We Loved China So We Came Back! First Day in Guangzhou
welcome to Guangzhou China a city in the South beaming with endless Fascinations this is what I wanted to see from Cantonese Food Heaven to Modern and advanced sites I think we've come to the right place a perfect blend of old meets new we are taking you on an immersive exploration through southern China and it is wild this is Guangzhou hello and welcome to sunny Southern China we are so excited that we're finally back in China we had such an incredible experience the first time that we had to come back in our first series we started in the modern city of Shanghai we then got to experience the high-speed train to Beijing where we saw the Tiananmen Square and got to stand on the Great Wall of China we then went to China's cyber Punk City Chongqing it blew our minds away previously we were here in the winter and it was freezing cold now we are here in fullblown summertime and let me tell you it's hot I have been outside for 5 minutes I'm sweating like crazy it is 35° and we are exploring Southern China welcome to China thank you nice to meet you nice to meet you too byebye thank you and already we are receiving a warm welcome this is exactly what I missed about China so we have decided to start our second Journey here in China in the sprawling Mega City in the south of China Guangzhou which is the capital of Guangdong Province this city is going to be particularly interesting I think because it's where the old China meets the new China it's so strategically placed right on the Pearl River it's the busiest port city in the whole of China which connects China to the rest of the world plus this is the home of Cantonese food so we're going to have some delicious food today let's go into the City and let's explore we are starting here on the Pearl River as I said is one of the most important trade routs in the world and behind me is one of the most iconic landmarks in Guangzhou which is the Canton Tower and it was once the tallest tower in the entire world in 2010 at 600 M high but then it was soon overtaken by the Tokyo Tower in 2011 and as you can see it has a thin hourglass shape sprawling all the way up it's absolutely beautiful and you can in fact go all the way to the top and there's an observation deck looking over the city as you can see around me it's very green and Guangzhou is known as The Flower City because of the really hot subtropical climate that they have you will see lots of flowers scattered throughout the city which makes it this really beautiful and green City can I also just point out how absolutely clean it is here look how beautifully shaped these bushes are the trees are trimmed the beautiful Canton Tower The Pearl River it's absolutely so great to be walking back here in China here you can see all of the shimmering skyscrapers and this really shows the modern side of Guangzhou there's so many beautiful buildings this one has a random pointy tower on the side and then in the middle it's got this giant gaping circular hole in the middle of it so next to Canton Tower is this giant stadium so I actually wanted to see what it looks like it is huge look at all of these chairs so I had a small look around and it said that in 2010 they hosted the Asian Games here so over there I can see just these kind of old condo apartment style buildings but just behind you can see all of the new taller skyscrapers surrounding this Stadium since it's so hot the first thing we need to do is get a drink and of course in China they vending machines everywhere and you know what I love about being in China is you never need to bring a wallet at all you just bring your phone and let's see how this works because there's no way to put cash anyway so step one let's choose our drink water water because it's boiling there we go a little QR code that says Alipay so let's scan that 350 un for a drink oh oh there you go there it is and it's cold thank goodness absolutely brilliant okay put my money away oh wow this is our video Great Wall yes yes the Great Wall yes this is on Tik Tok China Tik Tok China Tik Tok okay so our video is on the Chinese Tik Tok and we didn't even know about it you oh you like YouTube yes wow thank you thank you for watching can we take a photo look at our photo okay thank you thank you so much nice to meet you have a good day by bye bye bye bye a so sweet so cute bye bye bye wow that was unbelievable that made our day we were literally just walking on the street going to get a taxi to our first destination of the day and these guys came up and they've seen our videos so right now Dev is ordering a taxi for us and now most of them are actually electric taxis so there's an app called DiDi which is pretty much like the Uber here in China it obviously shows you what the car is exactly like Uber or grab would work so we paid 21 un and here is minutes away there's our taxi balloons look these bicycles and tricycles and motorbikes are So Silent you got to watch where you're going this is actually our first time taking a DiDi on the video we have actually taken it before but this is so nice especially like because it's so hot you actually get a little time to just cool down and you're riding complete silence things can be quite overwhelming when traveling through China especially when it comes to staying connected that's why we want to thank Airalo for sponsoring this video Airalo is the world's first esim that allows you to conveniently have data through a digital Sim and stay connected in over 200 countries and regions trusted by over 10 million users worldwide we arrived in China downloaded Airalo and connected instantly the moment we landed there is no need to stand in long lines for physical SIM cards or rack up huge data roaming bills plus the app is so easy to use you can choose how much data you