We so love trains! If you have any good recommendations for beautiful train trips in China or South East Asia, we'd love to hear from you :) thanks for being here, we really appreciate it. If you want to see the incredible scenery that inspired the Avatar producers for the movie, make sure to subscribe so that you don't miss out on the next video. See you tomorrow? Wishing you a good night from China!
Many years ago, I did a trip from Beijing to Urumqi. I stopped at Jiayuguan on the way out. They have a huge fort there, built hundreds of years ago, to stop the invaders. Stayed at Urumqi, the world's most inland city for a few days, then back to Shanghai over two days on the train.
the reason that some ppl still prefer squat toilet is because they dont have to touch the seat with their butts, which they think it's not hygiene. So the trains just have both kinds.
Squat toilets won't make people waiting outside wait for too long. One can't be on a squat toilet for a long time looking at the phone for example because the legs get tired. Also you shit easier and so quicker in a squating position.
Oh if you still in China , you can try Hangzhou to Huangshan, this train line has a really beautiful view and the city of hangzhou and the Mount. Huangshan is also fantastic.
All the bullet train has squat toilets and sit toilets, you just have to find it, most of them are next door or front door, will have a sign on the door.
From anatomy point of view, squat toilet is more preferable over the other one, since it makes much easier to do number 2, let alone, it is much more hygienic.
Many foreigners come to China only to find that they have been deceived by the media. It is a country that's beautiful, huge, has a long history, and has many different customs,people are friendly. In China, even every city has different food and beautiful scenery. This is a country where people still go to the mall and walk the streets at one o 'clock at night
The Chinese bullet trains now do 350 km / hour. The MAGLEV does 431 km/ hour, but, it's only a 8 minute ride. The Shanghai maglev train or Shanghai Transrapid (Chinese: 上海磁浮示范运营线) is a magnetic levitation train (maglev) line that operates in Shanghai. ... It is also the fastest commercial electric train in the world.
I suggest you experience the high-speed railway from Beijing to Shanghai. Along the way, you can visit Beijing, Tianjin, Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu and Shanghai. We live in Suzhou, and welcome you to the beautiful south of the Yangtze River.
the terrain around Chongqing is pretty rugged hence the railway into or out Chongqing and SiChuan would go through so many tunnels, i'm sure you have already noticed that in Chongqing cause this city is know as "the city of mountain" in China
actually both the squatting toilet as well as the western toilet should be available at the same time, maybe you should check the other side of the carriage to see if there was a western one
If you get time, soft sleep slow train beats the HSR by a country mile. If you are lucky you may get an entire cabin for yourself for hours. Also bringing enough food like sandwich, desserts, beer, etc, to enhance the experience. 😎😎
Yes it is probably a lot more comfortable. HSR is not too bad, only thing that is not so nice is that it is very noisy, which isn't that much of a problem, until it is 6am and people are shouting haha. Yes, bringing plenty of snacks is always great.
@@NaickKim Chinese technology and hardware is as good as any country but the etiquette of the average person is still not there yet. I am Chinese so I am entitled to say it LOL. Then again China is very safe for tourists.
I would choose the bullet train every single time! It was nice to take the more local slow train too, but in terms of comfort it just cannot compare to bullet train travel. Glad we tried both! :)
wow, the YiChang is my hometown, but I was living in Shanghai, very glad to see you went to Yichang, really love this vidoes, hope you have a good trip!
You two have seen more of China than we've seen in several years. But I guess it's because we're based in Beijing working. Though I don't think that's a good excuse for us. We definitely need to get out more our next opportunity :) Fun travel day episode. Best, James and Kim
That's what always happens when you live somewhere. We also have not visited some very popular spots in Belgium, that are only an hour away from where we live. We have not visited any of the popular museums in our own city, despite living there for 6 years. What's your favourite spot in China?
@@NaickKim Chengdu is really interesting but perhaps the ancient tea growing areas of Yunnan are fascinating. We have a dear friend who spent years there studying the arts of growing and aging fine teas. We want to spend some time there next year. But for now we're really enjoying you two discovering beautiful China :)
Yes, we read and heard so many good things about the Yunnan province. Next time we will go there for sure. Probably in combo with Tibet if we can get in there. The scenery looks so beautiful there. I think we could travel in China for a full year and not get bored of it.
I am deeply impressed by the girl's carrying capacity! In China, this is solely a men's task. The good point about squat toilets is contact-free. Yangtze River is the third-longest river in the world after the Amazon River and the river Nile. China has two big rivers Yangtze and Yellow, which belong solely to China.
Oh really, didn't know that! Never saw any sit down toilets outside of a few select fancier places so that's why we figured they weren't very popular. Thanks for sharing!
Hi You have posted many beautiful videos of china. Anticipating for my trip to be there in November. Ur video has guided me in planning my 30 days in china May i ask did you book the train ticket in advance or just get over the counter on the day of travel?
That's great to there Sze Ling Chai! You will have a great time. Where are you planning to go? We booked our train tickets for Beijing to Pingyao and then to Xi'an and Chongqing before we arrived in China. All the other trains we booked once we were in China. We usually bought the train ticket at least 1 day before to be sure we could get it. Although one day we showed up at the wrong train station (Xi'an North instead of South, about 35km in the other way haha) and they were able to book us onto another train immediately. September and especially golden week is a very busy period so we didn't want to take any chances.
