I never thought that I would travel in Japan since I witnessed countless breathtaking landscapes in Western Sichuan and Tibet. However, things changed after I landed at Narita Airport.

I gotta say, I had a pretty good experience travelling here. I remember as soon as I stepped off the jet bridge, I could smell a refreshing fragrance in the airport (it was present wherever people had been, and the scent was remarkably consistent; I even suspected that everyone in this country used the same perfume). Later, I realized that it might be because I was using the same laundry detergent or fabric softener.

Besides, the people here are generally very clean. I saw that the streets were clean, the cars were clean, the houses were clean, and even the toilets were clean. Although I had heard about this online before, seeing it in person was still quite impressive; it’s wonderful. Also, I realized as I was leaving that I didn’t seem to smell any secondhand smoke on the street, which is a real relief for someone like me with rhinitis.

What’s more, based on my experience with the locals (mainly those in the service industry), they were all very polite. Although I don’t understand Japanese, the various honorifics and bows made me feel a little uncomfortable. Anyway, I would definitely come back if I had the chance.

台场眺望东京塔&六本木，天气之子打卡地

苫小牧海岸

苫小牧王子造纸

苫小牧海岸

札幌新千岁机场

洞爷湖

隅田川

羽田机场

Tokyo Dome 东京巨蛋

浅草寺

隅田川

东京站&丸之内

Roppongi, Tokyo Tower and Rainbow Bridge

品川港

森户海岸&真名濑海岸

真名濑车站

森户海岸&真名濑海岸

叶山町&逗子市

叶山町&逗子市

叶山町&逗子市

日暮里站附近

海岸

同时进近成田的国内航班，海航or深航

进近东京成田机场，左手方向 富士山

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In August 2025, we went to Yunnan again! The weather in Yunnan is literally cozy, the landscape here is pleasing to the eyes, and the cuisine is mouth-watering!

Since the weather in Sichuan was extremely terrible and the temperature was almost over 40°C. That made me feel like I’m melting. Plus, I promised Dr. He to go to Yunnan together earlier. I decided to have a road trip to Yunnan based on these issues.

I took 2 days to drive to Kunming (capital city of Yunnan) from Sichuan. There were only a few people outdoors along the way cause it was highly hot.

After entering Yunnan, the situation improved a lot. The air was no longer humid or hot. A cool breeze hit me, which made me feel relaxed.

I picked up Dr. He at Kunming South Rail Station and we had a small meal and embarked the trip to Chengjiang, the place where Fuxian Lake located.

The evening clouds there was not as amazing as I imagined but the vibe there was cozy as the breeze was mild and we walked along the lakeside and talked a lot.

I set out eastward on a windless morning, passing Suining and Tongnan, and arrived at my first stop, the municipality of Chongqing. It turned out that this route was not a good option. The high temperature in Chongqing made me feel that even my pores could not breathe, and even the wind was scorching.

After a short pause, I went on my trip to Zunyi. By the way, I took a passenger to Zunyi as a rideshare driver from a hospital in the Jiangjin District. I have to admit that this passenger is the most talkative passenger I have ever met. We have been chatting non-stop since I picked him up, and he was always the one finding topics. I understood that most local families burn coal for heating in winter, which was the most surprising thing.

When I arrived in Zunyi, the intoxicating evening breeze was already blowing. I parked my car on the side of the road and enjoyed this rare moment. Local residents were walking along the street, speaking a dialect that I could roughly understand. After I found a place to go in the evening on the hotel booking app, I ended the day’s trip.

The second morning looked like a normal start, I visited the Zunyi Conference Memorial Hall and a local snack street. The streets and roads there were very narrow, and driving there was challenging. Since I watched a few short videos about the monkeys of Qianling Mountain, I drove to Guiyang — the capital city of Kweichow in the afternoon. Unfortunately, the roads in Guiyang’s old city area are terrible, extremely narrow and full of potholes. I swear that I would never drive in Guiyang’s old city. But what most impressed me was the skyscrapers of Guiyang. They built a sea of super high resident apartments in Guiyang with high density, like the household renowned resident complex — Huaguoyuan, which has hundreds of high-rise resident blocks accommodate one-tenth of the residents of this metropolitan. When I drove through the Huaguoyuan area and passed the semi-underground viaduct, it felt like I was touring a giant underground palace. The viaduct pillars on both sides were as awe-inspiring as the Roman columns in the Greek palace, and the scene here seemed more sci-fi than the scene in Cyberpunk 2077.

