Why NOBODY travels CHINA (is it safe?)

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What is traveling in China like in 2023? I traveled in China by train for the first time in 5 years and got a chance to stay in what is possibly one of the best luxury hotels in China, Ahnluh Lanting Shaoxing Hotel & Resort.
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0:00 Traveling in China by train in 2023
4:10 Did I feel safe traveling China as solo female traveller?
5:30 Ahnluh Lanting Shaoxing Hotel & Resort room tour
6:50 How to book train tickets in China?
8:20 Most EPIC afternoon tea in Shaoxing
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@KajaKubicka 11 ай бұрын

Get MY BOOK 'I lived in Shanghai'! amzn.to/3pLoeQ4

@DjDj-gk9fi 11 ай бұрын

Yep,In Chinese Taoist tradition, it is best for a house to open the door to the mountain, accompanied by the road and water-开门见山，伴路及水, which is why it is a five-star hotel, not only for interior decoration, but also for mood creation.

@bakerlyd 11 ай бұрын

门对青山水长流荣华富贵不断头

@Thomas-Chin10 11 ай бұрын

Wow, this hotel looks so beautiful-elegant with tranquil surroundings. I can definitely see how the owner justifies the high nightly rate, as it looks like you have the entire place to yourself! Despite you had been away for five years, you are a pro as far as navigating in China is concerned. BTW, nice interview with Alex in iChongqing the other day.🙂

@KajaKubicka 11 ай бұрын

thank you!

@chankaan888 11 ай бұрын

China is a safe and civilized country with clean streets, well-developed infrastructure, and advanced technology. Don’t listen to the Western media’s rumors and smear reports on China. It is precisely because the Western media has been spreading rumors to smear China that China blocks them. I think this is is correct.

@donstravelsandrants. 11 ай бұрын

Wow, it's super modern. Amazing hotel and scenic views. 👍😊🇮🇪🇨🇳

@KajaKubicka 11 ай бұрын

It really is!

@chankaan888 11 ай бұрын

@HKChineseCanadian 11 ай бұрын

What a beautifully restored place. Nice to know that China is preserving its ancient structures while building new ones at lightening speed.

@ginrichgalore8278 11 ай бұрын

I'm from China myself. Very few ancient sites are original as most have been damaged or demolished during Cultural Revolution or other political turmoil. What you see nowadays are mostly replicas.

@gangliezhu 11 ай бұрын

@@ginrichgalore8278胡说八道

@spin3sixty 10 ай бұрын

Go to their museum, almost everything is a replica.

@Braveplantt 9 ай бұрын

stop being COMMUNIST!!! you said you are a hong konger, being a hongkonger needs to know the truth about the communist government. if you follow them, we'll start calling you a mainlander because the government tells you "your not a hongkonger", and the second then they say, "you are a mainlander" and so on. are you on ourside(hongkongers) or not? if you are a hongkonger and supports 🖐👆, please delete the chinese part of your username, we are willing to be called hongkongers, and we don't deserve to be called Chinese a fellow hongkonger, Aden

@WingKai 9 ай бұрын

@@spin3sixty Many Chinese cultural relics were stolen by British.......

@jukio02 11 ай бұрын

Traveling around China is one of the best things you can do, if you have the time to do it of course. You get a better perspective of the country. You may not see that many foreign tourists traveling to China anymore, because of all the anti China propaganda going on in western countries. Everyone in western countries now think China is evil. It's unfortunate, but that's the reality of things now.

@ayseteshdemir3567 11 ай бұрын

What a great addition to your travels and you can tell that you have a love for China. BTW, Purple is YOUR COLOUR! Always exciting to see your new blogs; BE WELL, STAY HAPPY! x

@jennyohara4011 11 ай бұрын

You are so lucky to be where you are!

@KajaKubicka 11 ай бұрын

I know!

@SatishKumar41 10 ай бұрын

I am making the 200th comment just to appreciate the beauty of China that includes the architecture and nature too. Of course I need to appreciate Kaja for sharing this trip with us.