want how many days you need it and you can top up at any time with Airalo we can stay connected on social media book taxes use our navigation apps when we're lost and use translation apps plus the best part is you get to keep your original phone number use our code shevdev3 or click the QR code on screen or the link in the description when you're ready to give Airalo a try okay thank you byebye so we have arrived at our destination hello you will immediately see that this is very different to where we were just a few minutes ago we have come to Beijing road which actually looks very similar to Nanjing Road in Shanghai what it is is just a long pedestrian street about 1 and a half km there's so many people here lots of tourists lots of food stores I think we've come to the right place and you could see in that Financial District everything was really spread out we here everything's like all crammed together so there bicycles thousands of people crossing electric scooters okay we are in the thick of it we are surrounded by lots of tourists and we're right on the crosswalk where everyone is crowding around us I think we're actually standing in the middle of the crosswalk so we might actually be in people's way all the buildings are a lot older I can see there's a McDonald's over there there's a whole lot of emojis at the top there that's really cool if you think that China has no Western influence it's everywhere we've got Starbucks we've got McDonald's Mercure we've got everything that we're comfortable with so they're not missing out on anything and all of these people are just going up and down the street and because it's weekend it is very jam-packed this place is mental yeah it's insane but like in the best way there's so much energy here and this street goes all the way over that intersection all the way down there's more shops giant 3D screen they got like tea there no idea what that is no idea what those shops are here they're making more iced tea I can smell the most amazing Aromas of food and I think the whole of Guangzhou has come here it's absolutely fascinating to be here because it's like organized chaos there are thousands of people all going in different directions but yet nobody's bumping into each other nobody is disrupting each other and it's so nice to see like different areas and different sides of China Plus in the middle of the road you've got little popup stores as well this is maybe more of like a tourist Hub so lots and lots of people have come out today look how cool this thing is I know what is that look at this popup cart I don't even know what they're selling gift exit so there's a gift that comes out there and it's all car related look at the front of it what is going on there should we go look there's so much going on everywhere oh my gosh and it's packed okay we have to go and see what's going going on giant waterfall uh stalactites stalacmites might like we're in the middle of a cave and then there's the road but you can actually walk inside is this just an attraction what is this what what oh my word I don't know what it is but I'm intrigued I love it it's like um 3D 40 experience cuz you can have sound sight smell and of of course got a beautiful little picture on the ceiling so I want to point out what actually happens on the street so here is a giant shopping mall there are loads of local Brands and then lots of international as well here is a mini so I can see McDonald's in the far distance and a American tourister that sells bags there's a Dairy Queen and then there's lots of brands that I've obviously never heard of should we get a lemon tea let's get a lemon tea we have to try this lemon tea because so many people are in line to try it the best part is they won't have like a teller or a card machine they'll just be a QR code somewhere there so you just scan that and then you'll order while you're standing here and then it'll be ready for you so I need to find the QR code somewhere I think there's one on the wall do you think I can scan from here oh I can that was it that was it that's how easy it is okay so let's see what we've got here ooh there's so many so luckily you can translate all in English mulberry grape lime treasure juicy blueberry lime watermelon Lei pink diamond joint wow so much is happening what about this mulberry grape I'm going to get this one most of the apps you can choose how much sugar you want the sweetness level you want less sugar no sugar with ice without they've got a whole bunch of teas but look at this one grape duck excrament fragrant ice tea I think that's just the translation is not correct but we're not going to order it and in China it's crazy you don't have to speak to a single person we scan the code we ordered and then we're just going to take our drink you don't even need to talk to anybody but which one is ours hey oh look at that we went to the green store and it's got a crocodile and characters on the side so I think it's the best one I can't wait to try H bye-bye bye byebye byebye so cute and just in time for my mulberry drink I can't tell you how hot it is here with a complete contrast to when we were here last time in like double layers of jackets so an ice drink is needed oh my word fresh mulberry on the inside it's just what I needed cuz I was so hot and it's so refreshing and we have some exciting news if you want to see some more videos of us here in China we have a second channel that we've just launched so you can go and watch more Shev and Dev thousands and thousands of people are just arriving this place is super popular they've got lots of different types of meat on a stick but I want to point out this place which for me is absolutely fascinating look at all of this Octopus this just pick what you want and then this lady grills it here she puts the oil on top and