We Will NEVER Forget What We Saw In China
China a country filled with moments and sights you will never forget and it is wild from the food you eat and I think it's actually alive to the friends you made to the unforgettable sites I think we've come to the right place this trip to China made us question everything we've heard this is what I wanted to see and discover things we've never seen before we don't normally eat brain this is our journey through China [Music] 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 highspeed train to Beijing where we saw the tianan 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 months and it was freezing cold now we are here in full-blown 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 welome to CH thank you nice to meet you nice to meet you too bye bye thank you and already we are receiving a warm welcome this is exactly what I missed about China so we have to decided to start our second Journey here in China in the sprawling Mega City in the south of China guango which is the capital of guangong 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 canones 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 routes in the world and behind me is one of the most iconic landmarks in guango 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 guango 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 guango 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 Kenton 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're 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 and let's choose our drink water water because it's boiling there we go a little QR code that says alip so let's scan that 350 you in 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 oh great wall yes yes the Great Wall yes this is on Tik Tok China Tik Tok China Tik Tok okay wow so our video is on the Chinese Tik Tok and we didn't even know about it YouTuber 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 bye-bye byebye a so sweet so cute bye byebye 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 D is ordering a taxi for us and now most of them are actually electric taxis so there's an app called DD 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 he is 4 minutes away there's our taxi W balloons W look W these bicycles and tricycles and motorbikes are So Silent you got to watch where you're going me this is actually our first time taking a DD 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 ride in complete [Music] silence okay thank you byebye so we have arrived at our destination hello miow 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 naning Road in Shang hi what it is is just a long pedestrian street about 1 and 1/2 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 cramped together where are you from to China yeah welome you're speak so loud uh I I so good I'm from n yes oh yes yes the weather is really hot when you travel to countries where English is limited communication can be quite challenging that's why we want to thank time Kettle for sponsoring this video on our trip to China we used the T1 mini which is a very handy translation device that's easy to use and pocket sized we instantly translated from Chinese to English and it changed the way we traveled completely it also made us more confident to reach out have friendly conversations and ask for directions when we were lost I said that they like it really very much but they don't know how to communicate which is amazing because we are using this little device and we're having a full conversation the T1 mini has over 36 languages 88 accents and 39 languages for photo trans ation a huge perk is the offline translation that's highly accurate you don't need to worry about wasting your phone's data or your phone's battery just purely for translation purposes we cannot speak Chinese but we are very happy to speak with you the T1 mini is so easy to use with just the click of a button and boom you're able to convert instantly 24/7 thank you for driving us today whether it's emergency support Customs clearance or just buying train tickets you get oneyear free global data and it can be used in remote or popular tourist destinations in the scenario we ask how we could pay what ingredients were in the food and then had a friendly chat afterwards the food you make looks very delicious thank you for making it for us we highly recommend the T1 mini for your next exciting travel Adventure use our code or click the link in the description to try the T1 mini now this lovely gentleman is saying that we are basically the same people we can't speak Chinese they can't speak English but they're so happy to speak with us and share a different culture which is amazing even though we can't actually communicate in the same language [Music] so there's 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 mcure 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 [Music] 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 the there's giant 3D screen they got like there no idea what that is no idea what those shops are yeah they're making more iced tea I can smell the most amazing Aromas of food and I think the whole of guango has come [Music] here it's absolutely fascinating to be here because it's like organized chaos there are thousands of people all going different directions but yet nobody is 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 H 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 on giant waterfall uh stellic tide stellic 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 a 3D 4D experience cuz you can have sound sight smell and of course got a beautiful little picture on the [Music] [Applause] ceiling so I want to point out what actually happens on this 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 tourista 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 to 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 there'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's see ooh there's so many so luckily you can translate all in English mulbury grape lime treasure juicy bberry lime watermelon Luchi pink diamond joint B wow so much is happening what about this mury grape I'm going to get this one most of the apps you can choose how much sugar you want the sweetness level do you want less sugar no sugar with ice without they got a whole bunch of teas but look at this one grape duck excrement 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 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 bye-bye bye