Thank you for your reply We will fly in to Harbin then going Beijing , datong, pingyao, xian, chengdu, zhangjiajie, guilin and last kunming . I am thinking to add in Fenghuang because of your video. Hopefully everything will work as plan. Our main concern now is payment using cash or credit card or wechat. Have a blessed day
If you do not have a Chinese bank account, you cannot use wechat for payments. Credit cards are generally not accepted. Some more upscale restaurants and shops accept them, but it is pretty rare. We have been using cash for pretty much everything. There are plenty of ATM's where you can get cash with your credit card. ICBC always work for me, as well as CITIC, HSBC and China Construction bank. Bank of China, China postal and some others did not work for me. Install the Didi taxi app, even if you don't need taxis, their map has pretty much all the restaurants, hotels and ATM's in there. Even some small ATM's inside government buildings etc. Sounds like you have a great itinerary. If you can fit it in, I would visit Fenghuang, it is very beautiful.
in China ,western toilet is considered not to be hygienic for publicly using , but in private places like home , hotel , we use western toilet. Have a nice trip ~
Wow, that is a serious backpack she is hauling! Impressive. Whenever I put on my pack, I can't help but think "back in the saddle again"... 🐎. China seems like a super cool mix of nature and modernity, but their visa process seems a huge pain in the arse.
We both have 50 or 55l backpacks. We could do with a lot less now though. If it wasn't for all the camera gear, chargers and laptops, we could easily travel with a 40l carry-on. China is just awesome. It is so diverse it is incredible. Big modern cities, culture, historic cities, scenic cities by the river, amazing nature, great food. It's one of our favourite countries now, if not our favourite!
The visa process takes a bit of time to collect the documents you need (invitation letter, request form, etc.), but for the rest it is very smooth. Some countries like the US even get 5 or 10 year visas.
bullet or slow train, it's always better than flying in airplanes the constant jet noise, the small seat, the low amount of food, the turbulence, can't smoke, the constant uneasiness, no leg space, can't stand up and stretch getting up when windows passenger wants to pee, and when you're sitting in the window seat and want to pee and the two guys are sleeping and you have to wake them up, or them waking you up 38 hours in a slow train wasn't all that bad for me, i could move around, look at the environment, smoke, stand and stretch, talk with the waitress 4+ hours for me in an airplane, always hell, minutes feels like hours no leg space, small seats, jet noise no leg space, small seats, jet noise no leg space, small seats, jet noise (6'0, 80kg, 34 waist here)
I feel you! I'm 1m95 (about 6'4) and travelling in airplanes is not easy. Especially the local Asian planes are... a challenge! We really love the long distance trains. WHere did you do the 38 hour train ride?
@@NaickKim I hear you. Bread in Asia is generally disappointing. Full of fluff and sugar. And weird stuff. I do have a list of great bakeries in Asia though (my wife is Dutch). It's very useful when she wants a good sandwich for lunch (cold lunches! ugh!)
Ow that's great. We are from the Dutch speaking part of Belgium. I personally do not like cold lunches at all. A lot of people in Belgium prefer a sandwhich for lunch, but I'm not really fond of that.
Please desde :. IT IS CHANGJIANG RIVER. (nOT Yangtze). Your travels are very special . I am a Chinese lover too. Stay safe. Blessings from Catalonia . We are 7.4 million people only.
@@NaickKim been to Xian, Giangdong, Beijing,...one month. I Hong Kong I worked as a Spanish Teacher for 5 months. Have a safe journey. We love Belgium because you speak Flemish like Catalan. Catalans have a tone of Catalan books. We publish a lot in Catalan although 50% wish to speak Spanish. In Flemish do you have Flemish novels, newspapers, etc? I love Tintin so much. I have all the books in pdf. I was born in 1967.
@@NaickKim Its a nice small city, you can search for it, Jiujiang is famous for 庐山（lu mountain）it famous vacation place it is really lovely and amazing, we all can understand mandarin and Jiujiang dialect
Wow, that really looks impressive! The Lu mountain scenery looks impressive. And those waterfalls! When searching I also came across some beautiful pictures of winter scenery. What would be the best time of the year to visit?
Thanks a lot for the tips! The pronounciation of Mandarin is what makes it so difficult haha. Even when I pronounce some basic things like Fenghuang, nobody seems go understand me. I'll have to practice more. Do you speak any other Chinese languages like Cantonese? Is it very different?
@@NaickKim I do speak a little Cantonese. It is very different from Mandarin. They are not mutually intelligible. But if you are native speaker, starting from one, you are able to transfer to the other with a one month practice, although your pronunciation may not be quite accurate. The point is that we share not only the same writing system, but also the same formal written language.
So the characters are the same and have the same meaning then? So it is more the pronounciation? I read somewhere that Cantonese has 6 different intonations, but Mandarin has less. We have an expression in our language: 'It sounds like Chinese to me' which means I do not understand it. It's unfortunate Chinese is such a difficult language. I would love to be able to talk a bit more to the locals.
@@NaickKim You are right. The formal written languages, if not direct interpretations of colloquial languages, are the same. In Hong Kong people use traditional characters instead of the systematically simplified ones, but it's more like different styles of the same thing. In the colloquial languages, our choices of words for the same meaning can sometimes be different, but people can guess and somehow find the reason why different words are used in other dialects (if they know how the words are written) based on a common culture background.
