Intense 48 Hours in Beijing China 🇨🇳
48 hours in Beijing, China - one of the Asia's biggest & least understood capital cities. We started this intense two days, and day one, outside of Beijing at the incredible Great Wall of China - a bucket list item for everyone travelling to China. Later on we head back in to the city to explore some of the main sights of Beijing before heading to the infamous 'fake market' and then later, out in to a local area of the city to experience get more of a feel for local life. China and its friendly people have honestly surprised us at every turn so far, which once again has reminded us not to judge a book by its cover and to believe everything you are told 🇨🇳
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CHAPTERS
00:00 intro
00:19 the great wall
08:55 back to the city
11:15 parklife
15:21 nothing here is real...
23:46 local life
30:17 this is the end
I was privileged to visit the Great Wall in 2007 with my Dad who was 71 at the time. He still remembers how he got to the top of the Great Wall to this day - under his own steam. He is now 87 and that is a precious memory for me and us.
You father is so good 👍
Go again, it’s very different after 2008, incredible ❤
Welcome you and your family to visit China again. China has changed a lot compared with 17 years ago. I wish your father good health and all the best.
I know exactly how you feel, because I felt the same awe when visiting Shenzhen. Such nice people, delicious food and even more beautiful nature and architecture. I also can't wait to go back!
Question: But why does the Western media try to evil China without fact?
Don’t go to Chiina! Foreigner will be put into jail if you say Taiwan passport or Taiwan president.
@@zackk7175 You are sick, take medicine quickly!
@@qr5558 he is robot of TW.Lots of his comments are numbered.
@@zackk7175You'll be the first to be put in a mental hospital. 😂
“If you want to explore the 3000 years of history, go to Xi'an. If you want to explore the 1000 years of history, go to Beijing. If you want to explore the last 100 years of China going from colonization to modernization, go to Shanghai. If you want to see modern blade-runner-like infrastructure and seemingly impossible urban planning done in the last 40 years, go to Chongqin. If you want to see the future, go to Shenzhen. And If add the different landscapes and biomes that China offers, there would be no end to the list.” Have a great time.
Xi'an, Capital of 13 Ancient Dynasties. Nanjing - Capital of 10 Ancient Dynasties. Luoyang - 9. Beijing - 5.
If you want to see 5000 years of history, go to the outskirt of Hangzhou. 😊
@@zackk4969 oh, right. you can image that all jails in China are full of those.
@@svbc-km8sj According to passport Japanese is Not Chiinese Taiwanese is Not Chiinese Ukraine is Not Russian, either! And welcome Taiwan's new president!
@@svbc-km8sj Xi'an's tour bus is a scam. Temple monks want you to spend more moeny instead of telling the history. And the food street has working boys and girls from Xinjiang. Too sad, they should be in shcool Not working like slaves! This is the real Chiina!!
I know how you feel. We visited in October 2023, 6 cities, and also captured a lot of the journey as well. I was impressed by how much China has progressed and developed since our previous visit in 2011. We also walked the same section of the Great Wall as you. I did not want to leave our last trip and we have plans to visit again later this year. Beautiful country, often feels like you are in a postcard. Beautiful friendly people. Thank you for sharing your adventure. Cheers from Australia.
Good on ya, mate.
OMG I can’t believe that I saw myself at 5:37 quickly passing by Julia and followed by my partner (can only see her jeans haha)😮😂! We were there on the same day at the same spot and the same moment, just unreal! Great videos btw👍!
Its your fault didn't say hi 😂
@@Dordord True true, what a shame eh😅!
Don’t go to Chiina! Foreigner will be put into jail if you say Taiwan passport or Taiwan presidentt
@@zackk4969liar
That's soo cool.😊
You ARE walking through history! Absolutely Breathtaking! Love you guys! What wonderful, kind, people you are :) God bless you, and keep you safe ❤️
中国人は安全です😊
Your videos just keep getting better, really professional and entertaining. We never got to visit China but thanks to you, it's like we're with you walking around and seeing the sights. Wonderful, and many thanks 🤗🤗❤️❤️❤️
なぜそれが出来なかったのですか😮
@@zac-eu9eu too old, and bad heart means travelling now is impossible. So sorry and best wishes to you ❤️
欢迎到中国来，中国的高铁很方便，对身体应该不会有损伤。@@NigelOrmsvik
Wow! How cool to get to walk the Great Wall of China! You two are so fortunate! Thanks for taking us with you!