then she has something to push it down and flatten it look how many people are wanting to enjoy this and you can see how big the stick is that you get it's huge and it's so heavy it's absolutely fascinating for us to see that first of all how big the stick is just that you can pick up your own stick choose what you want and then they Grill it for you it's genius everybody is mesmerized by the 3D screen that's behind me we're very lucky that we get to see this but everyone else look over here it's like totally fascinated and it's really cool because we're getting to meet so many amazing locals here we're just going to enjoy the evening here and then we're going to go and head to eat some amazing street food and then end the night with something very spectacular we've seen this and there's not a lot of people here but do we want to try this can I have one so it looks like a sausage but it looks like they put a chili spice on top they put it in this giant batter of oil I assume and this is 13 and they have different combinations you could have a sausage with ice cream you could have a sausage with a drink wow he presses it down so cool it's absolutely impossible to walk past all of these street food stalls and not get something especially if it's covered in a Mala spice as far as I know I think this is a sausage and it was deep fried in the piping hot oil and then covered and dusted in this Mala spice so it is quite hot but I will give it a bite wow spicy it's crispy but then it's juicy on the inside it's absolutely delicious it's like um like a deep fried Vienna if I could put it that way but never had a mala Vienna before it's actually surprised my taste buds but in the best way because it's super spicy and crispy and it's really hot because it's just come out the deep fry as well but I give this at least an 8 and 1/2 out of 10 we've now come to a different section a bit of the older section here in Guangzhou so you can see some of the buildings are a lot older and you'll see these old commune style buildings and the reason we've come to this section is this is the Hub of food this is way more local and from the looks of it it looks super exciting like they've got all of these lemon tea shops and it looks like a Vibe I think we might have come a little bit early but let's walk further in and let's see what we can find ooh look at this the space for lemon tea that looks so good what does that say Clausena lansium lemon tea purple litchi lemon tea how good does that sound I don't even know what that is but it sounds refreshing so all along the street is mostly food you can see here is a restaurant it looks like malatang malatang you get all your ingredients and then cook it in the pot in the center I love these local parts of a city this is where we get to see what the city is really like okay don't know what this is but it looks really good and of course everywhere we go we see these power bank stations everywhere in fact they're lined up over there over there and over here so you got to let us know what this is this actually looks so good okay I'm translating oh you want to take a picture yes let's take a picture thank you for taking can you want to take a picture here 1 2 3 thank you so much than you nice to meet you bye-bye byebye the kids have been so adorable this entire day they are extremely curious if they could speak English they would speak to us non-stop that's the feeling I have they are absolutely a dream they're a delight and they are so polite it's actually amazing now we're entering like a wholesale fresh fruit and veg market and it is wild okay there's loudspeakers everywhere a whole bunch of fruit sellers food stores this is what I wanted to see a completely different side of Guangzhou and the first thing I see are these giant watermelons look how big they are they're insane those must be 5 kg 10lb at least wow I think that's like a duck duck neck maybe Duck I can see that's a head immediately you can see this is a very different vibe to the tourist Street we were on earlier where all of the shops were inside where this is all on the street yes fruit grapes juice and there's people chopping up some duck over there it's slightly overwhelming but like in the best way because this is what I came to see I think there's more down here the best part is there are no tourists around here only local people and this is a walk there sorry sorry this is a walkthrough of people coming home from work so no tourists around here people taking photos so what do they got here giant steam buns I've never seen those before they look like rolls and obviously the giant like bow pots I actually don't remember what those were called this is so cool everybody's super friendly here in this s like the friendliest friendliest people they are so nice so let me give you a layout just people walking all the way through from different sides and just little popup street food stands all the way along he has chicken feet very popular here in the South the best thing for me is like the wafting Aroma like I can just smell mala I can smell like chives and something being grilled and oh it's so good wow what is it yeah it's chicken chicken yeah like a rotisserie chicken but it looks like it's seeping with something like um sesame seed and some sort of oil we've got electric scooters we got people on foot we've got bicycles this is what I came for and you can casually get your hair cut for 20 RMB and look at all of these pastries ooh oh and here has the egg tart we had these in Macau and then as you walk the street starts to narrow so it gets more and more tight so all of the people are now in the middle of the road it's organized chaos yeah uh okay let me see what she's saying here I don't know so I'm going to just quickly have a look if you look over there it's a flat bread and