CHINA'S HIGH-SPEED BULLET TRAIN - Lijiang to Kunming 🇨🇳

[@chjin1796]

Security checks are necessary. A massacre occurred at Kunming Railway Station a few years ago.

[@heavengaoyu6897]

That happened outside the station. They are brutal terrorists.

[@hedaren2675]

太惨了

[@danieltan4284]

not this vlogger but in general they don't know and they don't care. and they support it

[@lbc8932]

China did well in against terrorism after that happened👍

[@anakinfu6329]

yes

[@lukchen9403]

Im taiwanese and i miss so much my motherland

[@LucasY1031]

你是chinese，republic of china

[@michaelwu6914]

Luca's shadowroom Taiwanese is Chinese, similar to that beijinger is chinese as well

[@LucasY1031]

@@michaelwu6914 yeah, you can say that, but actually, you can reply to me in Chinese bro~

[@淡若轻风-s8k]

Luk Chen 你说的motherland是指台湾吧

[@pitsanufangkaew]

you are Chinese not Taiwanese

[@rickvanman]

Really enjoyed that, interesting to see the Chinese bullet train, very sleek. Glad to hear it was a comfortable journey.

[@jzeng2022]

Chinese people can book tickets online with their ID cards, and they can enter the station with their ID cards, so most Chinese people do not need to wait in line. Foreigners can book tickets online with their passports, but they must go to the station's manual window to collect their tickets. Although China now has 35,000 kilometers of high-speed rail, it still cannot fully meet the travel needs of Chinese people. Therefore, many tickets are not seated, but the fare is not reduced.

[@zimuli3549]

I just found your video and I like it very much. China is a very good tourist destination, where people are friendly, food is everywhere, the scenery is unlimited, the transportation is convenient, and most importantly, China is very safe. Welcome to my country, China

[@Steve-Owens]

Thank you, all true and we love China..

[@dropin409]

​@@Steve-Owens Lijiang to kunming what class did u travel by and ticket price?

[@chinahamyku6583]

Lijiang ancient city is a famous scenic spot in Southwest China,you can feel the charm of Chinese traditional culture there. Kunming is called "Spring City" in China. It has a good climate all year round.If you have time, you can go to Xishuangbanna, where the scenery and architecture are like Southeast Asia.

[@lifu9917]

Chinese citizens and residents can save the e-tickets in their ID cards so they don’t have to get the paper tickets. If you are not one of them or you bought your ticket using other identifications such as a passport, then you must go to the counter and get a paper ticket. Another point is that the gate opens at most 15 minutes prior to the departure so you don’t have be there too early. Hope these tips help :)

[@northwestsouthwesttrains7254]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I’m glad to see your bullet train experience was better than the last one. 👍🏼

[@Aliu307]

I chose you because you best 😊

[@oneworld2642]

Enjoy watching your happy vacations in China

[@crackeds]

Superb video. Thank you for sharing. Very informative.

[@Steve-Owens]

Glad it was helpful!

[@fanl726]

For Chinese CITIZEN with ID card, they can use paperless service to the seat directly now. But for foreign citizen, you still need provide E-TICKET NO. to get your paper ticket before you borading.

[@hong3170]

This line is a legacy railway until Dali. The top speed is only 140km/h. Dali to Kunming is 200 km/h.

[@leopoldoagusto8837]

FROM INDONESIAN ,THE BEST CHINA 👍👍👍

[@wilbursmith2955]

Thanks to you both first time have seen one interesting, be safe and look forward to seeing more of your journey.

[@Steve-Owens]

Thanks WS.. :o)

[@tfylhk]

When people are rush in time they will buy ticket even the seats are fully booked

[@toniomalley5661]

Thank you both for taking us on this trip with you enjoying it so much stay safe guys

[@Steve-Owens]

Will do Toni.. :o)

[@Peizxcv]

Checking tickets for Lijiang - Kunming and your wife is right, standing is the same price as 2nd class seats but only a few trains offer standing tickets. Other trains have business or premier seats in addition to 1st and 2nd class and some no special seats at all.

[@jacky4365]

There are two types of high speed train in china, one is D type (max 250km/h), another is G type(max 350). And also train speed in east part (rich area)of china is about 50km/h faster than west (poor area) due to cost issue. If you take the train from beijing to Shanghai or to guangzhou, you will experience the 350km/h.