お金と時間さえあれば行けますよ😊
So great to have a vlog from you guys not just any vlog .A genuine informative, happy and fun filled vibe of a vlog you genuinely look like you're enjoying yourselves. Its the most I've ever seen Julias sister speaking on camera and it's more than welcome. Cheers and all the best to my globe trotting threesome !
Great volg of the Great wall, and I'm sure that you guys have enjoyed a really unforgettable great day in Beijing, China.
‘Temple of Heaven’, ‘Summer Palace’, ‘North Sea Park’(北海公园）are my favorite parks in Beijing. These are three (out of many more) royal parks in Beijing. For ‘Summer Palace’ you need full day to explore.
China is so beautiful, so clean, so green and you don't see any homeless people.
The Great Wall of China. Looks fantastic with breathtaking views. I envy you . 💋💋💋
I remember the time I went to the great wall and I had the same reaction. mesmerizing, and to think about how it is so long and it was done with no machinery hundreds of years ago.
FYI: pasta's earliest roots begin in China during the Shang Dynasty (1700-1100 BC). Very nice tour. The wall is amazing and the people are so friendly. Look forward to seeing more. Thanks.
Thanks for info, I did not know this. @@ChaiHarry
Don’t go to Chiina! Foreigner will be put into jail if you say Taiwan passport or Taiwan president.
@@zackk7175 You are a scammer, who made you run out of prison? I am Taiwanese, and even more so, Chinese!
@@CNTikTokhe's CIA mouthpiece
I was looking to see if anyone would comment on how pasta originated from China
the friendliness of their people is a stark contrast to that seen and felt in Japan
Chinese are so relaxed and chill compared with Japanese
日本人として中国人を誇りに思います😊中国政府は正しいことをしてると思うので無理に西側に合わせる必要はないと思います。4000年の歴史と文化は人類の宝です。人種に関係なく🎉
日本人は物価に対して賃金が上昇しておらず、円安で若者は苦しんでいます😅少子高齢化もあり活気が無く心に余裕はありません😢
@@zac-eu9eu しかし、秩序、清潔さ、規律という点では日本に匹敵するものはありません 👍💖
@@freethinker585 しかし今となってはそれを誇れません😅なぜならその恩恵を受けれたのは20年ほど前までだからです🥹
Thank you for going all the way up there. I couldn’t manage it. Incredible !!
Thank you for allowing me to escape my reality with your content . You are both so natural and genuine with your work. It’s a pleasure to watch and loose one self in adventure ❤
何と闘っているのですか？
You've come at the best time of the year, neither hot nor cold. As a Chinese, I'm yet to visit the Great Wall. Thank you for the video. 😀
I was there in 2006… I couldn’t believe I was visiting places I’d dreamed of as a child in history and geography class. My group could only walk so far up.
The flowers are beautiful. The birds singing was awesome too!
The shop got the reputation as ‘fake market’ in the 1980s. Since then things are completely different. Government cracked down on counterfeit. Probably since 20 years ago this is a normal shopping center. Not ‘fake’ anymore.
Right, it is now a normal shopping center. And not a big one, actually.
Thanks for the great journey! ❤
The Great Wall is indeed the greatest wall ever! I remembered seeing the wall extended as far as the eye could see and still further! And so extremely steep in some places.
Absolutely enjoyed your video, thanks so much for sharing!!
I love watching your videos , you go to so many interesting places. I am still trying to catch up on the videos you made 2 years ago. Look forward to seeing more
What a journey. Beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Great video again guy’s.
You guys are amazing together. I love your channel and keep up the amazing job. I would give anything to do what y'all do. Stay safe and most of all have fun. You guys have an amazing family on both sides. Hello from Texas USA. I love the Russian language
Sky is so clear❤
Welcome to China! I watched your video on Chinese TikTok which is uploaded with Chinese subtitles by others and it’s quite amazing.Hope you have a nice trip!
