The China they DON'T Want you to SEE... A Natural Wonder in the Middle of the Desert!

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  • In the vast Gobi desert in Gansu province, Northwest China lies a natural oasis that has existed for hundreds of years. A pretty impressive natural phenomena that I was lucky enough to go and see to show all of you!
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  • @BarrettYT
    @BarrettYT  3 ปีที่แล้ว +479

    The China they don't want you to see!
    If you enjoyed the video, please smash that thumbs up button as it does help the channel get out there.
    Have you been to any natural wonders? Where and what was it like?

    • @robinrahul3355
      @robinrahul3355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Please make a video on the west that CCP don't want Chinese people to see.......it will be interesting...

    • @Psalm118.26
      @Psalm118.26 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@robinrahul3355 You're likely trolling and insinuating that Oli works for the CPC, but I'll go along. And what exactly would that be that the CPC does not what the Chinese people to see of the west?

    • @robinrahul3355
      @robinrahul3355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Psalm118.26 Why do u think i am trolling or insinuating anything?? Just like the west as he think blocking China natural beauty to be seen around the world why don't he make a video on ''the west that CPC don't want Chinese people to see''.......I am just asking him to make one such video.....why r u so bothered by my simple request.....

    • @samyang5873
      @samyang5873 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@robinrahul3355 I live in SEAsia. What is wrong with you ??? Make a trip to China , then you'll know & understand what are the things that your government & media don't want you to see. Really , you don't know what you're missing. What a sad mind you have.

    • @diezero2483
      @diezero2483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@robinrahul3355 I understand your question but it doesn't really make sense in the vise versa why of " China that the west does not want their ppl to see". And the reason is simple, from almost a hundred years ago, we v learned a lot of things from the west and Japan in the east. And we v got dozens of millions of ppl aboard which including the immigrated ones. So, if the government truly wants to hide something about the west, its just won't work pretty well.

  • @joannesmith1175
    @joannesmith1175 3 ปีที่แล้ว +648

    Only just realised China has the most natural and cultural world heritage sites, such a beautiful country

    • @booaks2980
      @booaks2980 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow

    • @heli3574
      @heli3574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Officially 56 UNESCO world heritage now. Just noticed Italy has 57 now, but Italy has some joint world heritage like Alps.

    • @JC-zv3cv
      @JC-zv3cv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Only just realized China has banned youtube in China so the uploader of this youtube video is technically a criminal in China.
      As TH-cam is banned in CHina and not available for the everyday ordinary Chinese citizens who dont have the special privileges of their rulers, who do we think this video is aimed at?

    • @booaks2980
      @booaks2980 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@JC-zv3cv um there's Chinese in china using TH-cam, they have vpn ok? Vpn is not banned in china

    • @stellarrr8357
      @stellarrr8357 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@JC-zv3cv not really, inside our “wall” we got our own version of TH-cam like bilibili and AcFun etc. you can find so many travel vlogger there too, so honestly speaking we don’t really need TH-cam, I believe Barret is just trying to show you guys what China is really like, how different it is compare to that horrid image western media portrait

  • @trevornorman7563
    @trevornorman7563 3 ปีที่แล้ว +500

    when i first went to China i found getting a visa easy. This might have been because i was going to Macau to get married (no visa needed for Macau) and then going to visit my new in laws in Guangzhou. I would like to get more people from the uk to visit China so they can see it is not like the msm in the west says it is. It is a great country with such friendly people it will amaze uk citizens

    • @BarrettYT
      @BarrettYT  3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Right, China has a lot to offer and people can learn a lot about the world by visiting here. I'd love to see a government campaign to get more tourists here.

    • @jameslee2465
      @jameslee2465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      many UK citizens were brainwashed by British Bullshit Center (BBC) news, it often reports China with bias or distortion deliberately, this is why. (BBC is very good at its program in science and technology)

    • @socrates5647
      @socrates5647 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@BarrettYT ,Congratulations just a small step to reach 300,000 mark, an excellent video as always.

    • @mytube-one
      @mytube-one 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      This is just the begining of the silk road from Lanchou. Go further westwards and you can see many many more exoctic landscapes, blue, green lakes. All of these still untouch by humans except a few local peasants.

    • @markuc
      @markuc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Actually getting a visa is never a problem, especially if you are planning to visit another country in Asia. The free transit visa is a great choice which allows you to stay in the country between 3 to 6 days.