@KajaKubicka 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! I always appreciate your kind words 🙏🏼

@SuperWomanizers 11 ай бұрын

I love watching your vlogs and this one is no exception ! Thank your for uploading 😊

@KajaKubicka 11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@00001111henry 11 ай бұрын

Your best friend never forgets about you. You lucky they take care of you. ❤

@richardf766 11 ай бұрын

Wow the hotel looks incredible 😍

@KajaKubicka 11 ай бұрын

❤️

@ZyciewKanadzieAnitaBeataVlog 11 ай бұрын

Very nice! I stayed once at the Peninsula in Beijing and it was a very good hotel. There is many beautiful hotels in China and some of them are quite over the top. I remember one 5 star hotel in Lijiang that had gold plated sinks and toilets. Hopefully you will visit Yunnan - as it's the most scenic province. Enjoy and thanks for the vlog🤗

@KajaKubicka 11 ай бұрын

yess Yunnan is definitely on my list! I love their food ;D

@ZyciewKanadzieAnitaBeataVlog 11 ай бұрын

@@KajaKubicka I have been to China several times and I don't generally love their food, but I loved it in Yunnan. So many fresh dishes and not deep fried ones. So many dishes with mushrooms, that we - the people from Poland - love.

@DaddyBear205 11 ай бұрын

@@ZyciewKanadzieAnitaBeataVlogif you ask the chef don’t cook their mushrooms well you will see dwarfs dancing after the dinner 😂

@ZyciewKanadzieAnitaBeataVlog 11 ай бұрын

@@DaddyBear205 🍄🤪🥴

@tsingsong8825 11 ай бұрын

@@ZyciewKanadzieAnitaBeataVlog that's a very famous joke in China .(红伞伞白杆杆，吃完一起躺板板,that warns you mushrooms must be fully cooked ) , so in Yunnan , all the mushrooms should be fully cooked or that will be illegal .

@hattiewu1151 11 ай бұрын

Love this hotel's style. Thank you for showing it.

@KajaKubicka 11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@jackflying9203 11 ай бұрын

I am in NanNing,China ,cloud tourism through the eyes of a foreigner and practise listening ,like your videos

@alexzhang1897 11 ай бұрын

In the past, foreigners could not directly use ID cards like Chinese people when taking trains, because China has made rapid progress, so now foreigners can directly use passports instead of paper tickets when taking trains.

@mandyluo1371 10 ай бұрын

Great video! Keep up with the good work 👍👍👍

@KajaKubicka 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@HumminbirdMoth 11 ай бұрын

I arrived 2 hours earlier than planned at Beijing South High Speed Train Station and decided to change to earlier train it took me around 10 seconds on my handphone ALIPAY (with which I bought the earlier ticket) to do the change with only one question asked: "This train Leaves in 30 minutes, are you sure you have enough time to catch it?"; click "Continue" and Wa La: DONE AND NO CHARGE.

@user-oj1im4xi5q 11 ай бұрын

Chinese residents only need a QR code to board the train and do not need a ticket. I don't know if foreigners are allowed.

@leeharold9030 11 ай бұрын

@@user-oj1im4xi5qdon't need paper ticket, just show your passport.

@nileshbhattacharya2526 11 ай бұрын

Kaja sis. Great video ❤. I really appreciate it ❤ ❤️🇨🇳 ....

@KajaKubicka 11 ай бұрын

thank you!

@fischman26-China 10 ай бұрын

I had to look up Shaoxing to know where you were. It is always nice to visit with friends when traveling. I have not been to the Shanghai area. Maybe next trip. Nice video.

@chrisyong8719 11 ай бұрын

Simply jaw dropping to look at the timber work and details of the hotel and its architecture

@KajaKubicka 11 ай бұрын

I know right!

@yanyan_taiwanchina 11 ай бұрын

Goodness ！the hotel is pretty nice and very Chinese style I love it ❤

@mikeliu-te3vk 11 ай бұрын

Relax and live a relaxed life. Don't think too much. When you first returned to China recently, your thoughts were too much, and some extreme thoughts were driving you around. I hope you don't think too much, open up your interests and thoughts, and live a relaxed life.

@KajaKubicka 11 ай бұрын

haha I will TRY! ;)

@kevinkuok9131 11 ай бұрын

Wow, the floor space of your hotel rooms is bigger than my house!!! The hotel is an interesting blend of traditional and modern.

@fercha3823 11 ай бұрын

❤enjoy your trip.

@KajaKubicka 11 ай бұрын

❤️🙏🏼

@jenme4796 11 ай бұрын

What an experience, the room is a bit too big for me to stay by myself, I would be scared. So tranquil!! I will want to stay there just for the experience but with more people in my room, any mosquitoes? I am super loved by the mosquitoes so anywhere close to water is scary for me, I stayed at a Chinese style hotel in Xian next to the park, that was like 15 years ago fancy hotel right in the middle of the city and there was like near a lake, most high end hotels are fair better than the ones in the West, I stayed at the Ritz in Europe and it doesn’t feel that special, for the price point u get a better deal in Asia especially China

@chankaan888 11 ай бұрын

@ricotheman8139 11 ай бұрын

The hotel is so elegant and unique, wow! You really have some great taste.❤

@user-ug5pe1zx6y 11 ай бұрын

u traveled to my hometown! wish u a good time in shaoxing.

