We Visited The GREAT WALL OF CHINA! (Wonder Of The World)
good morning everyone here from Beijing China once again in this video we're going to be finally visiting the Great Wall of China One of the Seven Wonders of the World and this is probably the attraction that we wanted to visit the most during our stay here in Beijing and it's going to be our sixth wonder of the world so the only one that will be remaining is the Coliseum in Rome which hopefully we're able to visit soon too and we booked the day trip on get your guide which will link below it's $35 per person and that includes the transport there some food and also the entry fee to the wall but once we're there we're free to roam around we don't have to follow a tour or be with a group of people and I think we have many hours there so yeah we prefer that kind of tour and the pickup spot isn't too far from the hotel that we're staying in so we're just going to get taxis to that point now and then we'll begin the day [Music] [Music] [Music] so we've arrived at the entrance where we're going to start the track on the Great Wall of China visibility is really poor though just like it was in the center of Beijing so these mountains aren't even that far but there's like this smog or something just like we got in Beijing so can't really see it that well I think the wall is actually on top of those is that pollution then I don't know what it is yeah I'm not sure but maybe it is pollution or maybe mixed with some something else I don't know but it's a shame that it's not like perfect the perfect weather but I think it's still it's going to be enjoyable yeah so I think first we're actually already going to have the lunch that's included the buffet and then we'll start doing the the hiking the walking got some cool statues here kind of looks like that Terracotta Army that I've seen in pictures where you get loads of the the statues won't be visiting that on this trip pretty sure they look like this though so the Buffet is looking really good a huge selection different things sweets vegetables for Carol I think all my meat's on the other side so I ended up going for the Chinese noodles sweet potato also got these Chinese buns that have a bean paste inside just like we ate in Japan and this is all different kinds of chicken Carol got the veggies is that tofu yeah spicy tofu and also the the noodles and a lot of veggies and french fries and that's egg isn't it yeah and seaweed yeah and then we got some teas that are also [Music] included so this is a pretty good map there's two directions that you can go you can go either east or west or you can do both which we're going to do and it's 140 for each one so it'll be per person and that's cuz it includes a cable carart and I think one even has a tobogan on the way down yeah it's going to be fun yeah a fun ride on the way down so can already see from here where one of the cable cart takes you up there you can actually walk up but obviously you're going to lose a lot of time and the guide said it's not actually that Scenic so best just spend all your time at the top of the wall so first we're going to do the east side I think this is where we enter cool thing here is that a lot of the places you just have to show your passport it's all registered on your passport so you don't need like separate tickets but for the tobogan we need to show the physical ticket yeah this is pretty old school yeah not really that smooth we went one in Brazil like this ah check out the tobogan track oh yeah yeah I can't wait to do that yeah I think this is the toog I think that's how they bring them up oh okay these on the back yeah yeah that makes sense [Music] [Applause] [Music] he [Music] all right so we're here the Great Wall of China pretty crazy oh look at the the views from here I think we're going to walk all the way up to to that one up there the tower so like I said it is very hazy today but I can kind of see the wall going around there and up there too must dip down wow it's unbelievable that we are here so I think this is already one of the the towers that you can go in I didn't even know there were areas that you could go in door so we're at the top of that Tower there's actually stairs that go up even further that way man look at the size of those mountains in the background even without the wall it would have been hard to invade here anyway cuz of the terrain that we're on the mountainous terrain how the hell did they build this up here yeah it's crazy and to think how big it is I mean how long it goes so just crazy yeah I'll write down here how long it is I read that it would take like a year and a half of walking to complete the entire wall if he was just going like every day so it is absolutely gigantic we're just on a very very tiny section [Music] are you prepared for that they not so fun B the stair Master man that's like real steep you probably can't tell on the the GoPro how steep it is the steps some other entrance down there yeah some of the parts are so steep you got to like crawl [Music] [Applause] [Music] up so this is considered to be the most preserved part of the Great Wall of China built during the Ming Dynasty around the 1300s to 1600s there's many other parts of the wall that are basically pretty much destroyed not in good condition like this one yeah I need to not talk to the camera when I'm walking up I don't know how people do the marathon here really yeah there's a marathon I don't how they run on this like crazy terrain and steps it's so humid here as well I think it's around 27° every one's a sweaty mess that's walking up here including us I think this is as