  • @nymanson1118
    @nymanson1118 3 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    😂大惊小怪,我老家就是甘肃的,你们可以顺便去张掖,天水那些地方,很多南方人去了都懵逼,那里有最大的湿地群,还能种水稻,就在沙漠旁边重水稻。

    • @user-jf2cx9wg5b
      @user-jf2cx9wg5b 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      塞上江南----天水

    • @nymanson1118
      @nymanson1118 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Oa'yu Lyaye 我老家的亲戚说现在那些地方都被南方人占领了😂,湿地旁边停满了房车,不知道近几年为啥这么多人选择买房车

    • @nymanson1118
      @nymanson1118 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@bearcd5313 应该工业基础完善,那些车都是国产车,然后找人做装修,而且价格其实不贵,20-30万之间

    • @user-qv6kw6oe4d
      @user-qv6kw6oe4d 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      不望祁连山顶雪,错吧张掖当江南

    • @edukid1984
      @edukid1984 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      相比其他中西部省份甘肃还是穷啊!自然条件的局限,甘肃迈向富裕的征战是硬骨头。

  • @yoonkamchoong8025
    @yoonkamchoong8025 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    from 🇲🇾Malaysia🙋‍♀️, Thank you for sharing

  • @andrewzhang985
    @andrewzhang985 3 ปีที่แล้ว +332

    China has got all kinds of landscapes, national wonders, cultural heritage sites and new tourist theme parks, so if any country not welcoming Chinese tourists, we can just spend our holidays in China. You have a lot of interests to choose from, one would not get bored easily simply touring in China the whole life.

    • @singpaofeature8866
      @singpaofeature8866 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Can't agree more with you

    • @IA100KPDT
      @IA100KPDT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      that's what I told my wife. Why go Iceland, China has glaciers too. Sakura? China has it. Snow capped mountains, pristine rivers and lakes, big open vast plains, China has it all. China is all I need. haha.

    • @mfanto1
      @mfanto1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      How are you posting this? Aren't VPN's illegal dont you get in trouble posting on TH-cam from China or is it allowed for shills

    • @icewingdragon3297
      @icewingdragon3297 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@mfanto1 nope not illegal at all idiot. Why don't u try learning some chinese in order to find videos that have more chinese characters in the titles

    • @mfanto1
      @mfanto1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@icewingdragon3297 are you sure about that. So you are saying it is legal for a private person living in China to cross the firewall without consent from the CCP

  • @elaines.5934
    @elaines.5934 3 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    I came to this place 3 years ago with my boyfriend. It is so beautiful! we climbed hard to get to the summit to see the sunset, marvellous! later there were so many stars in the sky, it was so romantic!! we also saw the small firework, singing songs. it is unforgettable.

    • @UnChannelDuVulpineX
      @UnChannelDuVulpineX 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Obviously you can't go right now, so many places are in lockdown due to the Delta variant of the ccp virus.

    • @november9700
      @november9700 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lucky you

    • @november9700
      @november9700 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@UnChannelDuVulpineX shame on you

    • @UnChannelDuVulpineX
      @UnChannelDuVulpineX 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@november9700 What for? The disingenuous ccp directly enabled the ccp virus to spread worldwide, by keeping international travel operational even though they'd stopped internal travel. They even called countries that enacted a travel ban from China racist, even though THEY KNEW it was the right thing to do.
      It's only correct that the virus they made and spread is named after them. So no, no shame on me, shame on the lying ccp.

    • @UnChannelDuVulpineX
      @UnChannelDuVulpineX 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@november9700 Why shame on me?

  • @cosmoray9750
    @cosmoray9750 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    That's the best way to put it.
    The University Of Life.
    That is priceless.

  • @kwongkwong8520
    @kwongkwong8520 3 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    如果中國不重視環保的話,月牙泉早就乾枯了,如果中國不治沙的話很多地方都已經沙漠化了,哪來這些美麗景色,

    • @user-oz3fd4is2t
      @user-oz3fd4is2t 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      西方攻击中国,说是在破坏自然,沙漠是自然的一部分,属实有点搞笑。

    • @maychen1374
      @maychen1374 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@user-oz3fd4is2t 西方大概希望中國全部變成沙漠吧 ,西方整天無中生有的攻擊中國,就怕中國變強大,以小人之心度君子之腹,以為中國跟他們一樣,強大了就會去侵略別國,根本不了解 中華民族五千年文化裡 [兼善天下] 的哲學,中國從來不干涉他國內政,只希望大家和平共處,平安過日而已。

    • @user-ld4ip4zk8i
      @user-ld4ip4zk8i 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      每每看到这种评论 我真… 哎..
      中国 治沙真的是百年努力
      不能让你这样三言两语的诋毁
      中国荒漠化土地面积由上世纪末的年均扩展1.04万平方公里转变为目前的年均缩减2424平方公里,沙化土地面积由上世纪末的年均扩展3436平方公里转变为目前的年均缩减1980平方公里 2000年至2010年,全国土壤侵蚀总体减少12.9%,洪水缓解率和保水率分别提高了12.7%和3.6%。黄土高原的大规模生态恢复工程已将土壤侵蚀减少到历史最低水平。自1950年以来,黄河泥沙负荷下降了近90%。
      不然你还是谷歌地图自己看一下 或者打开蚂蚁森林 .. 看看…