@icebaby6714 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for travelling to new locations in China.😅

@KajaKubicka 11 ай бұрын

More to come!

@michaeluscmktggroup4326 11 ай бұрын

Chinese Hotel is elegant and beautiful. Also nice people . But, people need grow more for China Image to the World.

@JAn-og6lu 11 ай бұрын

Super cool

@chestnutridge4187 11 ай бұрын

You are so lucky! Will die for 杨梅😊

@wayneshen5201 11 ай бұрын

Wow, this video you are in my Hometown!I mean, the real home town ,you are in my town!

@shiwang8989 11 ай бұрын

Was thinking go to China Feb 2024. But, the airfares from SFO to Hong Kong on premium econ is like $2500.00! It costed $1100.00 back in 2019! This is too expensive! Hopefully Singapore airlines will have better deal on Black Friday. I will take a long route to Hong Kong if I can get discounted tickets😄

@user-wf8xs5ev1m 11 ай бұрын

从泰国转机

@yiquny 11 ай бұрын

杨梅is the berry you ate. We have it in Fujian; I like to eat that but have not had a chance for decades.

@Discover_the_world3 10 ай бұрын

It’s so safe more more than us uk❤ Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰

@MrGgkirke 9 ай бұрын

You ressemble an Ausralian actress from the the film Picnic at Hanging Rock party on Kaja !

@user-nw7xo2gs7m 11 ай бұрын

The high-speed train from Shaoxing to Hangzhou is only 25 minutes and about $3. Welcome to Hangzhou.

@user-wutong__________ 8 ай бұрын

I'm from Shaoxing, too😂

@bossiniada 11 ай бұрын

Pretty, use a Mavic 3 Mini drone to shoot some aerial view & that will enhance your video.Keep up the hard work.

@eduardomex3548 11 ай бұрын

I will go to China this week 😊

@icebaby6714 11 ай бұрын

Kaja, I start to follow your channel again. 😂

@KajaKubicka 11 ай бұрын

Welcome back! ;)

@DaddyBear205 11 ай бұрын

Such a class

@karnabirdasaudi8882 11 ай бұрын

very nice!

@KajaKubicka 11 ай бұрын

thank you!

@paulskiye6930 8 ай бұрын

It is called 杨梅, yangmei. My family grow them in the mountains.

@aussiesports5740 11 ай бұрын

Nice and elegant hotel

@donglinramsey4068 11 ай бұрын

welcome to my hometown, Shaoxing, a old city on the water

@KajaKubicka 11 ай бұрын

thank you!

@fairworld2522 11 ай бұрын

That is because everybody is saying on the internet that country is now officially the world’s most hated country on earth. I don’t think that is a true statement although the entire world’s media is literally tearing them up apart left right top down center like hell daily. Really pity them

@stvdmc2011 11 ай бұрын

Nah mostly just the anglo media.

@NoohCee 11 ай бұрын

Nah, the whole world love China and hate UAss. Except the wester media, who are simply liars.

@questworldmatrix 11 ай бұрын

There are literally 1.4 billion people who basically travel China.

@duaneowens7777 11 ай бұрын

Hi great video. Which country are you from

@timstevenson7454 11 ай бұрын

Were ticket sales hectic? Worried that my reserved ticket won't happen and I'll find out with a day to go

@jupplut6159 11 ай бұрын

Excellent resort hotel worth $800 per night. May be no European (white people) in sight, but for sure many Asian tourist like Japanese, Korean, Indonesian...they blend well with local. The reason less European tourist because their economic are in bad shape and Air line is so expensive. I used to get cheap flight from North America for about $700 return, now I just paid $2400 return ticket to Shanghai, here I come to China in next month.

@lovebeyondynth 11 ай бұрын

OMG😊I know this hotel but i cant afford it. how much for the afternoon tea setup and dinner?

@mikewant5230 11 ай бұрын

Your title is misleading. Many foreigners travel and live in China.