they're putting some filling on the inside and then he's kneading it all the way down and then she puts it in this look at the giant scissors that she's got there so this is The Cauldron look at the coals in there wow sorry what are the ingredients okay yeah that one one you yeah one so I think he's making one right now just for us look at him he puts some water on the dough making it flat just like that wow can you see it's actually becoming translucent that's how thin it is oh there's some sesame seeds on there everything is done by hand I like that and there he pops it in wow just like that just like that no preparation and it it's hot yeah it must be so hot in his hand so let me explain in this giant Barrel if you look in here there is a roaring flame at the bottom so what he has done with his bare hand is stick that right on the inside the heat coming off here is boiling and he stuck it to the sidewall of the inner part of this part everyone in the traffic here is intrigued just as much as we are it's very hot oh okay you say again this one oh yes chili um yes we can have some chili we like spicy very good and it's almost ready I think it's actually ready right now wow so now she's putting the chilies he also what country we're from nan fei nan fei she says the foreigners love this the food you make looks very delicious thank you for making it for us so now we've got our flat bread already it's already made now you have to pay do you have uh Alipay okay maybe they only take cash oh right here oh of course she's so modern eight okay oh she she we will eat now she translated for me and she said it's better to eat this while it's hot and it is piping hot so I don't know how I'm going to actually put this in my mouth look at my flatbread yeah he says delicious delicious look at this doesn't this look absolutely delicious so I'm going to go eat it right now m m spicy crispy it's got pork filling on the inside wow you've got to try this it's a serious 10 out of 10 we only paid eight RMB for this and she said we got to eat it while it's hot so you got to have a taste you know what you're like part of the shop now they were so unbelievably kind to me brought out a chair from the back so I can sit here and now I can just eat my little flatbread which is so delicious by the way I'm living the dream in you're like a part of this restaurant now it's obviously like a husband and wife team and literally on the streets here has all the people and you can see it's getting busier and busier and look how cool this is on this side she's actually frying a whole bunch of potatoes so on this side it's like the raw uncooked potato she's going to heat it up I think she heat it up for me again a cuz she said it was better to eat while it was hot and then I think I I was taking too long so she put it back in like they're honestly taking care of us so much wow oh I can't tell you the heat that is coming off of this for them to stand in front of this all day like it's already hot in Guangzhou but having this extra heat look at this a thank you a she said I have to eat it hot honestly she's like do not eat this cold I'm so hot I want to disappoint granny so while we're sitting here and having our final bite I wanted to give you an idea of what's Happening here's my bread here's Shev she's now part of this store I think and then here they selling potatoes and people are just walking along like this lady just grabbing what they need we got some fried chicken over here we got some fries and look how tiny the store is it's just as wide as this gentleman there's only space for one person in there and we got scooters coming by and then down here is like an Alleyway who knows what happens down there this guy is going to go down here so it's not only the street but there's side alleys as well there's a dog he knows where to go as far as you can see there's just people walking all the way up and down and the buildings almost look like they're towering over the street it's absolutely fascinating the way the old buildings and these Street Markets are built all together yes yes it looks very delicious so I'm going to say goodbye to my granny your friend yeah going to go is she your grandmother now yeah she byebye bye bye see you next time byebye bye-bye oh they were so amazing they were heartwarming welcoming they let me sit in front of their stall how are you doing oh looking for oh what are you going to eat for dinner yeah for dinner it's corn yes nice you here yes we live uh close by you stay here in in Guangzhou for one week and then we will go to Chengdu oh Chengdu yes he says he saw us from YouTube that's amazing thank you for watching our videos saw a lot of your videos thank you so much I saw you come too soon we love it love it it's amazing it's a mountain you're right the Mountain City Mountain Magic City Magic City Magic City yes exactly this is the the other side of the Guangzhou I think it have two size one size is CBD one size is here really in the city yes exactly they are worker I like what you said Guangzhou has two sides so there's this side and the CBD side and we want to see all the sides of China we want to see the modern but also this is so exciting so we had to come and see I can't believe that because many foreigners who visit the but few few people come here here wow that's amazing we like this we like it we like it here yeah enjoy your corn yes and look look for another food yes more food it's not enough not enough yes this my phone number your phone number okay I got it if you meet some if you meet some difficulty you call me thank you so much thank you so much so kind of you byebye bye bye a have a good dinner bye that guy was so amazing first of all he watches Us on YouTube so that was my day made already but then he said if we need anything if we get in trouble or if