    • @gaoyi3163
      @gaoyi3163 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      有一说一,以前环境确实不重视,但现在很好的。

    • @gaoyi3163
      @gaoyi3163 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      为了追赶西方,不得已舍弃环境,现在才重视起来。

  • @cutiswang
    @cutiswang 3 ปีที่แล้ว +442

    Everyone should visit China at least once in his or her lifetime, the land of beauty, culture, history, and wisdom.

    • @petrichor4753
      @petrichor4753 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      and the foods, mate😄

    • @cutiswang
      @cutiswang 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@petrichor4753 Yes, the most important attraction!

    • @sunnyraining7346
      @sunnyraining7346 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Please keep it secret and we don't mind to be looked down upon by western people. As long as we are happy for ourselves.

    • @justme6275
      @justme6275 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@sunnyraining7346 hahaha, i'v been here many, many times, i organize road trips with western people form Xian to Kashgar to show them China, few western people are normal 🤗

    • @EddySuwito80
      @EddySuwito80 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Land of beautiful in Chinese is mei Kuok (united state) it refer to USA not China... But time is change ...

  • @nobojerry
    @nobojerry 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    THIS IS A MAGICAL SPOT

  • @user-lo6eq9dx5n
    @user-lo6eq9dx5n 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    拍摄的真不错,支持!

  • @tyko2686
    @tyko2686 3 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    I was there 3 years ago, absolutely gorgeous & amazing scenery & mind boggling too, a lake in the middle of a desert!

  • @terryhsiao1745
    @terryhsiao1745 3 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    This is superb. Such beautiful natural phenomenon

    • @BarrettYT
      @BarrettYT  3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thanks Terry

    • @UnChannelDuVulpineX
      @UnChannelDuVulpineX 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unlike the ccp virus, which isn't natural at all. Rather, made in the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

  • @yvonneip858
    @yvonneip858 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I have been there weeks ago with my family and did exactly what you did. Fantastic scenery! I was also amazed by the Mogao Grottoes, an ancient heritage near the Crescent Lake. Just wonder how ancient people survived in such a tough environment and still were able to create such art works!

  • @user-mw9yt3bj1w
    @user-mw9yt3bj1w 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    你真厲害,中國這個這麼美的地方你也知道,我是去過一次的,對這個地方的印象來自於中國的一款遊戲,幽城幻劍錄,這是一個古老的沙漠綠洲,成型至少上千年的歷史了.
    既然你已經到了這裡,周邊的莫高窟一定要去看看喔.

    • @user-fb5ol7se6d
      @user-fb5ol7se6d 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      还是大师你比较厉害,张天师哈哈哈,小时候很爱看,太极张三丰

  • @hattiewu1151
    @hattiewu1151 3 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    There are so many places I want to go to in China. My list is growing longer and longer year by year but I need to win a lotto ticket. Or else I have to work till I retire first.😅

    • @yuentam7394
      @yuentam7394 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Don't wait for the lotto tickets . Just do it before you getting old.

    • @janexiao853
      @janexiao853 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      🤣😂🤣

    • @alleygator8538
      @alleygator8538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ikr. That this rate, I might need to move there. 🤣

    • @user-lv8uo4bz6n
      @user-lv8uo4bz6n 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      come to 🇨🇳 and find a interesting job to do.

    • @robinrahul3355
      @robinrahul3355 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Only a true Chinese puppet can say that....thank you 😂🤣😂

  • @murrymu4632
    @murrymu4632 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    真的是太美太壮观了,感谢Oli 的分享!
    在这么美的沙子上走路好舒服,滑沙很好玩。

  • @ysw3870
    @ysw3870 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Thank you for introduce us such a beautiful place.

  • @avil8686
    @avil8686 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Magnificent

  • @HT911Mac
    @HT911Mac 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    谢谢你的分享,非常喜欢你们父子的视频。加油💪🏼

  • @jloudefonty3231
    @jloudefonty3231 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I have been there 30 years ago, the lake was still naturally filled with water, but after that water level got lower and lower, so the local government has to fill it with under ground water to save it, hundreds years ago it was much larger.

  • @shengjiang1012
    @shengjiang1012 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    大好河山!👍

  • @simplica1
    @simplica1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I can imagine on a clear day it would be an amazing view! Definitely on my list!