Thank you guys for another GREAT video. Keep up the amazing work.
fantastic views from the Great Wall of China. Thanks guys.
great vlog guys, so very interesting, i was glad you went to the wall, my worse nightmare as i cant climb!!! hope you go back again and see more
Be careful 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 beautiful roses. Wow what an amazing place. I can’t believe how peaceful it is. Not what I was expecting. Well done guys. You knocked it out of the park with this one..👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍
The Great Wall is like a protective and sentry wall, but also a freeway for the movement of horses and troops to move from one point to another if there is an invasion.
Has Trump taken credit for building the Great Wall of China yet?
@@Resmith18SR Trump's sheet metal wall is nothing near The Great Wall. Now you should appreciate The Great Wall even more knowing that with today's technology and machinery they can barely erect wall for only a few miles compared to The Great Wall of over 6,000kms built 2000 years ago !
Don’t go to Chiina! Foreigner will be put into jail if you say Taiwan passport or Taiwan presidentt
@@zackk4969 Go to jail just for mentioning it?
@@Resmith18SR Yes Chiina has jailed two Canadians, two Australians, numerous Taiwanese and 1 million XinJiang ethnic minorities in the re-education camps.
Beautiful video and photage! Love your views and your talks with different people. We wanted to see more of the tour around the wall though 😃
Thx for sharing
It looks like you guys had a wonderful time in Beijing. Hopefully , one day you will go back. so much to see of China. It's a big country. In 2018, Harriet and I spent 3 weeks there. We loved it. A return trip should include The Terracota Army Museum, Memorial Hall. Visits should include the cities of, Chengdu, Shanghai ,Wuhan and Chongqing . We barely scratched the surface. Julia , did your sister enjoy China ? Matt, were you flying a drone ? This was a well-done video. 👍👍 Sending you much love ❤ from Richmond, Va. Harriet, Jim and Yuki
Das war ein toller Reisebericht, die Aufnahmen Great Wall waren wirklicvh beeindruckend. Eure Reise hat euch wirklich an einen ganz besonderen Ort geführt. Julias Schwester lebt förmlich auf - das kann man sehen. Alles Gute für euch - have a pleasant trip🚂 . Am meisten hat mich eure Reise in Sibirien nach Jakutsk fasziniert. Das war schon - very strange ....
That was so cute when Julia realized she was inhaling a rose with a bee in it, and just laughed.
🌀💯⭐. Tq for showing us the real feeling🤠. Wish I could be there one day
Amazing video, amazing place......just.....wow !
Love the content and you guys are awesome thank you
Nice to see you after a long time 😊
Thanks for sharing ❤ my eyes are full of tears when you were too😢❤
You know what I love? Not seeing any graffitti
wow beautiful weather too.
I just saw your video - I watch tons of Chinese stuff. Imagine my surprise to see Julia from Great British Baking Show fame, and her husband, touring China! You MUST travel China more extensively! I will visit your other videos to see other countries. Take care from Florida. ❤
Thank you very much!
Amazing video !
breathtaking - literally and figuratively!
行ってみたら😮
you guys are the best and excellent filming. i would like to be a good tour guide next time when you plan to travel to beijing. I am a local beijinger and there are plentty amazing places worthing going.
incredible experience! thanks for sharing :) my dad is in china right now, I'm so jealous!!
Magnificent!!!
The view is fantastic,what a place for a beaurocratic boundary! The wall is impressive,the walk looked really steep in places, did you fly there?✌️❤️🇬🇧
How can you only seeing such a place in the small screens without going there in this life... Life is so short, we have to, and deserve to go to stand and walk in such a beautiful place by our own, to feel it by our own
My 2nd time to view your Beijing journey. I must you you two are incredibly spontaneous and infectiously likeable. Keep it up with all your travels.