It is worth mentioning that Guizhou’s food is really amazing. The seemingly ordinary pickled pepper, after being added to egg fried rice, seems to give this ordinary food a special soul. After being embellished with Guizhou’s pickled pepper, the fat, carbohydrates and protein give the taste buds a great enjoyment. Salty, fresh, fragrant and spicy are best integrated at this moment. I want to imitate Sa Beining’s tone and say: If you haven’t tried pickled pepper fried rice, you have lived in vain.

Everyone welcomes new users. Although we are not very familiar with each other’s language, we communicate in a friendly and enthusiastic manner with the assistance of translation software and cute emojis(like cat pics). At this moment, billions of people have crossed mountains and oceans and gathered together. People hugged each other, sang, and danced. There is no war, no hatred, no discrimination and prejudice. This is a wonderful moment. What a beautiful world at this moment.

This moment will go down in the history of the Internet

I am very moved. I think this is exactly what Michael Jackson’s song “We Are The World” wants to express. I hope this moment can last.

By the way, I shared my thoughts with ChatGPT, he replied to me this. Damn! I love this.

Maybe that was the last trip I can experience in China, so it was the reason why I agreed to been there with my buddy. Unfortunately, I got a bad news that my study permit was refused on the second day of my journey. What’s more, the IRCC posted a notice that they suddenly cancelled a policy which has been implemented for many years. As a result, I had to reconsider my project to study abroad and make a new plan to face this challenge. I had to admit that I wasn’t in the mood to travel, but I had no idea what should I do in the next step. This was because I thought I would be rejected but I never thought the authority could change their policies suddenly. I spent the next few days in anxiety, thinking about news plans and travelling.

The good news was the air quality and weather condition there were highly great, so I had the opportunity to seize some precious moments and capture great photos. For instance, we went to two scenic spots and there were only a few others tourists there compared with other periods so we could stay there so long and almost occupy all the best viewing points without queuing or enduring noisy vibes and enquire excellent experience.

Sunset in Aba

I can’t remember how many times I’ve been to Yunnan. There are many places I adore there, such as Dali, Yuxi, Jianshui, Mengzi…

I just bought a new camera. Here are some photos I took with the Sony A6600, a Chinese-made Mingjiang 56mm lens, and a Sony 28-70mm lens.

We had been to grasslands, colourful ponds, snowy mountains, isolated villages, sharp peaks and deep valleys. We understood how great the Yellow River was, what’s more, we witnessed a horse race in person, which impressed me a lot. Apart from this, we passed through an extremely cold night since there wasn’t sufficient quilt and blanket in that hotel.

Let’s get back to the business. As a massive fan of The Escape Plan, I searched tons of their music videos on many video platforms including Bilibili and Youku, unfortunately, some of them were removed later. What impressed me most was a music documentary entitled 66°N, this video told the journey that The Escape Plan travelled from Beijing to Norway by plane and cruise, and then they performed several shows on the ship they took. Actually, this was a commercial because some noted enterprises invited them and paid them the necessary expenses on the journey, as far as I know, BMW, SAS and LeTV Music were their sponsors. I was fond of all the music that appeared in this documentary. I found their names and saved them in music apps, but there was only one piece of background music that I could not know its exact name or author. Apparently, this problem bothered me for so long.

A few years later, I just scrolled through social media and I watched this video again, I posted a comment with a try-it attitude. I asked people who knew the name of the melody on that duration, then I forgot about that. Miraculously, today I found someone replied to my comment and gave the exact title of that music, I am over the moon! What a wonderful experience! What’s more, this piece of instrumental music is named Beautiful Wonder, I’m so pleased to dedicate it to all those who love music. (Well, you can click the play button on the player under the article, and if you can’t see the button, maybe you can copy the URL link and open it in other browsers or try to open it on your PC :< )

Xu was an ordinary young man with a common family background and experience before he started his trip, he did not get a good diploma or a well-paying job offer. He was puzzled about his future and life. Maybe he was inspired by some thoughts or influenced by someone, he decided to start a long-riding trip to find the meaning of life. This was an unusual decision in China, as it is widely believed that a man should work on a stable career and get married after graduation. People commonly think a long trip is not the right thing for an adult and one can do this only when he/she is retired.