    • @yanglan9604
      @yanglan9604 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      By the way, Gansu is one of the best places to eat fruits in China。By the way, Gansu is one of the best places to eat fruits in China.
      The Muslim barbecue there is also the favorite delicacy of the Chinese. Famous scenic spots along the way include Ta'er Temple, Qinghai Lake, Chaka Salt Lake, Emerald Lake, Qinghai Yadan Landform, Mogao Grottoes, Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring, Jiayuguan Great Wall, Zhangye Colorful Danxia, Menyuan Ten Thousand Mu of Rape Flower。The Jiayuguan Great Wall is the westernmost pass of the Great Wall. Historically, it was called the Hexi Throat. Due to the difficult terrain and the majestic buildings, it is known as the key to the chain. Jiayuguan is a transportation fortress on the ancient "Silk Road" and one of the three great wonders of the Great Wall of China。

    • @wangpaochen8569
      @wangpaochen8569 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@yanglan9604 That's a mouthful of ancient sites to visit just in one province/State/prefecture!!!!

  • @user-ff9sq2ur4g
    @user-ff9sq2ur4g 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Really amazing scene! Thanks for keeping this up.

  • @sword7872
    @sword7872 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Interesting landscape which I wasn't even aware existed.

  • @voltaireduterte8986
    @voltaireduterte8986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you for the priceless Gobi Desert tour. Love it. 👍👍👍

  • @donacatanguma
    @donacatanguma 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Oli, you’re a wonderful person and I always look forward to your and Lee’s videos. Personally, I’d move to China tomorrow if I had the money and could figure out how to do it🌟
    That’s a beautiful natural wonder. Your arms must be super strong to be continually holding the camera up in front of you !!! Love & Light from NYC.
    ☮️💚💕🌻💕💚🌟🌟🌟

  • @kellyxu4632
    @kellyxu4632 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    希望你们在中国生活的愉快,幸福。

    • @jt5041
      @jt5041 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      同感👍👍👍👍👍

  • @Mr-Tony-888
    @Mr-Tony-888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Good one Oli, glad to see youre getting around, a lot. I bet you couldnt imagine how interesting China could be 5 years ago, when your dad and I were knocking around Guangzhou.

  • @user-jf2cx9wg5b
    @user-jf2cx9wg5b 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    我十多年前去过鸣沙山月牙泉,现在想起来还好多回忆

  • @darrellwong4097
    @darrellwong4097 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awesome place Ollie! Thanks for sharing!

  • @2morrowsworld
    @2morrowsworld 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Dunhuang is a fascinating oasis town, with all the Buddhist art work, the flying genies, the camels. Climbing deep into the sand dunes there is like being in the Sahara. The highest might be about 300m? And yes, China does has an amazing spectrum of landscapes on offer. Only the Americas could match it as far as variety is concerned. For this reason alone it's worth visiting China.

    • @wingowingo2928
      @wingowingo2928 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      close but not really, the US has NO high-tech cities, only run-down ones. The US has MANY fertile lands (only slightly behind Ukraine and Brazil) while China on average does not. Even in the South of China, a lot of the places have yellow soil which contained very little nutrients while in the US, even a small puddle that was formed by the side of a barn due to water drainage can support a school of sunfish!

    • @daieast6305
      @daieast6305 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      i have lived in the american desert and never have i seen a 300 meter sand dune

  • @billng6526
    @billng6526 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for sharing the video,just love it and your narrative along the way! Thumbs up for you!

  • @chanchan-sw8hl
    @chanchan-sw8hl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    真的很美!我也很想去!🤩👍👍👍🙏

  • @nathanchong616
    @nathanchong616 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    What can we say oli, this place just different from what we always see from China. Anyway, I’d like to be the first to say congratulations in advance for the approaching 300k subscribers to your channel ! JIAYOU!

  • @Tivonasun
    @Tivonasun 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I've been there in 2017. I remember the ticket is valid for 3 days. When we left the first day, at the exit we scanned our faces, then the coming two days, we could get in without the ticket.

    • @PunditKING
      @PunditKING 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Scanned your faces? In 2017 ? I was believing this was a natural place until this statement. Good for tourism though. Still don't want to visit China. Maybe Africa or south America.

    • @Tivonasun
      @Tivonasun 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PunditKING Tja, the entrance was quite a distance to the view point. whatever.

  • @guanda76
    @guanda76 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Amazing! I look forward to visiting once travelling resume. Thanks for showing so many interesting regions of China to explore. Gosh, I've so many plans.

  • @xiaoxuli9137
    @xiaoxuli9137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is my hometown. Your video makes me cry. Thank you!