we need some help he said we can always call him and he gave us his phone number so sweet I don't know if you heard what he said but he said a lot of foreigners don't come here they only go to the CBD they only go to the modern places and he said you're the first Foreigner I see here and I thought that was really special because we want to see all the sides of this is what we like the most this is what we like this is where we Thrive we want to see the real stuff we've learned from our travels that it's not only about the busy Street the tourist Street and obviously the most iconic sites to see it's about going to the streets where the people are and most of the time that's where the best food is but also where you get to see what life is like just for people on their daily routine and this is it I didn't want to get knocked by the motorbike there so silence I can't hear them coming you've got to really watch where you going and it feels like I'm seeing everything see you again bye enjoy your corn he's getting more for dinner I hope so yes he's going to be starving after that you can really see that we're in a local area and a lot of the buildings are really really old and they've got these cages on the sides obviously to protect the windows you got all of the electrical lines and telephone lines and then you've got electric scooters and it's silent this mix in China that you get the old buildings the old hustle and bustle but then Electric vehicles and you pay by scanning a code it's mindblowing look at this look how narrow these lines are and you can't hear any of these motorcycles completely jam-packed re quiet hello hello hello nobody's making a sound except for us and everybody just goes around you no one bumps into each other the only problem is we're just going to keep going down the street forever you know what there's too much to see it just keeps going I don't think you'll ever come back I you are so cute bye-bye look we're in foot traffic and everyone else is in normal traffic everybody just Parks their bikes wherever and they're safe like this is crazy for us to see so in China you actually have stores that do not have any staff members at all it's pretty much like a self-service as you can see this is like a hole in the wall store there's no till there's no person it's just a whole bunch of fridges and drinks and if I look over here all of the drinks say five RMB so and it's 24 hours and it's 24 hours I think it says five here I know five and that's crazy because it can be 24 hours because there's no staff to man the store so basically it works on an honesty system so they have some fridges with some drinks inside so all you have to do is scan the QR code pay and then you can take your drink and leave and then on this side if you want to pay cash you just put your money in here and then you take your straw you take your to-go plastic and that's it which drink are we going to get they all look so good this one caught my eye this is like a fruity oh there's a lady oh where did she come from where did she go I like this one I don't know what it is but I want let's get this one ooh it's cold kind of and then it's got a little ducky face on so now we're going to scan the QR code and pay for our drink I'm going to put in my five RMB boom I've grab my straw and I'm actually going to put my straw in right now going to shake it up a bit put my Straw in it's watermelon oh that is so refreshing how cool is that and you just walk out I just walk out I feel kind of weird about it cuz I know I've paid but it just feels strange you also put in the amount so if you take two drinks you put 10 but no one's checking on you that Honesty system is wild for us it would never work in our country no way but I think that shows the honesty here in China good drink I want to try it it's delicious it's so refresh everything is so convenient I love being here another mhm as the sun has set it is full-blown night life here in Guangzhou and we are loving every second of it we've got Mega malls we've got old buildings Billboards and there's so many people here hundreds of thousands of people apparently there are 14 million people in Guangzhou they're all here they're all here all these Neon Lights have come out that you don't see during the day and of course at night the temperature is a lot cooler and I think that's why everybody is here our final stop for tonight is this beautiful Temple behind us which is the Dafo temple I think that's how you pronounce it what's fascinating about this Temple and the reason why so many people are taking photos of it is because it's smack bam in the middle of the city center you can see all of the buildings around and then this beautiful Temple that apparently is about a, years old we're going to try and go inside and show you what it's like but I think this overall shows you what Guangzhou is like we've got the modern side and the old side together we've now entered the temple and it's fascinating because it's one of the oldest temples here in Guangzhou and you can see lots of people praying you can actually see candles being lit I think you can buy a candle there's just this piece of Serenity and quiet in the middle of the hustle and bustle just one street over there are hundreds if not thousands of people crowded on the streets in conclusion Guangzhou has completely blown us away the people have been amazing there's a diverse culture thriving economy amazing food and I feel like it's got a bit of everything so it really is a perfect destination for a traveler and don't forget that we have so many more episodes coming up we are going to Chengdu we're going to Xi'An so please don't miss it give us a like SUBSCRIBE and leave us a super thanks if you want and we'll see you in the next one
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