That makes sense. I didn't know the traditional was still in use in Hong Kong. We're not going to make it to Hong Kong this time. We would need to request a new visa to re-enter China if we go to Hong Kong, which is a bit inconvenient at this time.
Don't ride a bus driver who solicits passengers at the station. He will charge a lot of extra money. Download a taxi-hailing software, from the above taxi safe and cheap.
Those squat toilets are for fairly young and for fit people, I can't imagine an older 300 pounds plus person squatting down to go to the bathroom in China.
I can't imagine that either, but I haven't seen any 300 pound people here yet. People seem to be quite fit here in general. Obesity isn't as much as a problem like in a lot of western countries.
@@NaickKim yes! i am planning to travel along the costline of china by train. if i can deposit more money, i may travel to Nara, Japan, there are lots of lovely deers in that city.
My back is already a lot better. Although, please don't tell Kim, so she can carry my backpack for a few more days. Who know, I can even stretch it out for a few weeks ;) My back is feeling pretty fragile I'd say ; )
@@bensky888 In our experience, western media don't really report a lot about China, except for some political stuff (foreign policy, relations with US, etc.). The only thing that is in the news lately are the protests in Hong Kong. So western people (including us) don't know so much about China. Some of the images that we have of China are also not relevant anymore, as China changed so much in the last 10-20 years.
Naick & Kim thank you for your nice info as we will be travelling to shanghai this coming november. i learn a lot frim your video i like your video on avatar mountain that will be my next plan to travel
@@bensky888 youtube has a large number of travelling vlogs, they put themselves in China, explore it, experience it, no one no one tells us its dangerous in any part of china, most of travellers are the western guys, at least they are freedom to say anything on TH-cam, they don't get paid by Chinese govt But you still dont seem to believe in its existence. Congrats, ur successfully manipulated by professional, continuous propaganda of west. ur not the only.
重庆市. My dears you pronounce wrong the big metropolis Chongqing. [.chongching ]. Please the chi sound is spelled". "" qi "". In mandarin. I am sorry to be telling about speaking rules. Just if you type it on Google translator and you type the speaking option you will find the truth. I.am studying putonghua. I love Chinese and other countries. Hong Kong , Taiwan and Catalonia.
Naick & Kim recently I had "cote dor" 70%, they're very good and are popular among chocolate lovers in china. The weather was too warm for chocolate so I kept them in a fridge which affected the taste. Before that I probably had other Belgian brand chocolate too but I don't remember at the moment. And many years ago I had a Belgian chocolate cake, it was so impressing that I still remember it.
Cote D'or is really good! It is probably the most famous in Belgium. A lot of times we see 'Belgian chocolate' in other countries but we have never heard of the brand haha. I like the 70% too, has a really good chocolate taste without too much sweetness. Although sometimes I like the sweet chocolate too!
It was a great experience! We're going to skip HK for now, because we would need to request a new visa for China to re-enter which is a bit of a pain. But I would love to visit Hong Kong.
@@djmuscovy7525 that's female toilet. Here Australia, lots of male pee on the toilet seats. Also, scientists identify the squat toilet can help people with constipation.
@@廖峻-u7d I'm a guy who has lived in US for a long time and there are seat papers in every public men's room I've been to. True, shiting is easier in squating position. But difficult for old people and people with leg problems. Also, some Americans are so fat that you have to see them to believe how fat they are. They can't squat.
Imagine if one is sitting on a sitting toilet, the water in the toilet may bounce back with dirt, and the dirt water may flow follow one's butt to the toilet seat. AFAIK most American has no habit of wiping the seat after each use but even if they do, bacteria could not be wiped out throughly. Now the next one comes, making it further accumulated. The third one may have diarrhea, and the fourth one would...
We only have these kind of toilets in Europe and even the US and parts of Latin America. I haven't seen millions of people having the shitters, so I guess it's alright.
Naick & Kim I've seen human solid waste on the toilet seat in Paris. The US in general is much dirtier than Europe, where one can frequently find things weird on the seat.
Thanks for the concern Joe 😉 we take good care of each other! When I had a serious knee injury earlier this year he carried my bag for weeks and did everything for me 😊🙏🏻 xx Kim
Naick & Kim yes, I was born in Shanghai and grew up there. Then came to US about 35 years ago. I wish some days I will/can travel like you all over China. But I think I need to wait for a few more years when I actually retire. I did not have a chance when I were young to visit many places in China. China changed so much, now it is good time to visit....
We so love trains! If you have any good recommendations for beautiful train trips in China or South East Asia, we'd love to hear from you :) thanks for being here, we really appreciate it. If you want to see the incredible scenery that inspired the Avatar producers for the movie, make sure to subscribe so that you don't miss out on the next video. See you tomorrow? Wishing you a good night from China!
Hi,I am from China.I like your videos.You can take train from shanghai to Lhasa.it's a very long and beautiful journey.
This two white are enjoying in our asia
Travelling by train, for sure Japan is one of the best destination. You can purchase de japan railpass to get unlimited access for a certain period.