byebye byebye so cute and just in time for my malberry 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 malberry 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 launch so you can go and watch more shaving [Music] D 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 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 [Music] 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 is 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 ahead 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 wo he presses it down so cool it's absolutely impossible to walk past all of these street food stores 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 wo 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 I've never had a Mara 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 [Music] we've now come to a different section a bit of the older section here in guango 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 closen lancium lemon tea purple leachy 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 partk 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 [Music] [Applause] [Music] good okay I'm translating oh you want to take a picture yes let's take a picture thank you for taking a picture can you want to take a picture here 1 2 3 thank you so much nice to meet you byebye 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 [Music] 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 guango and the first thing I see are these giant watermelons look how big they are they're insane those must be 5 kg 10 lb at least wow I think that's like a duck duck neck maybe 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 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's a oh sorry sorry this is a walkthrough of people coming home from work so no tourists around here people taking photos so what have 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 the South 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 my line can smell like chives and something being grilled and oh it's so good ni ni 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 haircut for 20 R&B and look at all of these stre ooh oh and here has the egg tart we had these in maau 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 [Music] chaos yeah uh okay let me see what she 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 uh what yeah sh one sh so I think he's making one right now just for us look at him he puts some water on the dough he's 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 SES 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'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 has stuck it to the sidew wall 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 chili he asks us what country we're from n n n she says the foreigners love this oh wow the food you make looks very delicious thank you for making it for us so now we've got our flat braid already it's already made now you have to pay do you have uh Ellie pay okay maybe they only take cash oh right here oh of course she's so modern uh eight 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 [Applause] 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 R&B for this and she said we got to eat it while it's hot so you got to have a [Music] taste you know what 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 street 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 kind of beat 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 a 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 guango 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 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 Chev 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 guys 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 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 [Music] together yes yes it looks very delicious so I'm going to say goodbye to my granny your friend yeah going to go she your grandmother now yeah she byebye byebye see you next time time bye-bye i s byebye oh they were so amazing they were heartwarming welcoming they let me sit in front of their store how are you doing oh looking for oh what are you going to eat for dinner yeah for din corn yeah nice you here yes we live uh close by stay here in guango for one week and then we will go to changu oh changu yes he says he saw us from YouTube that's amazing thank you for watching our videos I saw a lot of your videos thank you so much I so you come to we love it you love it it's amazing it's a mon right the Mountain City Mountain Magic City Magic City Magic City yes exactly this is the the other side of the quo I think it have two siid one size is CBD one is here really in the city yes there are many workers I like what you said guango 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 of many forers who with is the sign yes but feel feel come here here wow that's amazing we like this we like it we like it here yeah enjoy your core yes and look look for another food yes more food it's not enough this my phone number your phone number okay I got it if you me some if you me some C thank you so much thank you so much so kind of you byebye byebye have a good have a good day by 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 so 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 [Music] I didn't want to get knocked by the motorbikes they're so silent I can't hear them coming you've got to really watch where you going yeah 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 T phone 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-pack required 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 a normal traffic everybody just Parks their bikes wherever and they're safe like this is crazy for us to see [Music] 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 R&B 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 heay 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 Togo 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 cold and then it's got a little ducky face on so now we're going to scan the QR code and pay for a drink I'm going to put in my five R&B boom I fade grab my straw and I'm actually going to put my straw in right now going to shake it up a bit put my St in [Music] M 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 convenience I love being here another as the sun has set it is full-blown nightlife here in guango 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 guango they're all here they're all here all these neon light 