  • @liang9170
    @liang9170 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    好美啊!以後有機會一定要去看看

  • @petrichor4753
    @petrichor4753 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Oil, you’re gonna fall in love with Tibet, Xinjiang, Yunnan and western part of Sichuan since there are so many beauties of Nature there.

    • @Dark-vg9nw
      @Dark-vg9nw 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Every province in China has very beautiful scenery.

  • @Fion330
    @Fion330 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great episode! Gotta say you guys are getting better n better on your videos. Keep em up!

  • @veteravel190
    @veteravel190 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I’m sure you’ve been to the Great Wall in Beijing, but not sure if you ever stayed overnight there up watching sunset and sunrise. It was one of the most amazing experience I had with my wife and a group of others, whom we went and join a guide who brought us there camping and walking thru the off touristic tracks and village for meals. We will never forget that once in a lifetime experience.

    • @daieast6305
      @daieast6305 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      the long wall is not in beijing

  • @BB-rq4dv
    @BB-rq4dv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I was at Dun Huang on 2019. Love the amazing sand dunes and crescent moon Lake view and the Mogao Caves Grotto. Was on my silk road trip traveling into Tsing Hai and all the way to Xinjiang. Along the journey the landscape and weather changes from one site to another. Never thought it was such a good experience.

  • @mack9666
    @mack9666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    在中国继续你的旅行吧,你会收获很多,未来你会感激你在这里的这些经历,中国无与伦比!

  • @johnphoon
    @johnphoon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you bro for introducing this part of China....I've not been here before....but now I might adding this Giansu into my list....once again thanks....👍👍👍👍

  • @iamcanadianedmonton
    @iamcanadianedmonton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    been there, done that. you are correct 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 love from canada.

  • @axelschroeder6657
    @axelschroeder6657 3 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    Great video, thank you for bringing us all these amazing impressions, landscapes and wonders of China.
    Now, some of the Western media outlets are putting that propaganda out how bad China is. You are
    helping to set the record straight, it is a beautiful country. They are not trying to dominate the rest of
    the world, their own domestic market has so much potential, they don't need to do that. With all the
    progress they have made, China is still only having 61st place in the world GDP listing. That means
    China still has an enormous growth potential for many, many years. Then all the countries benefitting
    from China's BRI initiative will become increasing consumers of Chinese goods and services. I think
    China has a phantastic future ahead and the rest of the world will benefit from that too.

    • @JC-zv3cv
      @JC-zv3cv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Excellent, points Axel - in fact "phantastic" points.
      \a few things, the belt & road initiative is already dead in the water, turns out giving money as incentives to corrupt pacific & african countries tends to result in it being stolen.
      It also seems that getting countries on board the B&R and then banning those countries imports doesn't seem to entice people to support the B&R.
      Also..when you say the chinese domestic market has so much potential..you are aware that China is incapable of feeding itself or self sufficiency, right, no raw mineral resources required for infrastructure, not able to produce enough food to sustain its own population and the fastest rate of desertification in the world.
      Also, Axel..i didnt see the wonders & impressions of the Uighur concentration camps .

    • @axelschroeder6657
      @axelschroeder6657 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@JC-zv3cv OK JC will you please stop this nonsense about so called "Uighur concentration camps"
      the Uighurs are far better off under Chinese stewardship. As a matter of fact the Uighur
      population has gone from 500,000 to 1.5 million over the last 30 years. Life expectancy
      has doubled from the mid 30s to 70+ years of age.
      Fastest rate of desetification ??? What the heck are you talking about? China has the highest
      rate of re-forrestation and greening of deserts in the world. China not able to feed itself???
      From which fake Western media are you getting your false information??? Chinese scientists
      have now developed a strain of rice that can even grow in slaine coastal waters. I think it is very irresponsible to spread those incorrect points of view.

    • @ericapu6164
      @ericapu6164 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well noted points.

    • @axelschroeder6657
      @axelschroeder6657 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ericapu6164 Thanks Erica, have a good and productive week.

    • @wangpaochen8569
      @wangpaochen8569 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Agree totally, Mr Schroeder.

  • @Fabsurf101
    @Fabsurf101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    You have grown indeed to be a happier and more mature person since you have come to China. This dessert is very captivating. Thank you for showing us.

    • @UnChannelDuVulpineX
      @UnChannelDuVulpineX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Being paid by the ccp to go and see their highly choreographed shows isn't very stressful.

    • @Fabsurf101
      @Fabsurf101 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@UnChannelDuVulpineX Get a life!

    • @UnChannelDuVulpineX
      @UnChannelDuVulpineX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Fabsurf101 Did you not know? The ccp uses idiots like them to put forth sophistry. It really shows how duplicitous they are.
      If you have an intelligent counter argument, I'd love to hear it. If you're just going to ignore what I wrote and write a childish insult, that makes my position stronger, as you're not able to debunk me.
      Taiwan is a country. Boycott the genocide games 2022. jinping is an insane dictator.