I am now on border I have subscribed bless you both in the mighty name of Jesus may his Angels Watch Over Your travels
Many years ago, I did a trip from Beijing to Urumqi. I stopped at Jiayuguan on the way out. They have a huge fort there, built hundreds of years ago, to stop the invaders. Stayed at Urumqi, the world's most inland city for a few days, then back to Shanghai over two days on the train.
the reason that some ppl still prefer squat toilet is because they dont have to touch the seat with their butts, which they think it's not hygiene. So the trains just have both kinds.
Oh that makes sense!
I also like that aspect, but sadly people piss all over the floor so you have to touch piss with your shoes.
actually squating is more proper to use as it produces more discharge, because your stomach is press
Seat papers are provided in all restrooms in US just as toilet papers are.
@@bensky888 Squating is mechanically superior and is how humans should be shitting. However the pissy floors get me every time.
Squat toilets won't make people waiting outside wait for too long. One can't be on a squat toilet for a long time looking at the phone for example because the legs get tired. Also you shit easier and so quicker in a squating position.
Hahaha that is true.
哈哈哈哈，nice one
I hate the awful things. Was forced to use one a couple of time in Japan..... awful experience :-(
Oh if you still in China , you can try Hangzhou to Huangshan, this train line has a really beautiful view and the city of hangzhou and the Mount. Huangshan is also fantastic.
Thanks for the tip!
it’s due to hygiene problem. In home, we use seat toilets. In public area, we prefer squat toilets
All the bullet train has squat toilets and sit toilets, you just have to find it, most of them are next door or front door, will have a sign on the door.
Thanks for the tip 😊👌🏻
No, only the first class and the business class cabins have them. For sleeper trains, only soft sleeper trains and executive suites have them.
From anatomy point of view, squat toilet is more preferable over the other one, since it makes much easier to do number 2, let alone, it is much more hygienic.
Many foreigners come to China only to find that they have been deceived by the media. It is a country that's beautiful, huge, has a long history, and has many different customs,people are friendly. In China, even every city has different food and beautiful scenery. This is a country where people still go to the mall and walk the streets at one o 'clock at night
The Chinese bullet trains now do 350 km / hour. The MAGLEV does 431 km/ hour, but, it's only a 8 minute ride. The Shanghai maglev train or Shanghai Transrapid (Chinese: 上海磁浮示范运营线) is a magnetic levitation train (maglev) line that operates in Shanghai. ... It is also the fastest commercial electric train in the world.
I suggest you experience the high-speed railway from Beijing to Shanghai. Along the way, you can visit Beijing, Tianjin, Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu and Shanghai. We live in Suzhou, and welcome you to the beautiful south of the Yangtze River.
Thanks for the tips! For this trip we started in Beijing and are moving south.
the terrain around Chongqing is pretty rugged hence the railway into or out Chongqing and SiChuan would go through so many tunnels, i'm sure you have already noticed that in Chongqing cause this city is know as "the city of mountain" in China
Yes there were a lot of mountains in Chongqing. The scenery is very nice. It is a charming city.
actually both the squatting toilet as well as the western toilet should be available at the same time, maybe you should check the other side of the carriage to see if there was a western one
We'll be sure to check next time!
I don't think so. Just make a removable low-seat above a squatting toilet works better. Also dig two holes for seat users to place legs.
Lots of tunnels because Chongqing and Zhangjiajie and area in between them are all mountains, you are travelling through these hills and mountains.
That makes sense 😊 thank you! 🙏🏻
Did you guys miss YiChang’s three gorgeous dam? It’s also worth to see if you had more time though.
Yes we did. We decided to skip it.
Happen to see my hometown Yichang in your video lol. Hope u have good time traveling in China
Thank you! Too bad we didn't have time to visit Yichang this time.
If you get time, soft sleep slow train beats the HSR by a country mile. If you are lucky you may get an entire cabin for yourself for hours.
Also bringing enough food like sandwich, desserts, beer, etc, to enhance the experience. 😎😎
Yes it is probably a lot more comfortable. HSR is not too bad, only thing that is not so nice is that it is very noisy, which isn't that much of a problem, until it is 6am and people are shouting haha. Yes, bringing plenty of snacks is always great.
@@NaickKim Chinese technology and hardware is as good as any country but the etiquette of the average person is still not there yet. I am Chinese so I am entitled to say it LOL. Then again China is very safe for tourists.
I would choose the bullet train every single time! It was nice to take the more local slow train too, but in terms of comfort it just cannot compare to bullet train travel. Glad we tried both! :)
Amen to that 😊🙏🏻
wow, the YiChang is my hometown, but I was living in Shanghai, very glad to see you went to Yichang, really love this vidoes, hope you have a good trip!
Thanks for watching! We really had a good time in China and would love to return. Unfortunately now that is difficult.
You guys are good Narrators, like it.
Thank you!
Your vlog is definitely awesome. I m Chinese but have never been to Sichuan province. Thanks for providing such great views !
Thanks for watching. We hope to return to China soon.
You two have seen more of China than we've seen in several years. But I guess it's because we're based in Beijing working. Though I don't think that's a good excuse for us. We definitely need to get out more our next opportunity :)
Fun travel day episode.
Best, James and Kim
That's what always happens when you live somewhere. We also have not visited some very popular spots in Belgium, that are only an hour away from where we live. We have not visited any of the popular museums in our own city, despite living there for 6 years.
What's your favourite spot in China?
