_east]

It happened when I was away on a work trip for a couple days, the mold was waiting to strike 😂

[@kats_journey_east]

And yes there is amazing fall scenery here too but it’s in the north nowhere near me so I haven’t been able to travel to capture it because of work 🥺 might be able to next year

[@davidchung4691]

A de-humidifier may help to minimise the mould building up in the house!

[@kats_journey_east]

it happened when I was away on a work trip for a couple days 😂 the mold is always waiting for a chance to strike 🦠

[@davidchung4691]

@@kats_journey_east 😍

[@HHH-nv9xb]

I believe air conditioning and dehumidifier will help with molds.

[@kats_journey_east]

it happened when I was away for a work trip, I travel so much that I can't keep those going 24/7 so the mold is inevitable unfortunately 😂 but I would still rather spend a couple days out of the year scrubbing mold , than trade out the wood/grass/bamboo aesthetic for plastic

[@maceysue2002]

Beautiful rugs! Will you make it out to San Francisco this next trip?

[@kats_journey_east]

not this time, just Virginia, New York, and Milwaukee 😭 hope to visit again in 2025

[@andrewczski1969]

@@kats_journey_east Milwaukee. 🤣🤣

[@michelgervais8607]

Against moisture you need air entry through your living room windows and air extraction in bathroom, loo, and kitchen. 2 cm clearance under doors to let air move. 35 m3/h of fresh air must enter and exit your home. You risk problems with your lungs (sarcoidosis).

[@bengt_axle]

Wow, it is better than Ausable Chasm.