  • @user-vv4df8cj2x
    @user-vv4df8cj2x 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing, thanks for this video.

  • @tracymychan
    @tracymychan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Keep going!!!!! Your video is so awesome👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😍😍😍

  • @kwongyuetli3183
    @kwongyuetli3183 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Support from Hong Kong! 👍👍

  • @roseluca8352
    @roseluca8352 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This place looks fun!!!

  • @ANg-ks2yg
    @ANg-ks2yg ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for bringing that great scenery to us

  • @cabbyw
    @cabbyw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love the night shot with lights of this amazing place. Thanks for sharing.

  • @lillywhite1608
    @lillywhite1608 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It’s a very interesting place, definitely go there !!!

  • @amyngmei
    @amyngmei 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Every video you did is good! Keep going! I think we enjoy you doing some food tasting and you can introduce more foods in China by the way.

  • @cily5548
    @cily5548 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for sharing bro! Will visit sometime definitely

  • @rowenakwan5888
    @rowenakwan5888 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for sharing all the amazing places in China. Keep up with your great work.

  • @lillywhite1608
    @lillywhite1608 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Can’t wait to get there! Thanks Oli 👍💕

    • @BarrettYT
      @BarrettYT  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's a must go to!

    • @yanglan9604
      @yanglan9604 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gansu is 2379.1 kilometers from Shenzhen。

  • @7artisansOfficial
    @7artisansOfficial 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Great!

  • @dhunguk
    @dhunguk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for the great content and happy pride! 😄

  • @novemreb7717
    @novemreb7717 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow!! thanks for sharing your experience.

  • @xiongf02
    @xiongf02 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    As you mentioned, most places are already packed or even at full capacity without foreign tourists. Therefore attracting more foreigners is not their top priority.

  • @linusmayden8465
    @linusmayden8465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    "China's got everything you want to see," ah reminds me of the former Yugoslavia when it had beaches.

    • @edukid1984
      @edukid1984 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The tragedy that was the fall of Yugoslavia is increasingly studied by young Chinese, who view it as a dire warning of what can happen when you allow US-led Imperialist narratives to brainwash an entire nation and turn neighbours and close friends into sworn enemies.

  • @mamamia5556
    @mamamia5556 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for sharing this, it's awesome 👍👍👍

  • @serenam4490
    @serenam4490 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well said Ollie, "University of life". Thank you for show casing beautiful & amazing China for those of us who live far far away.

  • @wongcy713
    @wongcy713 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Never occurred to me that you can have a tourist destination in a desert. Doubtful you can make such a destination viable in other countries. But in China some locations are linked to historical events or mentioned in historical records and that make the location mystical and arouse interests. Throw in some peoms by famous scholars of the past and you will have a crowd.

    • @edukid1984
      @edukid1984 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      LOL quite right on the poems by famous scholars and poets bit. The benefit of an unbroken civilizational culture where poems written more than a thousand years ago are still easily recited by 21st century ordinary folks, with settings that still stand to this day.

    • @daieast6305
      @daieast6305 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      las vegas nevada is another tourist destination in the american desert that many asians enjoy

    • @wongcy713
      @wongcy713 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@daieast6305 that would be those casinos and can can girls, right?

  • @lynth
    @lynth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Haha, I always thought that this lake is somewhere crazy in the middle of the desert... but it's actually really close to the next city, just behind a single large dune! Easier to get to than I thought!

  • @dollylim8027
    @dollylim8027 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Simply amazing! Gansu, China can be another wonders of the world! Seems like a desert, soft, fine sand upon your feet. What a lovely museum too! Yet, what fascinates me most is right at the TOP, it seems to me, like a beach! Indeed fascinating!

  • @stevenlow6222
    @stevenlow6222 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good for you Barrett. Enjoy your stay

  • @biospheres
    @biospheres 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I believe the statistics say the Chinese are/were ? constituting the largest population in tourism on the planet not just in their country,

    • @alleygator8538
      @alleygator8538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Correct. And given how the West is not allowing anyone in unless they have taken the Pfizer, Aztrazenca etc, I am waiting for those countries to lose all that tourism dollars

    • @wangpaochen8569
      @wangpaochen8569 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@alleygator8538 Me too! It will backfire! Anyway, no interest to visit that country too.