Reminds me I was there decades ago ❤ thanks for sharing ❤
Guys, what a great video.Thx. so much.Matt is the history guy😊
歴史の人😮
Thanks for taking me to places I'll only ever visit through your journeys. I've camped in the Grand Canyon more than 10 times and traveled America a lot but never had the time and money to go abroad
When there is a will, there is a way. You just have to plan and save up for it. Go experience a place where you only hear bad things on a daily basis. Your view may change. Everyone owes it to themselves to get a foreign experience at least once in their life time. Good luck!
Plus cost of things are low there.
Don’t go to Chiina! Foreigner will be put into jail if you say Taiwan passport or Taiwan presidentt
There are a lot of Taiwan people in China doing business, exchange students and touring, visiting family members.
@@zackk4969liar
Matt's Russian is exceptionally good I give you a high five bro, I have watched about half of your vids on this channel since January 4th. I wish my Runglish was as good
I love your content TY 🙏
And imagine the soldiers manning the wall at that time also had to wear kilos of armour.
I visited China app 55 times from 1999 to 2012, in total more than 1000 traveling days. Always flying into Beijing and back from there. In between I visited many other places from northeast to Tibet, central China and Hainan Island. It was great to see you at the Great Wall (been there 7 times at different locations) and also to see my old “second home” - Hongqiao market. We always visited the same shop, and today I have still clothes purchased there. The quality was top level. Always enjoying all of your videos from around the world - Keep them coming Regards from Denmark
Thank you for your ❤ Beijing is my home and my dream
This clip was stunning. Only been to Canton about 40 years ago. My how interesting. Merci
今何歳ですか😊
Amazing to see the Great Wall, sure was quite the climb up in parts. China looks like an amazing country to visit. All the counterfeit products was incredible. Looks like you had a great time there.
偽造品ではありません😂
Oh mine, it’s stunning view and amazing
THIS IS IT! MY NEW FAVORITE KZhead VIDEO. YOU GUYS DID IT AGAIN!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much!! 😊❤
You had some beautiful weather while in Beijing. I admire you. But your observations about food culture (through trade and interactions via the silk road) are very insightful. Enjoyed your video.
Amazing
потрясающе! молодцы! спасибо)
Nice video. Where did you guys spend Christmas? Your sister is having a lovely travelling experience
Awesome.
Happy new year and thanks for the blog :)
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Flog* Slog* your go @@kazimahinmahfuz2931
Don’t go to Chiina! Foreigner will be put into jail if you say Taiwan passport or Taiwan president.
From the comments, I seem to feel that Westerners’ understanding of China is still stuck in the last century, while Chinese people are full of yearning for the West through textbooks and TV. The Chinese government has always liked to report on the good side, including reports from the West. Chinese people think that the West is very advanced, developed and wealthy, but in fact the West is not a paradise. China is not what Westerners imagine, and everyone lacks understanding of each other
It’s actually a lot like that. The Chinese Ministry termed it Cultural Hegemony in its 2023 article US Hegemony and Its Perils. Cultural Hegemony starts with promoting white supremacy to its own populations of the Anglo Saxon world. 8 media companies control 90% of what Americans read, watch and hear including publishers of children books and textbooks. Hollywood movies occupied 70% of global markets. Before people know it, kids of all races have learned to sing Frozen’s Let It Go and fell in love with white princes and princesses. Then they dream of putting on wedding gowns and celebrate Christmas 🎄. Often westerners use the word “culture” like interesting culture or fascinating culture. Actually it’s burned in their minds that they are the superior culture and others are interesting, fascinating, exotic, or beautiful, the same vocabulary for loving animals or flowers. The pictures of Indians or tribesmen were in their children books.
And they got the Qin dynasty and Qing dynasty mixed up, one former which is almost 2000 years ago!
Don’t go to Chiina! Foreigner will be put into jail if you say Taiwan passport or Taiwan presidentt 2
@@zackk4969 Aww... a CIA troll is spotted.
@@momokui Cihiina is a country full of liiees, Said Chloe Zhao, a renowned director.