In recent years, more and more Chinese start accepting new ideas including that above, especially when people find that some vloggers can make a fortune just with some short videos, while those ones used to be supposed to be a group of chair warmers. According to this phenomenon, we can draw a conclusion, at least a part of the Chinese are realists and they care about realistic benefits rather than some ideal purposes.

After serval months of trips, Xu’s videos became popular and he got one of the top riding vloggers on the Chinese Internet, he got millions of fans on video websites. As a result, he earned much money from his videos and some firms wanted him to advertise for their products. Actually, I hardly found any obvious ad in Xu’s over 300 vlogs, except for some special short videos. In China, it was called “不忘初心”, which means a man did not forget his original beliefs after he became successful. This is an important reason why fans like Xu. Moreover, Xu is always polite, humble, knowledgeable, and neat. He always clean up every place he lived in and never leave any trash, even if those places are dirty before.

Xu took about 2 years to travel around China. He had been to many places, for instance, Tibet, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Qinghai, and Northeast. This Summer, Xu made a decision that he would go abroad. He told the audience that he wants to see the aurora in Iceland and that he will ride his cycle to North Europe. To be honest, I look forward to his new journey to Iceland since I like polar lights very much, and seeing them is my dream.

Unfortunately, last night, Xu said he had finished his tour and he will never post riding vlogs in the future after one and a half months trip. And finally, he arrived in Mid-Asia. What a pity! I feel pitiful for his decision because he can not have an opportunity like this time. However, I can understand his decision for there are many difficulties with his travel. Most of the time, the vlogger showed how beautiful the scenery is and how wonderful his journey is, but the more you travel out, the more you feel lonely and alone. Besides, updating videos became a task for him, as so many fans urge Xu to vlog posting. He must be very tired(mentally) I guess.

Anyway, Xu is an excellent vlogger and I support his decision. At the same time, I think of the story of Forrest Gump. In the beginning, Gump started a long run but for no reason. Some people saw Gump as a freak. Gump ran through prairies, forests, farms, and the sea, and he also ran through spring, summer, autumn, and winter. His footprints are across the whole country. While after Forrest had been to many places, with many news reports of Gump, he became a celebrity and there were more and more people touched by Gump and joined Gump’s running team. People speculated about his motives for running. Someone said he running for fame and someone believed his purpose is environmental protection. Nobody believes Gump running for no reason. However, one day, Gump suddenly stopped in front of the people of his running team and decided to return to his hometown. I think Xu’s some part of experience looks like that of Gump’s, thus I believe Xu Yun realized that his life has to make a change so he was desperate to go home.

Actually, I collected many videos and photos to make this vlog. I may have taken over 20 hours or more on image and video editing. When I found the photos and videos I took at that time, many experiences from that time came to my mind, which were very interesting and unforgettable. I believe that life is an adventure. I’m looking forward to my next trip and I hope life will always be on the journey.

Mt Yala

Haizi Mountain and Sister Lakes by the G318

The galaxy on the Katzilla Mountains

Mt Yala

Red lake in Kangting

A snowy mountain nearby Ranwu Lake and the sunset on it, taken by Bob.

A colorful hillside

A long road without a few cars on it, taken by Bob.

The well-known seventy-two turns on the G318

The well-known seventy-two turns, taken by Bob.

Zada soil forest in Zhada county

Zhada soil forest and Himalayas in the distance

Zhada soil forest

Namunani Peak

Mt Gang Rinpoche in Tibet, taken by Bob.

A Tibetan fox at the G318

A Tibetan Fox by the G318

A salt lake in Ngari

A few Tibetan wild donkeys in a reserve

Two Tibetan wild donkeys by the G109

The National Road 109 to Golmud, taken by Bob.

Sunset glow in Selintsok, taken by Bob.

A dark mountain nearby National Road 317, taken by Bob.

A few wild horses galloping on the Qiangtang Grassland, taken by Bob.

A single soil forest in the sunset, taken by Bob.

The road to Zada County, taken by Bob.

A Tibetan wild donkey in Ngari Prefecture, taken by Bob.

A car parking at the lakeside of Peiku-tso, taken by Bob.

A relic in Dingri County, taken by Bob.

Midui glacier nearby G318, taken by Bob.

Ranwu Lake in autumn, taken by Bob.

Mount Everest and Cho Oyu, taken by Bob.

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