    • @allwinyay6085
      @allwinyay6085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @biospheres
      A total of 154+ million outbound trips were made by Chinese tourists in 2019.
      The contribution of Chinese travelers in global tourism ranked first in the world. In 2019, Chinese tourists spent about 254.6 billion U.S. dollars while traveling abroad

  • @user-go8wf3uk8s
    @user-go8wf3uk8s 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    China has Alpine rivers, forests, grasslands, deserts, sea glaciers and rainforests.

  • @siewwahleong93
    @siewwahleong93 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You are so fortunate to be in the vast country of China and to have the opportunity to travel in it to see and experience life there, in all its different places.

  • @strongchallenger2269
    @strongchallenger2269 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another great video. Love it!

  • @asdcvb7521
    @asdcvb7521 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    There are also snow mountains in the North and Mount Qomolangma in the west part of China,there are lots of beautiful landscape in the Tibet and Xinjiang Province.

    • @UnChannelDuVulpineX
      @UnChannelDuVulpineX 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tibet was even nicer before the pla invaded.

    • @UnChannelDuVulpineX
      @UnChannelDuVulpineX 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Kiss First Yeah, so is everywhere that the duplicitous ccp wants to invade.

    • @UnChannelDuVulpineX
      @UnChannelDuVulpineX 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Kiss First That's what the country of Taiwan, Tibet, Macau and Hong Kong would wish the hated ccp would do.

  • @relaxwhc
    @relaxwhc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Enjoy your silk road adventure 🔥🔥

  • @kzj66666
    @kzj66666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    希望你未來有空來台灣觀光,這裡全素非常好吃。我是住在台灣中國人。
    台灣全素口味水餃、全素湯包、全素小籠包、全素煎餃、全素水煎包、全素拌麵、全素武漢熱乾麵、全素炒飯炒麵,超級好吃。阿彌陀佛。無蛋飯丸全素超級好吃。餛飩麵全素超級太好吃了。馬玲署咖喱全素好吃到哭。全素紅豆餅、全素蘿蔔糕太好吃了口水一直流。阿彌陀佛。全素火鍋吃到飽,連吃三天真正好吃極了。全素不加蔥的餅超好吃。地瓜球、烤地瓜真實的好吃。還有手工麵條口感好好吃。全素油飯好吃到連吃三碗,全素當歸麵線爽口好吃,全素非常多口味超級好吃。阿彌陀佛。韓式手工全素長型飯糰非常有滋味超好吃連吃七個。還有全素麵庚好吃極了,連吃三碗。全素鍋燒冬粉、烏龍麵、意麵,連吃六碗太好吃極了。真實的蔬菜類做成的全素料理超級好吃的,還有水果的飲料超好喝的。太棒了,台灣素食真實的非常好吃,歡迎來台灣觀光。全素食披薩超級Q彈好吃、全素食碗粿、全素食板條真好吃,全素食菜棕有夠棒,全素法國麵包真夠勁,全素食刀削麵太好吃買好幾碗,全素漢堡王真香脆好吃到爆。有空請來台觀光購買,請多多消費,多多棒場,謝謝你們外國人來台觀光,非常歡迎你們。謝謝來台灣觀光。全素滷味白飯連吃好幾碗,全素紅燒飯真太好吃到笑,全素炸杏鮑菇人間美味你不吃可惜,全素燴飯可口可愛的好吃,全素芋頭粥世間少有的好吃,錯過你會後悔,全素藥膳食補猴頭菇飯、麵、火鍋三種超級精美的精采好吃,全素義大利麵,比去義大利還要好吃十倍,全素鐵板麵,充滿台灣特色太好吃了,全素砂鍋麵超水準料理,全素麻婆豆腐不吃你真的後悔配白飯連吃七碗,全素泡菜湯飯口水一直流出來,全素三杯三菇可配飯可配麵統統好吃,全素蒸豆腐鍋麵,絕對回味無窮,全素玉米濃湯,很好喝又營養,全素香蕉玉米煎餅可口美味好滋味,全素炸素排一口接一口咬下去非常好吃。請外國人歡迎來台灣觀光,謝謝你們外國人。歡迎您全家大小親戚朋友,親人來台灣觀光

  • @TWINS10984
    @TWINS10984 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖BARRETT, this is my first time, came across your beautiful and breathtaking footage of this gorgeous place in china, IT REALLY GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS, Each time I come across westerners. especially you guys from the UK, Promoting the beauty of CHINA AND ITS CULTURE, LOVE IT THANK YOU FOR EDUCATING AND SHARING WITH THE WORLD ABOUT CHINA, I LOVE CHINA, MY REAL HOME, !!! CChris Sydney AUSTRALIA!

  • @richiesd1
    @richiesd1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have been there. It’s marvelous

  • @barbaralui4668
    @barbaralui4668 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It was too hot. Two of our friends’ shoes melted. For future travellers, should carry a spare ones or sandals in your backpack if you can.

