China Travel Without a Group Tour?🇨🇳| Yunnan Travel Vlog Ep 1 | Kunming’s Old Town & Stone Forest

Welcome to the first episode of my Yunnan travel series! In this vlog, I explore the old streets of Kunming, Yunnan’s laid-back capital known for its spring-like weather year-round 🇨🇳. It’s a place that became popular after the Netflix hit drama, Meet Yourself - 去有风的地方 🎐

If you're wondering what to do in Kunming, how to get to the Stone Forest, or whether Yunnan is worth visiting — this vlog is for you.

My husband and I were curious about whether the scenery and vibes are exactly as it was portrayed in the show. But having not been to China in the past 15 years, planning the trip took quite a bit of research.

I’ll also be sharing how I planned this trip (we did our own planning and didn’t go with a tour) as we visit the amazing sights and sounds together through YouTube.

Must-have applications that we used for planning and on the trip:

🚗 DiDi: Ride hailing app in China (foreigner friendly, has English interface)
🗺️ AMap: China’s equivalent of Google Maps (in Chinese only)
🚂 Trip.com: App for booking hotel, trains within China (foreigner friendly, has English interface)
💰WeChat: Payments in most restaurants and shops are made through scanning the QR code and even viewing and ordering from menus are through the app
📕RedNote: For itinerary & food recommendations

Featured in the video:

🏨 Hotel:
Atour Hotel Kunming Nanping Pedestrian Street Old Street
昆明南屏步行街亚朵轻居酒店

We made our hotel bookings thorough: [Trip.com](http://Trip.com) which has a foreigner friendly English interface

What we ate at Kunming Old Street 昆明老街 :

🥣 陈孃孃大馅汤圆(文明街传统老字号商街店)- Handmade Tangyuan
🍜 芸南道过桥米线(昆明老街旗舰店) - Crossing-the-Bridge Noodles
🌹 嘉华现烤鲜花饼 - Rose Pastry

What we ate at Nanping Pedestrian Street (南屏步行街）:
🍟 炸洋芋 - Fried potatoes
🐑 羊肉串 - BBQ lamb skewers
🧋上山喝茶 - 滇红奶茶 - Local milk tea chain
🐮云煲煲 - 云黄牛肉炒饭 - Beef fried rice
🍋 Dakotea 麒麟大口茶 - Iced lime tea
🥮 Joy bakery - 黄油烤年糕 - Butter-baked Niangao
🧀 烤乳扇 - Grilled cheese fan
🍜 留焕美食 - Smelly tofu noodles, Stir-fried Ersi & Hand-made 手工木瓜水

Places visited:
🍷 若安·对月楼酒店 Hotel with interesting crescent-shaped ‘Wine‑glass building’
🗿 石林风景区 Stone Forest

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Introduction
00:22 - Flying to Kunming, Yunnan ✈️
01:02 - Hotel room tour 🏨
02:40 - Exploring Kunming Old Street 🏘️
06:38 - Exploring the Stone Forest 🗿
13:34 - Nighttime in Kunming 🌙

Music by CapCut & Epidemic Sound:

🎻 So We Were - Rebecca Mardal
https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/e...

🎻 Etude Alone - Trevor Kowalski
https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/x...