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 defo 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 I think this overall shows you what guango is like we've got the modern side and the old side [Music] together we've now entered the temple and it's fascinating because it's one of the oldest temples here in guango 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 Wango 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 good morning from guango West railway station today we are going to be taking our longest cross country trip through China a 10hour highspeed train for about 1,500 km or 900 mil which is the longest train journey we have ever taken from guango all the way towards the center of China to changdu and I think this is going to be one of our favorite places yet because we are going to see those fluffy cute kind of clumsy animals you may know which one I'm talking about the pandas and we are going to the capital of Sichuan Province so we got got to go and eat some tasty spicy street food so I'm really excited for this journey the only thing is it's going to take us around 10 hours and if we had to drive this it would take over 16 hours in a car but this is not an airport this is a train station it's massive there are so many gates around maybe 20 to 30 different high-speed trains leaving this station today there's the B section there's the a section I'm completely blown away every time come to a train station in China because it's absolutely massive it's huge there are lots and lots and lots of people here today this always shows how many people are traveling in China and of course the trains are such an easy and convenient way to travel so let me give you a quick layout of what this train station not airport looks like on each side is waiting areas and they are kiosks they are shops so you can buy bags or clothes or snacks for your train ride for example here is a Starbucks coffee I can see up there there's a Starbucks coffee on that side another Starbucks I think oh there's another one just beyond there is another Starbucks and I think there's another one in the corner the station is so big that when you arrive you have to choose which side of the station you want to come to so I said to our driver we need to come in on the west side because if you come on the east side you're actually too far away from your gate it's going to take you too long to get to and this station besides being absolutely massive it's got this beautiful glass Dome over it and that's bringing in a lot of natural light so it's really bright and lots of people are on the Move everyone's got their bags families are moving I'm so excited that we're finally back at the train station ready to take another Journey here in [Music] China now the best part about traveling by a train is you don't need to get here 3 hours before we just got here an hour before our train leaves in an hour we need need to find some snacks because our journey is 10 hours long so we're going to need to keep ourselves entertained somehow and that's through food this is the second time we're taking a highspeed train in China the first time is when we took one from Shanghai to Beijing but that was only 4 hours so to do 10 hours is going to be a completely different experience but this time we are going first class so I think it's going to be more comfortable and more relaxing are you ready my girl I am ready for our 10-hour Journey but I think we need to find some snacks first and I need a coffee like ASAP our train is at 9:20 so we've got about half an hour maybe so we better get some snacks quick we need a coffee for a train 10hour train journey we're all excited but I don't think we realize we're about to go 10 hours on a train okay so I can see that there are a few kiosks around selling all sorts of snacks and drinks there's vending machines there's even massage chairs look at the rows and rows of massage chairs that's crazy well hey if you get here early and you need something to pass the time okay so we've arrived at the kiosk ooh look at all the snacks bread pastry snacks egg TOS M sandwi cookies muffins all sort ice ice cream think that might melt biscuits do we want biscuits for the train ooh cookies what have we got here chicken leg chicken foot other kinds of chicken feet here what is this that looks like a fish what I love about traveling here in China is all the unique flavors of lace this says cucumber flavor and this one says Mexican chicken tomato flavor so nothing too extreme but still cool it's so nice to have a fiance who carries your bags I don't have to lift a finger you know what's so great about these is that they're absolutely silent they don't make a noise and they're very easy to reel look at that and they look so good as well we had to match these are all the massage chairs and we've got the giant board that says all of the train numbers and the times as well if you have a lot of time you can just chill here so you can see the size of the waiting area on this side and then if I switch it's exactly the same here and the size of the board showing you all the trains just shows how big the station is all the restaurants up there there's a McDonald's and up there is a business Lounge but what's crazy for me is all the trains are beneath us okay we're getting in the L 3 a all right so we need to go and get a coffee because I'm 99% caffeine at this point so and you need to wake up and I need to wake up because I'm half asleep how big is the station it's massive this is just a train station it's not even an airport plus we're only on one side there's a whole other side on that side as well which is pretty much like a a mirror of this side I actually just can't believe it because everybody looks like little ants I remember reading at the Shanghai station that there were 10,000 people at any time on the floor and from looking at this station here in guango I think it's exactly the same maybe even more there probably more people that come through here than an average airport anywhere else in the world that's how big it is we got our Cofe and we had to quickly rush to get to our train because it takes so long to go through all the checks and because the train is so long it takes a while to get through it so here's our train over here you ready go we have just a few minutes to go I don't know how we do it but we always leave it to the last minute but we did get our coffees and our snacks so now we just need to get on the train that platform that we were on was actually the third