[@zoukai0000]

东部大多是平原

[@JaydenTYX]

It’s not the cost issue. West you got mountains and tunnels so the speed cannot go top

[@ZHI92999]

@@zoukai0000 什么叫富裕地区？贫困地区？地理环境闲置，还富裕地区，贫困地区。傻逼玩意

[@zoukai0000]

@@ZHI92999 傻逼玩意，

[@ComradeMario]

I guess the logic with the no-seat ticket is partly because if it is a lot cheaper (like 50%), people would just buy no-seat ticket and make the train really crowded. Child below 1.2 meter is free to board, taller would be charged 50% but with seat. Kids running in the aisle and loud people on the phone/watching video can be annoying sometimes. This train (CRH2G) is capable of doing 250km/h, but just like a car, it seldoms reaches the top speed. Nice vlog, enjoyed this.

[@stevencassidy6982]

I took to bullet train from Guilin to Shenzen. Was very impressed.

[@jon134a]

Nice video. Thanks for sharing your experience. Enjoy traveling.

[@阿梦得]

Nice video. Thanks Steve. Enjoy in China.

[@mabo9636]

Lijiang to Dali is 140km/h Dali to Kunming is 200km/h. The bullet train can drive max 250km/h However it is restricted by railway

[@OvenZheng]

鐵路是一樣的，列車的最高時速是受列車的電機功率限制

[@flyerzy]

There was a sitting toilet in ancient China, but it also brought bad problems. Squat toilets can often exercise the functions of the legs, which can prevent the degradation of knee and ankle joints.

[@dancerinmaya6813]

it's more hygienic than sitting toilets for sure. His comments on "letting go your polite upbringing in China" were a bit offensive too, especially when nobody was noticeably rude to them, they were going walking towards the train, loosely following those in front of them, without a queue, sort of like when opera is finished, you don't line up to get out either.

[@jianwang4259]

Nice! Thanks for your video introducing bulletin train in side China!

[@JohnDoe-gi7ty]

Same price for standing is trying to avoid train too crowd.

[@fredericn2210]

Fantastic, I think eventually bullet trains would be everywhere in China 🇨🇳

[@Белыйкролик-в2ф]

Some people got a little older, they do not like the seat toilet.

[@slchu9259]

There is a choice of seat toilet in every compartment.

[@mengqi7770]

A new maglev line is proposed for Kunming - Lijiang. The speed will be 500-600 kmh which means the trip will take an hour, maybe less.

[@dwaynewladyka577]

Love your adventures. This is great. Cheers, Steve and Michelle.

[@Steve-Owens]

Hey Dwayne, thanks :o)

[@TWMan001]

In high seasons, many people hurry to their destinations, and the high-speed rail seats are not enough. Those passengers would prefer to buy no-seat fare with the same price as seat fare. If the no-seat fare is lower than the seat fare, it will cause the revenue lost in low seasons because everyone will buy the no-seat passengers to substitute empty seats by themselves. Yet high/low seasons are dynamic, so to avoid the confusion, the one price policy will be the best rule.

[@keyugan3957]

Standing ticket is sort of similar to "Unreserved Coach Class Seat" from Amtrak. You can sit wherever an empty seat is available. Usually, they are only offered after all reserved seats are sold out.

[@markitsche987]

The train does look pretty nice.

[@Steve-Owens]

They were not bad :o)

[@journeysun1718]

Really very comfortable.

[@酋长-o1y]

which you have taked is better？

It's funny to see Americans enjoying a bullet train ride. It reminds me of Marco Polo seeing in awe the marvels of the far east.

[@mengqi7770]

Get the official China Rail app which is called 12306. You can buy and reschedule tickets in the app. When you come to the train station, scan your passport to get paper tickets. If you have Chinese ID, you can directly go through security by scanning your ID card without getting paper tickets, but I think you still need paper tickets if you are using a passport. No one buys tickets at the station anymore. The queue is mostly people who missed their trains and need to manually reschedule.

[@CCMphilip]

The people would queue up in front of the check-in gate... according to the scheduled train arrival (as indicated on the sign board above the exit gate)... No pushing or cut queuing is required.. but expect many people checking in..!

[@ngatiramona]

Airport is snazzy same with train. Michelle! There's our beautiful lady. How are you? Steve, thank you for the tour. Can you bring your own snacks? Standing room only. Poor souls. Squat toilets?! Oh no. My shoes, hat and Hope to stand from that position gone down the gurgler. 😄 Very interesting . Loving the vlogs. Thank you both👍👏👏

[@Steve-Owens]

LOL.. :o) xx We are all good

[@kukukukakaka6424]

haha, youtube recommendation randomly recommended this video and after I clicked it, I found one of my classmates in your video, what are the odds.

[@NHohn]

I travel first class in one of these high-speed bullet trains from Shenyang to Beijing and that ride was very smooth.

[@wannakjamg7741]

Another new ride from Shenyang to Beijing will be seen after 9 months..It will be batter than this one .

[@coryplum5375]

The stand tickets have same price as second class tickets, not cheaper a bit. It's for those people who don't want to wait more time to take trains for seats later.