  • @soemoe8237
    @soemoe8237 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great channel! Great videos! Subscribed.

  • @Tony99949
    @Tony99949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another great video Oli, makes me want to go back to China again. You guy keep those videos coming

  • @ftd7435
    @ftd7435 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Thousands of years ago, the Persians and Arabs passed this area on their way to China to buy silk and back to middle East to sell silk to the Europeans. Then ltalian Marco Polo came and broke the Arab and Persian monopoly by the sea route. He oso brought noodle ( in ltaly itz call spaghetti ), designs for pagoda and paper money back to Europe. How cool is that?

    • @DanishTroll87
      @DanishTroll87 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      How did they pass this area on their way to China, when they needed to pass China to reach this area?

    • @ftd7435
      @ftd7435 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DanishTroll87 Camel caravans ... they travel in groups for safety against bandits. In the old days, the Arabs depended on the sun and stars for guidance. They are so familiar with the seasons and locations they even know where the oasis for drinking water are as the business was passed from one generation to another. They mozly bought silk from the Chinese, travel back to middle East and sell them at a high price to Europeans. Thatz why itz call "The Silk Road". They kept the trade route secret to maintain monopoly until the Europeans had to find China by sea which eventually they did. To reach China the Arabs had to pass this oasis. They then replenish their water supply and continue their journey to China. Repeat the same thing on their way back to middle East. In the Tang Dynasty, a military outpost was established here to maintain security from bandits. In the Yuan Dynasty, Mongolian king Genghis Khan took it a few steps further ... a police station every 100 kilometres with postal and courier services from Changan ( now Beijing ) all the way to Europe. This was a way to update his army and empire conquering Europe all the way until Florence, ltaly.

    • @DanishTroll87
      @DanishTroll87 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ftd7435 you clearly did not understand what i said.

  • @yaziwo2477
    @yaziwo2477 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank u! your video actually is a wonderful documentary!better than BBC hundred times for sure

    • @UnChannelDuVulpineX
      @UnChannelDuVulpineX 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah! The BBC journalists didn't go anywhere beautiful. They kept trying to investigate the genocide, flooding, slave labour and forced organ harvesting. Why show that when there are sand dunes to see?

  • @xiaoyucheng3834
    @xiaoyucheng3834 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great drone.view! Love this👍

  • @kennyt348
    @kennyt348 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow... another amazing and magical place in China. I also heard that Lanzhou noodle in Gansu is very popular too..
    However, your video are getting better and better each time Oli. Please keep up the good work and thanks for sharing this amazing place for us.

  • @user-lq5mo3qd6e
    @user-lq5mo3qd6e 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I recommend you to go to the west of Sichuan province, you will definitely be amazed by the picturesque views there.

    • @Dark-vg9nw
      @Dark-vg9nw 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      四川大草原非常漂亮

  • @guangwu3768
    @guangwu3768 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    中国有太多令人着迷的自然景观啦!

  • @weinapei8442
    @weinapei8442 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh man! This video brings back the best memory of my childhood

  • @chengcheng7930
    @chengcheng7930 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing good job... Thanks share...

  • @r3dpowel796
    @r3dpowel796 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Looked great.

  • @jimyanluo7014
    @jimyanluo7014 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    月牙泉沙漠中的奇景,视频拍的清晰很漂亮

  • @KM61-66
    @KM61-66 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    非常漂亮( very beautiful ) Amazing👍😃 Thanks for the sharing 👋😍

  • @henryhuang4893
    @henryhuang4893 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    that is great, thank you for sharing for us.

  • @user-kj8il8nw2c
    @user-kj8il8nw2c 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    以前的滑沙滑草都可以从最顶端一路到平地去,距离很长速度很快,却不太安全,特别是对孩子来说,然后就不知什么时候开始,变成了半山腰开始滑的,坡度平缓些安全倒是真的,但是不够尽兴啊

    • @bearcd5313
      @bearcd5313 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      只要身上没有锐利物品,摔倒了也没啥,都是松软的沙子,天然的缓冲物啊!

  • @yaziwo2477
    @yaziwo2477 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    amazing!

  • @brucehuang4231
    @brucehuang4231 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, it's such a beautiful place!! Really hope to have a chance to go there, I read it in my text book in Junior High School.

  • @junfengzhang8302
    @junfengzhang8302 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks Oli to show us Gansu's "Oasis in the desert", we will definitely visit there when we back to China.👏

  • @Hamsters831
    @Hamsters831 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It'd be so awesome if they put some camels by the lake to give tourists rides. That'll add to the whole experience of the Gobi desert . And support the wild life at the same time.