far as we're going on this side this Tower yeah so you can't even go beyond this Tower cuz they've closed the wall off here this would have been the doorway this is the undeveloped segment of the Great Wall no Crossing yes so I guess nobody walks on this part I don't think we can even go upstairs can we don't think so no I don't see any steps or anything to that floor so I mentioned that this section was made around the 1300s to 1600s but there are sections of the Great Wall of China that go back to 7th Century BC before Christ so way way way older but I read that the parts that were here from like the 7th Century BC they weren't made to be the Great Wall of China That's when there were different kingdoms Within China it would have been more of like a fortification around one of the cities and then they just use some of that wall to join to this wall the Great Wall man so this is the part that I said we were crawling up there's literally a guy crawling down the guides did say at some parts it's actually easier to go up than down I'm finding it a lot easier going down though [Music] that [Music] [Music] all right now it's time for the tgan taining is so simple so just forward forward backwards to break sounds simple all right I think we have to break here first this guy's letting us through ready for bumper cars Carol no no setting the rules you're not allowed so you're lucky all right off we go who speed up Carol speed up [Music] woohoo who I bet they wish they had this during the Ming NY they'd be jealous a quick way [Music] down go Carol go go go go [Music] [Music] [Applause] that's the fastest curve so far great yeah it seems to get even steeper at the end oh [Music] man go quicker go yeah there ain't no way that people don't keep bumping into each other here so the guy said it's like 7 to 10 minutes overall so it's a long fun ride [Music] enjoy that Carol yeah really fun I wish the other side had the tobogan too so we could do it again but I think it's only the cable C so there is a completely different region of the Great Wall that people visit that's a lot more popular and touristy than this one I think a lot of the Chinese go to the other one and yeah from what we've seeing it's really not that busy at all is it no it's not uh it's a big area as well there are many tour groups and stuff but you don't feel like uh super crowded all right this time it's a modern cable car yeah so the other part the guy said it would take around 40 minutes round trip and we did The Walking pretty quick I think that took like 20 25 minutes but then we had to queue up a long time for the tobogan so that reduced our time at this place I think we still have like uh 2 and 1/2 hours though but it's a lot more walking here so we'll have to see how far we get I think we can probably make it right yeah maybe I don't know we'll see when we get there yeah we'll see how far we can go [Music] [Music] yeah so we've just arrived here and I think the goal is to get to the highest one up there if we have enough time multile Towers we were down here before yeah we passed through here and we went up to this point and and these were the ones that weren't allowed to access yeah okay so is that where we got to go Carol um maybe once intended to ward off enemy attacks today it brings together the peoples of the world the Great Wall may it continue to act as a symbol of friendship for future Generations so you can see here they're doing some Restorations the walls completely collapsed on this side over there too don't know if that was recent and there is a part of the wall at the end that's supposed to be really difficult and the famous leader ma dong said that you're only a real man if you do that part right yeah so today we're going to become real men yeah we going to become a real man no way we got some cats the Great Wall cats fighting the cats are still keeping the the fighting Spirit going at the Great Wall no longer humans didn't the guy say that some films have been filmed here at this section yes I think uh Kung Fu which is a cartoon so maybe it was just like inspired by this place and the other one was Transformers yeah this really is epic imagine the guys that walk the whole thing year and a half [Music] [Music] so obviously this wall was used for defense of China but it was also to control things like immigration people come in in and out of China and also to manage the goods the imports and exports going out of China I think now it's time for the real man part oh God that's going to be a workout definitely going to have sore legs tomorrow it's one of the best viewpoints from here too really is completely wild here I don't even think there's any light Villages or anything on this [Music] side and it's the final Stars now the steepest part so I looked at the stairs and I thought we would have to go more but no this is the end yeah this part is also blocked off not developed yet real man yeah 10 minutes 10 minutes oh the last part so we use a translator app this says hero platform the Great well t on you it's raining oh really yeah oh yeah maybe we should go back then [Music] [Music] J so it is the next day now we ended up getting back late from the tour it was all dark and right now we're at the central business district of Beijing so far we've only been seeing the old historic places wanted to see the modern places too which Beijing is full of the mega buildings and we stopped at one of the most iconic spots which is of this building here which I've seen pictures of before that is the CCTV headquarters which is the central China television headquarters and then back there is the tallest