[@elnido4184]

I remember when I was in Beijing Capital International Airport. The queue to security before boarding the plane was a nightmare. When I went to show my passport, the guy serving me was rude and said stand in front of the camera please. Because I was so used to showing my passport at the window I hadn't even noticed a camera before the window.

[@Steve-Owens]

Thanks for sharing..

[@Richard-dd3mm]

That train is a rare to see CRH2G train! First time ever for me to see it! That is for high altitude, extreme cold and windy sand train. Though it’s slower at 250 kmh(others are 300-350), that looks cool!

[@chiangwang7385]

Yes it’s absolutely a wise idea to bring a noise cancellation headphone with you when traveling by train in China, too noisy sometimes, especially when you’re surrounded by some kids. I take my “Bose QC35 II”.

[@tipinwings]

The high-speed train stations have their logic. You are just not very used to it. Consider the scale of operation, how many people do you think will go through those stations and travel in those trains on a daily base? The fact that you can smoothly go through the whole process IS based on the reality that the stations and train routes are highly organized, just not quite the way you expected. If you ask anybody who frequently travels in China, they will tell you how organized the train system is actually.

[@ThailandPhilUKExpat]

nice one mate, i was surprised to hear a English announcement on the train.

[@Steve-Owens]

Yes Phil and very well spoken.. All the best Buddy

[@paopaowell]

business class there have but it's seperated base on time schedule one day only 2 trips available for business classes some other state in china that also apply to schedule 2 time a days for 430kmp other is only run for 350kmp in between Shanghai Beijing

[@Aliu307]

What class is he sitting on

[@dragonism5712]

cost for the kids: under 1.2m - free - no sear 1.2m-1.5m pay half 1 seat

[@spjkt]

Which noise cancelling headphones do you use?

[@Steve-Owens]

I use these headphones 👍 amzn.to/2Rrc3sI

[@firefly4784]

Squat toilets are modern toilets too! Please do not discriminate against squat toilets... It is actually good to your health

[@shaoxinran]

Firefly And actually more sanitary in my opinion. Your body is not in contacting with anything other people’s body was just in contact with.

[@slchu9259]

There are seat toilets in every compartment on the bullet that I took.

[@ablam8]

Where ever the camera man is from, he has nothing like this in his country. Thanks for video.

[@davidmcfarland3822]

Great video

[@ImGonnaShout2000]

Tiger Leaping Gorge, Lijiang. That's where I proposed to my wife.

[@minebea1110]

丽江虎跳峡。那是我向妻子求婚的地方。

[@nehcooahnait7827]

几纷纷 oh no Sherlock got a new job

[@lemanlie2356]

Amazing train👍

[@kitty-rp7bg]

Going back soon...I enjoy bullet train...😂

[@KKMan20xx]

I like the no drama description.

[@paopaowell]

i really don't know what or where is this place lijiang kuming

[@得利益]

This is good, the express train ride so admire to me.

[@nehcooahnait7827]

I did read articles about the problematic railway state management in Beijing Southern station... not sure if that applies to all other places. When I visited Beijing in 2013 that station looked so freaking awesome and in 2019 it just disappointed me with that excessive amount of souvenir stores... I wonder why they didn’t clean the roof in May... I could still see the sand (kind of) from the last sandstorm in spring. It honestly started to affect the natural lighting in the station at daytime...

[@whistlerwater5514]

Steve and Michelle, ignore the nasty comments. You are just a nice couple experiencing the world and sharing your experiences. No need to be politically correct for the place you visit or the place you come from. Just enjoy travelling, filming and vblogging.

[@nehcooahnait7827]

They r quite judgy tho...

[@nehcooahnait7827]

11:45 yeah, right there... that attitude... omg... try taken Dutch trains once... some people have to stand for 1 to 2 hours if they take a long journey in the Netherlands, siting on the stairs right next to the entrance... or perhaps metro in any big cities...

[@aishahfarrow7443]

呢好哦哇 im from korea and i speak japanese and Chinese and IV been on the bullit train with my grandpa...hi...안녕하세요.....かにちわ

[@facefunny2518]

Nice！

[@CaptnJackHammer]

You do know that you can book your ticket oline and have the tickets delivered to your hotel room

[@kaisonghuang1660]

welcome my hometown yunnan,i am born in zhaotong of yunnan province

[@reneecheung6818]

If the standing tickets are much cheaper, then I'm afraid a lot of people will take advantage of it by just buying standing tickets but taking whatever empty seats. In the worst scenario, the rail network operators will be bankrupt. Haha. Nice video, btw.

[@craighobbs3708]

This system will be coming to Britain. Checking for Covid vaccines before travel

[@guilinsrecumbents350]

Have a good time!

