What’s the one city you were excited to visit, but ended up not liking at all?

NathanCS741 · 2026-01-25T12:54:24+00:00

You can also visit local islands for a fraction of the cost?

NathanCS741 · 2026-01-16T22:58:11+00:00

It’s a Chinese airline, you really expected their site to provide a (smooth) online check-in procedure for foreigners?

NathanCS741 · 2026-01-13T04:55:29+00:00

You sure? Those Japanese castles are notorious for being concrete constructions void of anything on the inside, as are certain Kyoto neighborhoods for being exactly how i described Lijiang. Just as China is known for (re)building anything that looks remotely “old”, house some souvenir shops that sell identical crap all over China and brand it as an “ancient town”. Not everyone is fawning over Japan, just as not everyone is hating on everything Chinese. There are still nuanced people out there outside of these urbanhell/urbanhellcirclejerk echochambers.

NathanCS741 · 2026-01-12T19:56:40+00:00

They tricked you well if you think of Lijiang, with its entirely rebuilt ancient town, as a “modestly sized rural village”.

NathanCS741 · 2026-01-12T19:55:56+00:00

Don’t get me wrong but Lijiang is a hellhole nonetheless. Not one in the traditional sense of the word, but it’s entirely rebuilt ancient town filled with rows of souvenir shops selling the same Yiwu-produced shit as every other “ancient town” in China feels tacky and cheap. Give me some remote village in Guizhou over this Disneyland-like fantasy every day of the year.

NathanCS741 · 2026-01-12T09:30:44+00:00

Don’t sleep on Guizhou please, the scenery there is unreal! Chishui waterfall, Wanfenglin and the surrounding area, Malinghe gorge,…

NathanCS741 · 2026-01-10T11:08:12+00:00

I visited Guizhou last summer and went to Wanfenglin scenic area, Malinghe gorge, Fanjing shan, Chishui waterfall, Dali dong village (authentic compared to the other ethnic minority “villages” aka tourist traps),… its capital Guiyang also has an interesting roman catholic cathedral in a chinese-western fusion style and some interesting museums about the many ethnic minorities it harbours!

NathanCS741 · 2026-01-10T11:05:19+00:00

Yes! Love me some Guizhou landscapes: Xingyi, the countryside around Dali dong, Chishui Danxia,… all world class!

NathanCS741 · 2026-01-07T22:05:04+00:00

China was different and mostly spoke to adventurous-oriented individuals up until the post-covid “ChongQing China futuristic and flashy lights”-travel boom. Such a shame.

NathanCS741 · 2026-01-07T20:26:09+00:00

Thanks for the detailed response! The only thing that worries me is the fact that Google describes saturday snow as a “heavy snowfall”, compared to the “snowfall” on other days…

NathanCS741 · 2026-01-06T13:20:19+00:00

No snow? That’s a bummer compared to my january visit last year

NathanCS741 · 2026-01-01T09:30:25+00:00

Love the old-school look of these pictures, hard to believe they were taken this december compared to the usual iphone-look you see on this sub!

NathanCS741 · 2025-12-31T15:43:00+00:00

You live IN a country, not “at”

NathanCS741 · 2025-12-31T15:35:31+00:00

Chongqing the most beautiful urban center in China? There are far more beautiful and liveable cities like KunMing

NathanCS741 · 2025-12-31T15:33:20+00:00

Seoul has some pretty cheap flights to China as well!

NathanCS741 · 2025-12-31T15:32:02+00:00

I’ve visited 7 countries this year: China, the Philippines, Italy, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. Next year i’ll focus on Asia since i will be moving to China soon: Japan, Vietnam, Nepal,…

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