@orelmoran82 11 ай бұрын

Hi kaja china is a great country ❤🥰😍😘💋 very nice place

@dav5253 11 ай бұрын

So, you have a wonderful time traveling in China. As a foreigner, how do you purchase train tickets online, pay for Didi Taxi, and eat at restaurants? Do you have WeChat Pay or AliPay to facilitate your phone payment? How do foreigners traveling in China for a few weeks open a bank account, get a phone number, and tie them to WeChat?

@KajaKubicka 11 ай бұрын

you cannot open a bank account in China if you're only traveling here for a couple of weeks, so therefore you cannot have wechatpay etc :)

@vincentc7920 11 ай бұрын

@@KajaKubickaI have seen somewhere that indicates WeChat can link to visa now

@user-wc2gz6fy4j 11 ай бұрын

即日起入境時在機場服務櫃臺即可辦理手機APP 直接與visa Mastercard 連接不需另辦手機門號或另開當地銀行帳戶也不需兌換人民幣現鈔（用不到的）這項針對入境商務、旅遊的外國友人便民服務近日才正式開辦，手機 APP 支付有效期最長為30天過期則自動失效。

@junlifang2896 11 ай бұрын

🎉🎉🎉

@user-bi1hr7hs1p 11 ай бұрын

nice

@cntanoz 11 ай бұрын

very very beautiful hotel , but very expensive as well. it should be $500 each night at least I think, mabe more

@chrisnioxu3774 11 ай бұрын

I love the hotel

@KajaKubicka 11 ай бұрын

it was soo nice!

@user-dh7yu4bv4f 11 ай бұрын

Hi-quality channel

@KajaKubicka 11 ай бұрын

@MBS_KSA 11 ай бұрын

Have you ever tried China's Luckin Coffee?

@KajaKubicka 11 ай бұрын

Yess ofc! :)

@MegaRc888 11 ай бұрын

Here in San Francisco, it took the government over 2 years working on 19th Ave road constructions and replacing the water and sewage pipes. It is still not done now and will take another year probably. They are blocking traffic everyday. It would take them 100 years to move the traditional building to another place.

@annieyang5533 11 ай бұрын

😂What a joke 🤣

@waikitcheang1279 11 ай бұрын

2:03 Danish passport ? ❤

@emanuelrivera4442 10 ай бұрын

0:34 "Peso pluma"?

@michayng4105 11 ай бұрын

thanks for exposing the truth.

@xinhea 11 ай бұрын

Which vpn did you use

@a_viewerv2069 11 ай бұрын

👍👍👍🙏🙏

@bhf3089 11 ай бұрын

浙江绍兴吗？

@karnabirdasaudi8882 11 ай бұрын

suppop kaja

@ponycheng8933 11 ай бұрын

你的两个背包，看起来好像防弹衣的啊！看得出来视频拍摄非常辛苦，点赞致敬！

@spin3sixty 10 ай бұрын

Just curious, which VPN works best in China? I want to be more prepared for the next China travel. It's been horrible without my everyday Apps.

@BubbleTheDragonLi 2 ай бұрын

I suggest that you don’t come to China, it's not very convenient for not traveling in China nowadays.

@BubbleTheDragonLi 2 ай бұрын

she is one of the propagandists.

@spin3sixty Ай бұрын

@@BubbleTheDragonLi I hear the airline ticket prices are crazy high.

@BubbleTheDragonLi Ай бұрын

@@spin3sixty cuz the zero COVID policy, the flights reduce a lot, so that the price hikes

@yuyunfei9994 11 ай бұрын

In Shanghai, there is a hotel of the same type, higher class than this one, a real luxury hotel, Aman Hotel, which is also more than double the price of this one.

@qake2021 11 ай бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏👍

@JW-os8nb 11 ай бұрын

Are you able to set up wechat or alipay without a Chinese bank account? I heard there is tour pass in alipay but not sure if that still works

@KajaKubicka 11 ай бұрын

noo you cannot have wechat pay without Chinese bank account if that's what you mean ;/

@phil6445 11 ай бұрын

Good news for travelers to China: Alipay could use a foreign bank Visa card this month. And wechat pay will also available for foreign Visa card.

@falconfrank548 11 ай бұрын

@@phil6445this is exactly what i wanted to share with foreigners.

@DaddyBear205 11 ай бұрын

I saw the news two days ago 😂 you can now

@christinalin5658 11 ай бұрын

I heard starting from July 1st 2023, WeChat started to allow foreign bank accounts link to WeChat pay, not sure how that works since it’s only a few days from July 1st.