The video is great😊
Wow yeah ok! So I follow thread the globe as well, they’ve just done Singapore and now in Malaysia and the places are SPOTLESS! Like I mean eat your dinner off the street spotless! Even when you went down a residential street it’s spotless! Says a lot of the culture tbh! Lovely video! I’d have to be dragged away from the roses! ❤
We were on a Viking tour of China in 2011 and spent 4 days in Beijing and walked the Great Wall. Didn’t have the gondola then.Didn’t go that high up though. Impressive!!! Glad to see you back!!!💕
また行ったら発展した別の姿が見れると思います❤
We've been to China many times including the Great Wall Beijing,Shanghai,Confucius hometown,Hainan Island Hawaii Islands Honolulu,USA,Central America,Boston ate some lobsters ,Canada,Alaska,etc .
Wow nice clean and beautiful blue sky 😊
Thank you so much. You are inspiring and I love the journey you take us on. You change minds and perspective. Love all three of you!
wow. so incredible
Wow! Just wow! I felt emotional just watching. One of the seven wonders of the world. Incredible. Thank you for sharing lovely x
Hope for more videos in China in the future :)
Having met a Beijing lady online back in late 2006 and corresponding for five months she invited me to visit her in March of 07. Her sister also met someone online and we shared an awesome two weeks together in Beijing touring many historical sites one being the Great Wall. This video brings back great memories of the long walk and surrounding scenery. Of course March was much busier with many visitors to the Wall plus those days back then seemed more welcoming to the country. We also took a 12 hour train ride to Xi'an City which is also a must do to put on your bucket list. Would love to go back one day! Ganbei!
I would highly recommend the next time you're in china to visit shanghai and chongqing
As a chinese, really glad to see you guys have fun here and bring a completely real, lively and objective perspective(especially fairly opposite to the situation some certain western media reported) to viewers around the world.
KZhead IS Western Media 🤦🏻♂️
Don’t go to Chiina! Foreigner will be put into jail if you say Taiwan passport or Taiwan presidentt 1
@@zackk4969 well,One China is the international consensus. If you come to this country without respecting it, what are you doing here? I admit that China is not free in terms of speech, but as long as you respect everything in this country, no one will be arrested
@@user-bc1wi7xq8s One CHiina as you said So Taiwan is Not a part of that CHiina! Case closed
@@zackk4969 i said “One China principle”，if u dont this, there's no need to continue.
Beautiful ❤️
Julia gets more stunning every time 😊
The Wall by itself is tiring, but totally agree that the view is one of the amazing in the world. Your video shows the great scenery, but being there and seeing with own eyes is a totally different thing. It is like watching music videos and going to concerts. Lucky, we were there in winter. Cannot imagine people climbing when it is hot. Cheers.
wish you could explore more of China.
hope you can really enjoy trip in China. Beijing is really a great and historical city. I lived in Beijing for 4 years in my university life. I could share with you that i have travelled so many cities before my study in Beijing. And finally i chose beijing for my undergraduate degree. I love the first snow in Forbiden City， and have a drink with my friends inWudaokou. It is really a Morden and historical city.
Great video sharing, welcome back to China again, continue traveling and explore more beautiful places in China.
❤️❤️❤️🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Are drones allowed on the Great Wall? Any hiking trails in those mountains? Awesome views and historical value.
Lovely video The other girl with both of you in the video actually seems to be a very nice person like both of you. Lots of love ❤❤
Great Wall 8s nit onky b 600 yesrs old. Parts of it started in the first century AD and portions are added gradually for centuries.
Their mou trains are unusual formations like walnut whips. I walked the wall in 99 not many tourists, the steps where at different levels. Which was super dangerous. Remember china was oded to the world for many years before that, and before the bamboo curtain closed tourism was for the super rich Marco polo took noodles and icecream back to Italy. You will also find some areas are different to in cuisne. Some have noodles another rice I visited a hawkers market in xian next to a new supermarket and that definitely was a most interest ng experience
Totally agree you should take time to just wander in a new city, get into residential areas, especially a big and famous one. You don't get a flavour for it otherwise. I'd love to explore the Forbidden City, but by going off track this made it a really interesting film with a different perspective.
Perfect video, Welcome to China