floor as I said all the trains are below us so right above us right now was that huge waiting area and all the shops and restaurants the way they' built these stations is mindblowing but because we're in first class we are in the first cart does that mean it's this one number one this one let's go put my coffee on here and then you can take that let's go okay look how impressive this train is okay and we're on perfect we made it we're on the train thank you sh what seat are we uh that's a good question we are 8 D and 8 F 8 D and 8f okay we have just made it onto the train and our seats look really really good it is now 9:20 so the train doors will close at 9:21 and we will start to make our 10-hour journey and as far as I know as usual they are always on the dot so we're about to leave in 1 minute is that right so I wanted to just give you a short little rundown of where we're sitting we're actually in the front of the train seats are super comfy really spacious there are this like cadroy material it's very soft we've got a little cushion and look at that 921 and we are moving already that is unbelievable they're always always on the dot so don't be like us and don't be super last minute and make sure you get here early don't get get here one minute before look at that we're on the go so let me give you a little rundown of my setup armrest and we've got a few buttons and cables here we've got a port for our headphones and we've got a recliner so we can recline when we're ready but to be honest look how small I am in the seat I'm like super tiny and then we've got a footrest which is kind of the same similar material as this we've got a little Port down here so we can charge all of our devices and we've got a lot of room I'm super comfortable I think we're going to be okay for 10 hours we've even got a shade and we've got two little plugs over here we can rest oh I could rest my umbrella here look at that now we are sorted for our 10-hour Journey [Music] now that we're on our way we've been going for about 5 minutes now and our seats are super comfy and what was different from last time is we didn't go through these vigorous Security checks that we did when we were going to Beijing so it was just scan the ticket and then we were on the train so we didn't get our deodorants confiscated at this time they're very thorough with their security checks but it's very very nice to be here in the summer because last time when we were on the train we had double layers on we were freezing so this is much more [Music] comfortable so I've just come between the two cars so on this side is the first class but then through here is second class so first class is only one part and it might be very loud in here but I wanted to film away from our just so I didn't disrupt anybody else okay I'm going to take a little walk through second class just to see what it looks like and I see there's three chairs on the right and two seats on the left we're the first class the seats are a little bit wider so you have two on the left and two on the right so it's a little bit more spacious more comfortable I can see some of these people are actually sitting on the floor so maybe they're only doing one stop on the train over here is a water dispenser and a water refill you can have heat and [Music] cold we have been on the train for about an hour hour and a half now and now that we've settled into our seats a little bit I have a few thoughts between the first class and the second class the first class seat is slightly wider you get this pillow it partially reclines and you get the footrest but besides besides that there is no difference in my opinion I would rather take second class because it's a lot more expensive to take first class we paid I think it's like $132 for the seat and I'm not noticing a lot of difference or Improvement and I don't know if the Gap in price is worth it but what's amazing about taking the train always is you get to see the countryside where if you were flying you don't get to see that now that we're going from the south of China towards the center we're getting lots of mountains limestone rocks rice patties and we're going through many many tunnels also how Green China is is amazing when a lot of people think of China and our thought as well is you only think of the big cities like Shanghai Beijing guango where we just were but so much of China is Countryside it's beautiful we got lakes rivers mountains that is the best part about taking the train some of the most beautiful train routes in the world are here in China [Music] look how beautiful this view is this is China most people don't think about this and you've got all of these Limestone Cliffs and they've all got beautiful little Peaks now that we've been on the train for a little while I think it's been around 2 hours now I have to admit that this is one of the older trains I think as we started to look around things look a little bit old and I think the quality of the train is a lot less maintained whereas the one before for two in between two big cities was really SP and span it was spotless we actually saw that you could book this train but have a no seat option so we've actually seen a lot of people sitting on the floor which is quite sad cuz this is a very very long [Music] [Music] journey so we're stopping at all of these stations along the way probably every half an hour or so but this station is very interesting because it is completely in the mountains here is the platform these people are waiting for their train and look at the Limestone Cliffs behind them I've never seen a station like this that they built right in the middle of the [Music] mountain okay by now you've probably seen that I give you a bathroom T whenever we take the train but I would suggest not to do a bathroom T when you're 5 hours into a long haul TR J it's not as glamorous glad you can't smell it I think don't inhale don't breathe just go do your business and then leave the end [Music] we are officially 6 hours into our Long Haul Journey here to changu and I'm not going to lie it's been seriously different compared to our trip from Shanghai to Beijing I felt like the train was really quiet before you wouldn't hear a sound whereas this ride has been very noisy and like phones playing videos at full volume so safe to say it's been very interesting we are currently traveling at about 250 km an hour and sometimes we've gone over 300 km hour we're about to go into another tunnel now and it is so impressive that they have built