[@Sawlon]

Looks better than the last bullet train. lol

[@Steve-Owens]

It was a better experience LOL

[@michaelellard4664]

Interesting once more.

[@Steve-Owens]

Thanks :o)

[@chankaan888]

China is a country with a strong infrastructure and a very safe country, so you can go out at two in the evening

[@Steve-Owens]

That is a common right, most places are that way.

[@thelastpetrolbender2744]

@@Steve-Owens Try downtown St Louis,a murder rate of 60.9 per 100,000 in 2018

[@wsl-yn8ie]

Welcome to China！

[@bh9497]

Look like an airport, but the bigger one😂

[@yanchan9711]

i'm really curious about there's NO one police going to take a VISA check from u just like what i experienced in Europe quiet weird

[@Steve-Owens]

You'll find in China almost Zero percent Europeans are there without a Visa. Of 1 million tourists, probably 0 have no Visa, so for the police to check Visas would be a great waste of their busy time. In Europe there are millions of illegal tourists, so I think the answer is rather obvious. Although, I will say I was in Europe for 6 months last year and I never saw police do this either.

[@rongwang8888]

Of course, it is not easy for you to understand a country with 1.4 billion, because you are lucky Aussie.

[@Aliu307]

I take high speed rail 😊

[@anakinfu6329]

i hate when people play music without using earphone,

[@yanchan9711]

absolutely

[@kungkungdaphne933]

Welcome to China !

[@islandceo6688]

Name on ticket must the be the same on your passport or identity card!

[@uping153]

旅途愉快。

[@enhaocun9104]

very good

[@RussianSevereWeatherVideos]

If you don't like security queues then don't visit Moscow's suburban stations :)

[@Steve-Owens]

Doh, I love security Queues, just like the next man, If I could I would have them in my home..

[@RussianSevereWeatherVideos]

@@Steve-Owens If you are ever in these parts sir, allow me to treat you for a cuppa tea!

[@leopoldoagusto8837]

THE BEST CHINA 👍👍👍

[@fanlee8184]

As chinese, i book ticket online, and use my ID card.

[@宋冬野吖]

Welcome to China,

[@slchu9259]

Have you ever seen so many people?

[@tedakkyt]

重點是天空是藍天白雲的 !!

[@onkycui]

tedakkyt 云南没有重工业，主要发展旅游业。

[@kaijianqi1988]

不要误解了。北方重工业多所以有时候确实天气不太好。但是南方基本上都是蓝天白云。

[@yanchan9711]

台北的空气应该很好吧？

[@tedakkyt]

@@yanchan9711 民進黨執政後變天了，燒很多生煤發電，殘害人民健康，一月選舉後應能重回藍天白雲，你懂的。

[@yanchan9711]

@@tedakkyt 啧，啧啧

[@rorschachgotnicemask9449]

By the look of your train, that's not really the "bullet train". That's the old version of the high-speed train which goes up to 215km/h I think. I took that train quite often when I was in uni. back in 2012. Btw, the tickets for the so-called sec-class, whether they are with or without seats, are just tickets for the carriage. You book earlier, you get seats as extras, you book late, you get the basics. That's kinda a feature of socialism society, they secure everyone's basic requires first, then comes the desires of comfort from fewer ppl.

[@yizhengchu2899]

cool

[@oneplanetearth]

complain on petty stuff. even queuing looks silly for you

[@hi_u5234]

哈哈，welcome to china!

[@goodboy2222]

you have trains start with D or G... G is faster

[@arizonastrip73]

Would have liked to see more of the Chinese landscape and less of the two riders.

[@Steve-Owens]

It was truly not interesting but take the train and see.

[@hengpengwu9119]

If standing ticket is much cheaper people will just buy standing ticket .

[@avatar2046]

standing ticket is the same price

[@pno9403]

Standing tickets are designed for those who fail to book tickets in time.Too many people and such few high speed trains, I would say it's quite fair for charging standing tickets the same price.

[@godadonis007]

When u in China, be China.

[@Dept246]

Stop complaining about the long lines. It’s another country with a different way of doing things.

[@Steve-Owens]

Blah Blah Blah, Pot Kettle.. I suspect the last comment you made was a complaint also.. Go figure..

[@chriswilson8288]

You are wrong, there is no stand ticket in bullet train.

[@zhangsian519]

怎么没有，是有的

[@benp8442]

Yes .there is stand ticket in high speed train.the same price

[@benp8442]

It is definitely true that many G or D trains have stand tickets and I have purchased it same price as normal seat for a couple times..

[@HGHOU-ys8nn]

there are. same price.

[@姜博-i5c]

buy G start ticket for fast speed

[@madeinchina1450]

like here 16:20