@GodsDad98 11 ай бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍漂亮！

@michaeluscmktggroup4326 11 ай бұрын

China is beautiful Country, nice people and well developed City beside, country side. But, most of Chinese people need grow more. Also, manners etc. May need another 15 years to become first Citizen in the World.

@computersupport9612 10 ай бұрын

Are u good behaving??

@SunnyMa-iv2xu 11 ай бұрын

But a lots of HK people and children go to travel in China right now after 3 years! Most foreigners haven't go to trip in China right now and is a lot of HK and Macau tourist than the foreigners (including Taiwan).travel to China.

@littlebrit 11 ай бұрын

They live in China because it is cheaper. But China counts HK and Macau people as tourists every time they go to their home to sleep 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@jkjkjk100 11 ай бұрын

Post covid china is unfortunately different than pre covid china..

@user-hh1lk8ks4n 11 ай бұрын

You looks like Roosevelt Eleanor

@gordonfreeman4132 9 ай бұрын

how much you get paid from ccp ?

@user-nw7xo2gs7m 11 ай бұрын

Shaoxing Zhuji more rich before every household opened their own factory to make socks sold to various places.

@user-ug5pe1zx6y 11 ай бұрын

most sock factories are in datang town in zhuji ,shaoxing.

@wwbren 11 ай бұрын

If I can, China will be the first country I will visit.

@user-yv4ux4ix5q 11 ай бұрын

背两个包太累了❤

@lloveyou8125 11 ай бұрын

🧧

@user-bz9pi4cn8s 11 ай бұрын

@richardf766 11 ай бұрын

Are there many Hostels in China?

@KajaKubicka 11 ай бұрын

Yess definitely! :)

@LYJ0207 11 ай бұрын

lol

@raypoon991 11 ай бұрын

800 Chinese Yuan or US Dollar ?

@KajaKubicka 11 ай бұрын

dollars

@patrickwu6052 11 ай бұрын

really expensive but worth it!

@user-ug5pe1zx6y 11 ай бұрын

@@KajaKubicka too expensive ,much more than i expected. my home town is shaoxing,if had u contacted with me early,maybe u could get it at a lower price.

@sc8916 11 ай бұрын

1. Flight cost is three times more expensive than the time before the COVID. 2. Foreigners can't use phone payment system will make everything much more difficult in China. 3. Only limited hotels in the city can allow foreigners to stay.

@christinalin5658 11 ай бұрын

1. More high speed trains are available than the time before covid. 2. Cash has to be accepted by law, foreigners can always use cash, if rejected, you can file a complaint, the merchants who refused to take cash will be penalized. 3 You’re right, not all hotels want to increase their costs to get the license to serve foreigners, it requires those hotels to maintain higher standard of safety and hygiene. Decades ago, many better hotels didn’t allow local people to stay, but that changed as the economy grows and local people started to have the ability to pay.

@fallenflower101 11 ай бұрын

about 2, China recently allowed foreign credit card payment.

@sc8916 11 ай бұрын

@@christinalin5658 I was talking about the international flight ticket, not the high speed train, lol

@sc8916 11 ай бұрын

@@fallenflower101 Still not working, I just tried.

@littlebrit 11 ай бұрын

Hotels are a big problem now. I used to book anyway and they always ignored fact that I am foreigner. Then recently they don't allow to stay in hotels at all. I tried old trick few times, but they will cancel anyway. Seems punishment is too high for hosting a foreigner. So, either I need to stay in a tent or on a park bench, or need to plan my trip so that before night time I can get back to some big city.

@aledouxey 11 ай бұрын

Why that lady in ur title picture was despising u

@ZiN-ux7tn 11 ай бұрын

You just see the façades and give your opinion.

@rooney5199 11 ай бұрын

我記得我爺爺的家也是這樣的，在廣東，但是現在沒有人住，已經被自然腐蝕破壞得很差了，幾乎看不到原來的樣子，其實很傷心

@cheval63sg 11 ай бұрын

在潮汕凤凰镇乡下也见过无人的大宅，虽然破败了，还看得出原来的气派。

@alxelin9546 11 ай бұрын

欢迎你来中国

@zsarimaxim692 11 ай бұрын

The Chinese bayberry is not available in California.

@BBme 11 ай бұрын

nonsense title. which village did you come from? It is far safer than most of its neigbour countries, East Europe, Africa, Latin, many parts of US, some places of UK,...... So many tourists been to China and still not enough time to travel around huge China places with massive cultures.