@@NaickKim Chengdu is really interesting but perhaps the ancient tea growing areas of Yunnan are fascinating. We have a dear friend who spent years there studying the arts of growing and aging fine teas. We want to spend some time there next year. But for now we're really enjoying you two discovering beautiful China :)
Yes, we read and heard so many good things about the Yunnan province. Next time we will go there for sure. Probably in combo with Tibet if we can get in there. The scenery looks so beautiful there. I think we could travel in China for a full year and not get bored of it.
Welcome to China, welcome to experience China's high-speed rail, welcome to experience China's speed!
Thank you!
The highspeed trains in China has both squat and western, depends on the compartment.
Thanks for the info.
I am deeply impressed by the girl's carrying capacity! In China, this is solely a men's task. The good point about squat toilets is contact-free. Yangtze River is the third-longest river in the world after the Amazon River and the river Nile. China has two big rivers Yangtze and Yellow, which belong solely to China.
在中国人家里或高档酒店有坐式马桶，其他公共场所很少有，因为不卫生，每个人的屁股都触碰过，我是不会使用的
那是真的哈哈。 我想这是文化差异。 你从哪里来?
@@NaickKim Chengdu,Sichuan Province.hometown of giant panda
There are also Western toilets on the high-speed trains
, but in some carriages, you need to find or ask the staff
Seat papers are provided in all restrooms in US just as toilet papers are.
但坐式馬桶也没問題, 只要像功夫片無影凳一樣就可以
why u dont use a box with wheels instead of two heavy bags on back
Sit down toilet is popular in every family,but in public ,it’s not that good for station management . Huge amount of people use toilet
Oh really, didn't know that! Never saw any sit down toilets outside of a few select fancier places so that's why we figured they weren't very popular. Thanks for sharing!
I believe it's because Chinese think public sit down toilets are not that sanitary.
That might make sense yes! I've also seen some sit down toilets with foot prints on the seat hahaha.
Hi
You have posted many beautiful videos of china. Anticipating for my trip to be there in November. Ur video has guided me in planning my 30 days in china
May i ask did you book the train ticket in advance or just get over the counter on the day of travel?
That's great to there Sze Ling Chai! You will have a great time. Where are you planning to go?
We booked our train tickets for Beijing to Pingyao and then to Xi'an and Chongqing before we arrived in China. All the other trains we booked once we were in China. We usually bought the train ticket at least 1 day before to be sure we could get it. Although one day we showed up at the wrong train station (Xi'an North instead of South, about 35km in the other way haha) and they were able to book us onto another train immediately.
September and especially golden week is a very busy period so we didn't want to take any chances.
Thank you for your reply
We will fly in to Harbin then going Beijing , datong, pingyao, xian, chengdu, zhangjiajie, guilin and last kunming . I am thinking to add in Fenghuang because of your video.
Hopefully everything will work as plan.
Our main concern now is payment using cash or credit card or wechat.
Have a blessed day
If you do not have a Chinese bank account, you cannot use wechat for payments. Credit cards are generally not accepted. Some more upscale restaurants and shops accept them, but it is pretty rare. We have been using cash for pretty much everything. There are plenty of ATM's where you can get cash with your credit card. ICBC always work for me, as well as CITIC, HSBC and China Construction bank. Bank of China, China postal and some others did not work for me.
Install the Didi taxi app, even if you don't need taxis, their map has pretty much all the restaurants, hotels and ATM's in there. Even some small ATM's inside government buildings etc.
Sounds like you have a great itinerary. If you can fit it in, I would visit Fenghuang, it is very beautiful.
in China ,western toilet is considered not to be hygienic for publicly using , but in private places like home , hotel , we use western toilet. Have a nice trip ~
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Wow, that is a serious backpack she is hauling! Impressive. Whenever I put on my pack, I can't help but think "back in the saddle again"... 🐎. China seems like a super cool mix of nature and modernity, but their visa process seems a huge pain in the arse.
We both have 50 or 55l backpacks. We could do with a lot less now though. If it wasn't for all the camera gear, chargers and laptops, we could easily travel with a 40l carry-on.
China is just awesome. It is so diverse it is incredible. Big modern cities, culture, historic cities, scenic cities by the river, amazing nature, great food. It's one of our favourite countries now, if not our favourite!
The visa process takes a bit of time to collect the documents you need (invitation letter, request form, etc.), but for the rest it is very smooth. Some countries like the US even get 5 or 10 year visas.
Wonderful trip! Hope you guys come back to visit China again!
bullet or slow train, it's always better than flying in airplanes
the constant jet noise, the small seat, the low amount of food, the turbulence, can't smoke, the constant uneasiness, no leg space, can't stand up and stretch
getting up when windows passenger wants to pee, and when you're sitting in the window seat and want to pee
and the two guys are sleeping and you have to wake them up, or them waking you up
38 hours in a slow train wasn't all that bad for me, i could move around, look at the environment, smoke, stand and stretch, talk with the waitress
4+ hours for me in an airplane, always hell, minutes feels like hours
no leg space, small seats, jet noise
no leg space, small seats, jet noise
no leg space, small seats, jet noise
(6'0, 80kg, 34 waist here)
I feel you! I'm 1m95 (about 6'4) and travelling in airplanes is not easy. Especially the local Asian planes are... a challenge! We really love the long distance trains. WHere did you do the 38 hour train ride?