building in Beijing I think it's over 500 M High a kind of new building yeah that looks really cool though super futuristic looking Kyle said this reminded her of BGC yeah in Philippines in Manila but I think this is bigger but it's kind of similar because it has many like ring areas as well and the very big buildings and modern yeah BGC really did look like this so we're just going to walk around here for a few hours it is our final day today here in Beijing anyway not in China though wonder what that is China World some underground don't know if that's like a Subway we haven't been on the subway or anything yet just been getting taxes around taxes are quite affordable aren't they yeah it's really affordable and it's like a big difference compared to Japan because in Japan the taxes were super expensive but here it's just really affordable so that thing where we saw China world I think it's cuz the building that we stopped at is actually the China World Trade Center this building here one thing you might have noticed as well is lots of people cycle around in Beijing it's a bit like Japan in that aspect so you see people on the bikes everywhere like these guys here so it looks like there's the big Starbucks there there's actually there's the Western chains everywhere isn't there from what we've seen yeah yeah like uh even like stores like the fancy stores like Gucci and I don't know brada restaurants as well McDonald's and everything just like we find in other uh Asian countries as well so it is a Saturday today so since this is the business district it's obviously going to be way less busy emptier not many people working some of the mega hotels Kerry Hotel Beijing I think this area around here also has the majority of the embassies too I think further down there where we're going to be heading around a park so we just come into this mall trying to find a place to eat Shake Shack it's like a burger chain isn't it yeah I think they have vegetarian burger shroom Burger so luckily they have this little thing here we can select food beverages could put it in English and then it shows all the restaurants on the different floors try and find something Chinese this one louding Fang Chinese traditional food what level is that level five want to go there then yep let's do it [Music] so we ended up finding a different restaurant cuz we don't know where the other one is I don't know the name of this one it's all in Chinese on the front of the menu but they have the English translations here also nice cuz they have the big photos of what the dishes look like so yeah I'm getting this glutinous rice cake 23 I'm also getting this streaky pork with layers of fat and lean tasty and tender flavor 59 car's going for this one roast eni potatoes 49 not sure what the portions are going to be like the other restaurants had some crazy prices didn't they yeah uh I think since this is like a more up scale Mall the the prices are very expensive but this one wasn't as as high as the other ones that we were checking yeah we are in the World Trade Center building so it's expected to be expensive we also got this that seems seems to be like a Adam mummy stir fried bean with spicy sauce 29 let's see how this is yeah I think it's different than the the Japanese one yeah it's different very spicy wow everything here is very spicy yeah they like the spice don't they I didn't even know China was like so into spicy food but we've had some like extremely spicy dishes we even had one where we said little and our stomachs hurting later on it was so spicy have you had this thing it's really good as well very spicy also mhm and these are my glutenous rice pancakes also pretty good size I thought it was going to be smaller cuz of the price something in there like a sweet thing seems a bit like a dessert maybe it is really tasty though whatever that sweet thing is wow and look at this certainly never had a pork dish like this before seems to be wrapped in a leaf cooked in a leaf I guess I don't even know where to start am I supposed to remove the leaf it's really steamy inside try and get a bit it's like stringy piece of fat I'm not sure yeah I definitely watch that yeah I really like that some amazing sauce on there I think they got like a carrot in there too it turns out it was cool that we came here yeah than Shake Shack Shake Shack yeah better than that burger oh man yeah I'm loving this dish this might actually be the best thing that I've had in China so far so I said carrots but it's actually sweet potato inside that sweet potato even better cuz I like sweet potatoes more than carrots struggling with the heat yeah like got a runny nose mhm it's very hot yeah spice can have that reaction runny nose watery eyes [Music] [Applause] [Music] so that's going to be it for this video we were planning on going to a park that's near our hotel but then it was raining quite heavy when we got out of the mall you can actually see the park from here it's where all these trees are you can even see the business district that's the tallest building in Beijing over there so we're not too far away and definitely enjoyed our stay in Beijing overall it was 4 days we got the visa on arrival that gives you 144 hours in the city which would be 6 days in total but we stayed here for 4 days and tomorrow we're going to Macau going to be spending a few days there and then we'll visit Shanghai and then that'll be it just for this trip in China for now so if you like this video just drop a like as usual to support us subscribe to see more videos like this follow us on Instagram and we'll see you in the next one [Music]
2024-05-24 20:40