these tunnels halfway across the country in other countries to build one tunnel is an engineering feat in its own but what's fascinating for us is that we've gone through about over 1,000 km of tunnels we're on a bridge we're above these mountains right now we're above everything else and now we're in a tunnel now we're going through the mountain for me this train almost should not exist because to build one through this terrain is almost impossible how they've done it with tunnels and bridges and Fairways through all these mountains there hasn't been a single part of land that has been flat for 1,500 km this shows you what I'm talking about these are all highspeed train Railways over the mountains so they've kept the line completely straight but look how they built this that is insane right now it is 5:00 p.m. so we have 2 more hours of this train journey left we've kind of had a few naps or two I napped and I didn't let Deon nap very much but we've been watching our shows it feels like we have lived on this train dear passengers please take your belongings and wait at the gate please mind the gap between the door and the platform when getting on we have finally come towards the end of our Long Haul train journey I'm super excited to finally stretch my legs and get to the train station but overall we've had a pretty Pleasant trip in 7 minutes our 10-hour Journey will come to an end so before our train arrives we need to just get our bags because it stops for about 2 minutes and then it leaves again so you have to be really quick 10 hours I'm broken go away we made it we made it how big is this station wo it's pretty cool so this was actually the back of the train for us that I assume it's now going to go all the way back to gujo now that we've got off the train this was an incredible journey I cannot believe we spent 10 hours on this highspeed train [Music] welcome to changdu the capital of Sichuan Province here in southwestern China and changdu is famous for two important reasons first of all this is where sesan is from the spicy hot pot Mala and sesan pepper corns so everything is going to be really hot and spicy and this is the home the land and the culture of panda Heaven changdu is Panda crazy and I think it's their National mascot because you see it on all the signs and all the buildings right as a saying this you can see this shop here covered with panda merchandise you can get everything from bags caps teddy bears mascots the list goes on and here is one of them a little panda mascot he looks like he just want to give him a snuggle this is the heart and soul of changdu they are honestly the superstars of [Music] changdu so there is a panda base that we will go and visit later on but for now we're just going to enjoy all the recreational pandas that we're seeing right now I'm in one of the most modern streets in changu it's called chuni road which is this beautiful pedestrian walking Street there's clothing shops there is jewelry there is a whole Panda merch shop Let's actually go and take a look in the shop so this is what I'm looking at right now holy moly look at all the panda stuff Panda shirts Panda bag eggs oh my goodness look at all of these key Rings if you weren't obsessed with pandas I bet you would be now and the teddy bears oh so cute I am actually in pandemonium right now this is Panda Heaven There are teddy bears everywhere and I think they've marketed themselves really well because if you're not buying a panda key ring a panda bag anything of that sort you're doing it wrong [Music] wow look at this know it smells so delicious it's like a piping hot soup well it's not hot yet but it's basically Mala and then when it dries it actually solidifies into this block so you can actually take it home make your own Mala soup genius this is the ultimate welcome to sesan props exactly look at all these chilies ch everywhere look how thick this is wow full of flavor what I love about these kind of shopping streets is you have the mix of foreign Brands and China Brands together this brand over here is a China brand I've never heard of it before but then on this side we've got Adidas we've got Nike but then we have I think that's an which I think is a Chinese brand so almost every shop is changing between foreign brand and local brand but I want to show you why this street is specifically in come come and look at this do you think they're like pandas here you think you can get every kind of Panda merchandise so we've got little characters over here we've got pandas framed we've got magnets we've even got Lego pandas these are key rings I feel like I'm inside a panda right now this is like the best thing ever I love this this fantastic even on the hats look at this hat it's got ears so cute [Music] this I'm exited to look at to meet you yeah yeah yeah welcome to CH to Chu yes thank you so much are you from Chu my hometown is the next city today I go to tr road to look you sorry my no your English is so good you see we beautiful thank you so much you watch our video yes can youing exciting I can you and your uh boyfriend and uh there he is yeah yeah I can you look video so nice to meet you what's your name my name is uh T yeah yeah yeah nice to meet you nice to meet you thank you for watching our video I'm a a face face face thank you so much thank you thank you thank you thank [Music] you what is this I think that's exactly what I feel like right now it's a bit of a cloudy day and they're making pan fried dumplings we got to get some is this like a popup store do you think it's spicy it's got to be right we're in Sichuan Province they're steaming piping hot and they're gliss on the bottom it looks good can we have one ah sh okay so we're getting some look at that so you can see they're pan fried at the bottom and then soft on top and then she puts it in a little boat shaped bowl for us quite a lot as well wow the best part about being in China is you pay everything with your phone through a QR code I haven't taken my wallet or any cash out since we arrived in China about 10 days ago I don't even know where my wallet is so this is 20 let's put in 20 and pay there you go you can hear the payment came through they don't even ask you for proof of payment because it just comes immediately and you can hear the sound when it does of course you got to have some chili you got to put some soy sauce and I think this is like a chili powder first thing you got to know about us we absolutely love chili we're just going to smother this guy in chili do you