I agree. Moreover, much much time needed in security check and baggage claim if flying.
@@NaickKim guangzhou railway to jilin station, to save money for snowboarding
This train has both of the toilets for your choice. Just go and search for seat toilet in another car
Thanks for the tip!
2:05 haha Awww Naick. Chomp chomp chomp.
A moment of silence for that poor breakfast bun!
It wasn't that great to be honest. I prefer the Baozi's for breakfast.
@@NaickKim I hear you. Bread in Asia is generally disappointing. Full of fluff and sugar. And weird stuff. I do have a list of great bakeries in Asia though (my wife is Dutch). It's very useful when she wants a good sandwich for lunch (cold lunches! ugh!)
Ow that's great. We are from the Dutch speaking part of Belgium. I personally do not like cold lunches at all. A lot of people in Belgium prefer a sandwhich for lunch, but I'm not really fond of that.
@@NaickKim Me neither. I need a BIG HOT lunch with lots of rice and meat and vegetables! Slurp!
Sounds great, although I prefer noodles to rice. We're not used to eating rice so much.
Please desde :. IT IS CHANGJIANG RIVER. (nOT Yangtze). Your travels are very special . I am a Chinese lover too. Stay safe. Blessings from Catalonia . We are 7.4 million people only.
Muchas graçias David! Sorry my catulian is not so good, only know a bit of Spanish. Thanks for the tips! Where have you been in China?
@@NaickKim been to Xian, Giangdong, Beijing,...one month. I Hong Kong I worked as a Spanish Teacher for 5 months. Have a safe journey. We love Belgium because you speak Flemish like Catalan. Catalans have a tone of Catalan books. We publish a lot in Catalan although 50% wish to speak Spanish. In Flemish do you have Flemish novels, newspapers, etc?
I love Tintin so much. I have all the books in pdf. I was born in 1967.
Yangtze river and chang jiang river ,they are the same river ,just different name .haha
by the way ,welcome to China .
Almost all fast trains have Western sit down toilets and squat toilets, you didn't look hard enough.
True, someone told us they have both squat toilets as well as sit down toilets on the trains. Next time we'll look for the other ones ;)
Makes sense haha.
@monarch wangke Seat papers are provided in all restrooms in US just as toilet papers are.
Welcome to China, Have a nice trip!
Thanks a lot Yuchao Wang! Where are you from?
@@NaickKim Jiujiang,Jiangxi Province, China haha
Cool! I hadn't heard of this place before. There are so many cities and provinces in China. Is it a big city? What language is spoken there?
@@NaickKim Its a nice small city, you can search for it, Jiujiang is famous for 庐山（lu mountain）it famous vacation place it is really lovely and amazing, we all can understand mandarin and Jiujiang dialect
Wow, that really looks impressive! The Lu mountain scenery looks impressive. And those waterfalls! When searching I also came across some beautiful pictures of winter scenery. What would be the best time of the year to visit?
Haha, I cannot help giving the mandarin pronunciation for Zhangjiajie. It sounds somewhat like John Jar Jay. Or you can try google translate with 张家界.
Thanks a lot for the tips! The pronounciation of Mandarin is what makes it so difficult haha. Even when I pronounce some basic things like Fenghuang, nobody seems go understand me. I'll have to practice more. Do you speak any other Chinese languages like Cantonese? Is it very different?
@@NaickKim I do speak a little Cantonese. It is very different from Mandarin. They are not mutually intelligible. But if you are native speaker, starting from one, you are able to transfer to the other with a one month practice, although your pronunciation may not be quite accurate. The point is that we share not only the same writing system, but also the same formal written language.
So the characters are the same and have the same meaning then? So it is more the pronounciation? I read somewhere that Cantonese has 6 different intonations, but Mandarin has less.
We have an expression in our language: 'It sounds like Chinese to me' which means I do not understand it. It's unfortunate Chinese is such a difficult language. I would love to be able to talk a bit more to the locals.
@@NaickKim You are right. The formal written languages, if not direct interpretations of colloquial languages, are the same. In Hong Kong people use traditional characters instead of the systematically simplified ones, but it's more like different styles of the same thing. In the colloquial languages, our choices of words for the same meaning can sometimes be different, but people can guess and somehow find the reason why different words are used in other dialects (if they know how the words are written) based on a common culture background.
That makes sense. I didn't know the traditional was still in use in Hong Kong. We're not going to make it to Hong Kong this time. We would need to request a new visa to re-enter China if we go to Hong Kong, which is a bit inconvenient at this time.
Don't ride a bus driver who solicits passengers at the station. He will charge a lot of extra money. Download a taxi-hailing software, from the above taxi safe and cheap.
Thanks for the tip!
Those squat toilets are for fairly young and for fit people, I can't imagine an older 300 pounds plus person squatting down to go to the bathroom in China.
I can't imagine that either, but I haven't seen any 300 pound people here yet. People seem to be quite fit here in general. Obesity isn't as much as a problem like in a lot of western countries.
Asian people are slim af lol
@@birdyashiro1226 Haha indeed. It is quite exceptional to see really overweight Asians.
Western people don't have the ability to squat because we sit in western chairs and wear western shoe/boots which limits our range of movement
very impressive vlog, i should travel more after graduation like you guys
After graduation is the perfect time! Do it!! :) where would you go?
@@NaickKim yes! i am planning to travel along the costline of china by train. if i can deposit more money, i may travel to Nara, Japan, there are lots of lovely deers in that city.
Using ordinary train in stead of slow train. Because the term “slow” does not definitely refer to its speed about how much the speed is.
The Chinese refer to it as slow train, so we just use whatever the locals use.
Good night Kim and Naick
good night David!
My back is already a lot better. Although, please don't tell Kim, so she can carry my backpack for a few more days. Who know, I can even stretch it out for a few weeks ;) My back is feeling pretty fragile I'd say ; )
You know everyone can read this right?
You are going to become a sandwich.
enjoy your trip in China ,good luck .
Thanks Alex 😊
welcome to my country and good luck
Thank you!!
The latest trains do 350 km / hour
do you feel safe travelling to china?
Yes, very safe. Safest we ever felt probably.
Naick & Kim good to hear that, because if you will believe western media report it seems that china is very dangerous place to visit.
@@bensky888 In our experience, western media don't really report a lot about China, except for some political stuff (foreign policy, relations with US, etc.). The only thing that is in the news lately are the protests in Hong Kong.
So western people (including us) don't know so much about China. Some of the images that we have of China are also not relevant anymore, as China changed so much in the last 10-20 years.
Naick & Kim thank you for your nice info as we will be travelling to shanghai this coming november. i learn a lot frim your video i like your video on avatar mountain that will be my next plan to travel
@@bensky888 youtube has a large number of travelling vlogs, they put themselves in China, explore it, experience it, no one no one tells us its dangerous in any part of china, most of travellers are the western guys, at least they are freedom to say anything on TH-cam, they don't get paid by Chinese govt
But you still dont seem to believe in its existence. Congrats, ur successfully manipulated by professional, continuous propaganda of west. ur not the only.
Nice video, I like it
Thanks so much :)
Wish you have a great time in China
Thank you! We really enjoyed our time in China!
Hi，I am studying in Belgium now!
Oh that's so cool. Where are you studying? KU Leuven?
@@NaickKim Yes! For Bachelor
重庆市. My dears you pronounce wrong the big metropolis Chongqing. [.chongching ]. Please the chi sound is spelled". "" qi "". In mandarin. I am sorry to be telling about speaking rules. Just if you type it on Google translator and you type the speaking option you will find the truth. I.am studying putonghua. I love Chinese and other countries. Hong Kong , Taiwan and Catalonia.
Actually the train has two kinds of toilet .
Oh really? Where are the sit down toilets?
Naick & Kim u can ask the attendant or u can look for it carefully
Thanks a lot Aaron!
@@NaickKim There are two kinds of toilets, some have toilets at both ends.
Next train we will do a search for the hidden toilets ;)
Why did you let the lady carry the luggage? hahahah
rewatch the first minute of the video, we explain why there :)
张家界 是真的漂亮！
welcome and I like Belgian chocolate very much.
Thank you! We love Belgian Chocolate! What is your favourite brand?
Naick & Kim recently I had "cote dor" 70%, they're very good and are popular among chocolate lovers in china. The weather was too warm for chocolate so I kept them in a fridge which affected the taste. Before that I probably had other Belgian brand chocolate too but I don't remember at the moment. And many years ago I had a Belgian chocolate cake, it was so impressing that I still remember it.
Cote D'or is really good! It is probably the most famous in Belgium. A lot of times we see 'Belgian chocolate' in other countries but we have never heard of the brand haha. I like the 70% too, has a really good chocolate taste without too much sweetness. Although sometimes I like the sweet chocolate too!
Welcome to China!
Thank youuuuu 😊🙏🏻
Chinese people like to use Trolley Case, while Westerners like to use big backpacks
that is possible :)
欢迎来中国，玩得开心。welcome to China.have a nice trip.from tianjin（天津）
Thank you!
laigen wo du zhangjiajie
Thanks for watching!
it weird that speaker playing kindergarten music :(
It was one of the passengers ;)
很好的视频 nice video keep going！😁
Joyful video.
Glad you enjoyed it.
0:32 Chinese auntie taking pictures of Western tourists’ excessive gears :)
hahaha indeed. Well, our camera stuff and laptops takes up too much space.
谢谢你们展示中国正面积极的事物。
谢谢
good friend welcome to china have a good time
Thank you so ,much. Where do you live in China?
@@NaickKim hey！I live in Shanghai
@@NaickKim have a good time
Oh Shanghai! That is one of our favourite cities. it must be so cool to live there. We really enjoyed our time there!
welcome to China. have a good time?
谢谢
welcome my friend
谢谢
are you from Belgium? I had stayed in KULeuven for more than 3 years!
Yes, Kim studied for 6 years at the KULeuven! What did you study and when was this?
@@NaickKim I was there for PhD 20 years ago, I lived in Camilo Torres at that time, Brusselsestraat 165. nice to know Kim and me are KUL alumni.
James Lee I have been there once twelve years ago.
*WHAT A TRIP! I've done the bullet train once from Hong Kong to Fujian :))))*
*Hit me up if you guys ever stop by Hong Kong* 🇭🇰
It was a great experience! We're going to skip HK for now, because we would need to request a new visa for China to re-enter which is a bit of a pain. But I would love to visit Hong Kong.