think that's a bit overboard yum I'm sorry no regrets okay and then we're going to pop on some of this vinegar soy sauce and then we're going to put on a little bit of chili powder we're going crazy oopsie that okay that was a lot but oh well sh bye-bye byebye first things first is I'm going to get straight in here and I'm going to go for one that looks the spiciest you really covered those I did I went a bit overboard oh well wi in changdu first bite wo woo I went a bit overboard is it worth it yes these are so good they are fresh she looks like she just made them and of course I went overboard by putting way more chili than I should have but it is so so delicious I like that when you go to a different Province in China you can always kind of get the same thing but with a Twist and I love that these pan fried dumplings are or smothered in chili what a welcome to changu okay here's how you know Devon has been in Asia for too long he wants to eat every single chili before he moved to Asia 4 years ago he would never even touch one of these am I being crazy are you going to eat all of that yeah of course what we we're here in changu this guy is crazy oh so good what a champion absolutely [Music] delicious on all these streets it's not only about this big area there's little hidden gems and let me show you look at this little side alley there's these Secret side alleys and look at this one it's all Neon Lights I feel like I'm back in chong ching and it just it just keeps going on and on there definit look like oh thank you who feel like we're in Another Universe here I know we've gone all the way through the alley and ended up in a food Street a hidden food Street look at all these different things on a stick this is chicken feet I think this is cow's stomach oh yeah it's kind of a gray color and it's spiky wow this is awesome amazing look at look at all this fresh fruit wow fruits here are huge here has chicken feet oh wow we saw a lot of chicken feet in guango wow look at this it's covered in chili that's how you know you and sichan we went down a little Alleyway and now we've ended up with this what have I just seen here is this ni is this brain pig brain pig brain pig brain wow it's delicious it's good no in the back you're saying no we've actually had Pig's Brain before wow we had Pig's brain in the Philippines with rice but we didn't have the full Pig's brain and this is on some mushrooms it looks like that is absolutely fascinating we don't we don't normally eat brain cool very cool so interesting so unique I've never seen it in like a whole shape before and it's full form in it's full form yeah we've only had like a little bit and I've never seen this throughout our time in China so please let me know if this is only in changu they eat this and then what they do is they have it in this tin foil and then they Grill the brain with the mushrooms yes absolutely fascinating fascinating thank you bye bye how fascinating was that and then once you come back up there is another secret Alleyway but this time it's clothes and it's underground it's underground look at this okay if you love shopping you can get absolutely anything and everything in this underground shopping street and I'm sure it goes further and further on as well you can get clothes you can get shoes jackets caps it goes on as far as I can see behind you it's like shopping Heaven I love it all the shoes you can get suitcases this is Paradise for a Shopaholic I always feel when we end up in places like this like I'm never going to get out no it's like an endless maze you just won't ever find your way back out so I hope we don't get lost we're now making our way to a different part of changu and look at all of these bicycles that you can rent and they're so easy you just scan the QR code these are all different companies walking anywhere in China especially crossing the roads is always an experience because it's so quiet and we haven't got used to that where all the cars and scooters are electric there's so many different parts and aspects of changu that I like very very much but what I enjoy more than anything is seeing these massive skyscrapers they are so impressive and it just shows me how modern changdu is we have now come to the center point of changdu which is tianfu square and apparently if you've been to changdu and you haven't visited Tian Fu s Square then you haven't visited changdu and apparently it has the same status and fame as tianan Square does in Beijing the fact that we're in this open vast Square in the middle of the city is amazing look at this guy square square we've got some of the flower beds and then in the background we've got these beautiful gold symbols look how cool this square is obviously it is spotless can you believe this is China there's not a single leaf or a paper wrapper anywhere and then you can actually go underneath this Square as well I think there might be a train station underneath and this giant building on this side is the national museum underr underground oh can you go here yeah I think so where are you froming ping oh okay you're from Beijing yeah yeah oh wow it's your first time in changu first half uh nfir yes yes South Africa yes nice to meet you thank you have a good day thank you byebye I think they were asking me how to go underground to the subway station I'm equally as confused as they are I'm not from here I have no [Music] idea even here in tanu square there are little pandas coming out the flowers and the shrubs so everywhere throughout the city you see little cute pandas it's adorable now we've ticked off we've been to tianu square you have to do that if you come to changu even though we had those little pan fried dumplings I'm still a bit hungry so maybe let's see just past the museum what we can find wow there's a lot of people at this place it seems really crowded we have to investigate it looks like some sort of bread I see there's a whole card of bread outside a giant flatbread just to give you a reference how it's bigger than my hand W looks delicious hello we're taking a photo he's so cute thank you he was cute I love the hat I love the outfit and he had little hat on good uh it looks good it looks good thank you byebye bye back to the bread is back to the bread the bread is so big all I can tell you is the smell is so good it's actually making me drool a little they've got different shapes and Designs you how no no it's okay thank it looks good people are going crazy the
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