@@NaickKim Hong Kong students have gone crazy and become terrorists,
@@NaickKim DO NOT visit Hong Kong now! Hong Kong is now in chaos.
@@NaickKim 用你的护照去一次香港或者澳门就不用再次签证了吧，到香港或者澳门需要经过海关，在海关留下你的出入境记录就好了。
squat toilet is cleaner... if have a choice I will take squat one
It is true it is more clean.
Seat papers are provided in all restrooms in US just as toilet papers are. Also it's very rare that people pee on toilet seat.
@@djmuscovy7525 that's female toilet. Here Australia, lots of male pee on the toilet seats. Also, scientists identify the squat toilet can help people with constipation.
@@廖峻-u7d I'm a guy who has lived in US for a long time and there are seat papers in every public men's room I've been to.
True, shiting is easier in squating position. But difficult for old people and people with leg problems. Also, some Americans are so fat that you have to see them to believe how fat they are. They can't squat.
@@djmuscovy7525 HHHH, Squat is very healthy, my YOGA tutor told me.
I hate squat toilets , but, you were facing the wrong way.
But I think squat toilet is cleaner for the public.
I understand that, but disagree since I have found myself standing in pee a few times because people aimed wrong haha :D
Your wife is very capable, so many luggage ~ ~ ~ ~!
SO sweet of U. U do have love in ur Heart for him i was wondering if it was so. i take it bk ur both the same towards
No worries, I love him a lot :)
Yes, I found it~!
Anyway, have fun in China! I think you have visited more Chinese cities than I have traveled!
your wife is so tall.
ahahaha wife says thank you ;)
I don't mind a squatting toilet as long as they put a pole in the middle to help one to get up, especially for a fat person like me.
Haha :) A nice handle bar to keep yourself steady is always nice!
既然看得懂中国，那就用中文说一句：欢迎游中国！
谢谢！ 抱歉，我们必须使用翻译器。 我们只会说几句中文。
哈哈，老外
Imagine if one is sitting on a sitting toilet, the water in the toilet may bounce back with dirt, and the dirt water may flow follow one's butt to the toilet seat. AFAIK most American has no habit of wiping the seat after each use but even if they do, bacteria could not be wiped out throughly. Now the next one comes, making it further accumulated. The third one may have diarrhea, and the fourth one would...
We only have these kind of toilets in Europe and even the US and parts of Latin America. I haven't seen millions of people having the shitters, so I guess it's alright.
Naick & Kim I've seen human solid waste on the toilet seat in Paris. The US in general is much dirtier than Europe, where one can frequently find things weird on the seat.
Naick & Kim I've not been to Latin America so I cannot tell how it works there.
如果有中文字幕，你们会有大量中国粉丝订阅
All countrys area cants see sunshine....
Thats mean dark china...
True :)
这姑娘背了两个大包，小伙子你这样不好啊。
你们几个人是听不懂英文吗？男主角伤到腰了所以女主角主动帮他背包
欢迎来到中国，世界人民和睦相处，共同繁荣，祝旅游愉快！
谢谢
Naive please treat Kim kindly. She carries your bags and serves you coffee. Man, you like a king. I wouldn’t let my lady as pretty as her do that.
I will ;)
Thanks for the concern Joe 😉 we take good care of each other! When I had a serious knee injury earlier this year he carried my bag for weeks and did everything for me 😊🙏🏻 xx Kim
Naick & Kim you are lovely couple. May God bless you. Love your channel.
Thanks a lot Joe! Are you from China?
Naick & Kim
yes, I was born in Shanghai and grew up there. Then came to US about 35 years ago. I wish some days I will/can travel like you all over China. But I think I need to wait for a few more years when I actually retire. I did not have a chance when I were young to visit many places in China. China changed so much, now it is good time to visit....
欢迎来到中国，旅途愉快
:)
😢
为什么大包小包是女的扛，在中国可能要蹦起来分手
您是说我（金）在视频中随身携带的背包吗？ 内克（Naick）背部受伤，所以我帮助了他。 那就是我们要做的:)
女朋友胸器😎
You should see Naick's.
女的扛了一大堆行李，男的就一个背包……
男的背受伤了
Thanks for watching!
@@chjin1796 哦哦，原来
你好意思吗？让美女这么辛苦。
谢谢
What a beautiful chest😁😁😁
Chestnuts are my favourite!
Naick & Kim 😂😂👍🏽
Have 6 or 7 beautiful children please.
We will keep practicing ;)
@@NaickKim no. Finish the job.
Hi guy,you should take heavy bags not your girl friend.
Hi guy, my girlfriend is very strong!
The man that is not a gentleman, why he always makes a woman bear so many things?
Please just rewatch the first 60 seconds of the video and you will know 😛
@@NaickKim Most Chinese viewers watch your video but can't understand English. Voice in video can't use translation tools.
Oh thank you. Chinese subtitles would be useful then. Our chinese is a bit rusty haha.
U dont have to stand and do shit ,u have sit down with folding your legs see position on TH-cam
Folding legs on the ground on a toilet? Sounds nasty.
Let the lady carries so many luggages? As a man, shame on you
He had a back injury so I helped him 🤷
Oops, sorry to misunderstanding you, my apology, hope your back is better
这姑娘背了两个大包，小伙子你这样不好啊。
哈哈哈，让女人背包，男人啥都不背，在中国早就被骂死了😂😂