Every year during the students' summer and winter holidays,there must be lots local tourists.And If you visit Beijing,the workdays will be better.There're many other beautiful cities in China:Chengdu,Xi'an,Chongqing,Lijiang...Enjoy your trip in China!
Thank you :) Unfortunately my boyfriend is also working over there, so we have to try and stick to weekends to visit all of the sights. Hopefully I'll be able to see all of the other great cities sometime.
Every time I go to Beijing(I had been to BEijing for 5-6 times),I suffer so much with crazy traffic. The taxi is crazy , traffic to the airport crazy. Subway is the best choice
Visit Shanghai and you can see 100 years history of China. Visit Beijing and you can see 1000 years history of China. Visit Xian and you can see 3000 years history of China.
Great video! We went to the jinshanling section and there was almost nobody there. We highly recommend it. There is a direct bus leaving every day from Donhzhimenwaixiejie bus station at 8am and returning at 16pm. It costs 50 yuan. About 2-2.5 hours from Beijing. This is the most beautiful section. The views are really amazing and much better than Badaling which I did last time. Our video should be up in about an hour. Too bad we missed you there!
Awesome, thanks so much for the advice :) We were a little strapped for time & heard that Badaling was easier but to be honest, I'd give up an entire weekend if it means that I can escape the crowds. I'll definitely head over & watch your video - would love to see your experience!
@@NicoleEddy1 Yes that's exactly what we thought. After spending 2 hours getting into the forbidden city, crushed by 500.000 chinese people, we were adamant to NOT redo that experience lol. We just posted our video. We'll be staying until mid October in China, which means we will be here during 'golden week'. Pretty much everyone has a week off, starting October 1st. It is estimated about 350-400 million people travel around China during that week. The largest human migration in the world. Looking forward to it hihi.
@@NaickKim I just finished watching it, it looks really surreal, so will skip Badaling & head there next time for sure. Yeah, as great as the atmosphere is, we also couldn't deal with the amount of people anymore & ended up being hermits on our last day to just catch a break, but we had mistimed our 'touristing' with school & Summer holidays so it was our fault :/ Good luck for Golden Week :)
@@NicoleEddy1 You should head to Mongolia next time. It's a massive country with just 3 million people living there. 50% of the population lives in the capital, so when you go outside the capital you can drive for kilometers without seeing any signs of civilization. Don't go there for the food though.
If you decide to go back to the Great Wall, I would highly recommend Simatai. It’s a little bit further and the restoration has been structural only, so not very busy and it doesn’t look like a Disney version! It’s a bit steep but a great hike (or you can take a cable car)
1:22, loooooooooool. That's why i always book a mini van to another site of the great wall. OR, go there when freezing cold. Last time went with my daughter when it was -12C, less than 200 people.
Avoid badaling like the plague. The best part of the wall, i've been to, is Gubeikou. Spent about 6 hours walking along it, and maybe only saw about 12 people. Been here, 6 years now, and have learned that the best time to visit the forbidden city, summer palace, temple of heaven, is during the week, in the morning.
I think it is impressive how the locals are not as impacted by the crowds... It clearly does not keep them from going places while on school holiday. Hope you eventually get the see the Great Wall, crowded or not.
I am a local in Beijing and I can assure you it is a bad idea to come to Beijing during any public holiday, ESPECIALLY summrt palace and the forbidden City, LOL..... actually any tourist city. haha. they are just packed, although it is nice season here now. pls come back soon and more
During the holiday, the scenic spots of Beijing even cannot hold the tourists from every parts of the country, cause there are too many people, so just avoid it
Best Advise, try to make a friend or find a local travel agent there and let them help u out by setting a practicable schedule. Or you could waste half of your day on waiting ...
Avoid summer holidays and avoid Badaling section! Here are some different sections th-cam.com/video/40zYSwT-tEs/w-d-xo.html The section in the water town is good too
Badaling is a lovely exercise as the world's longest queue on national holidays, you dodged a bullet there: www.pinterest.com.mx/pin/370984088029417087/. If ever you go to the Wall definitely go for the furthest-from-the-city ones like Jinshanling - so much more rewarding, beautiful, peaceful and ruined. A proper trek into the mountains and stunning countryside all around. A golden rule for China: NEVER go anywhere/do anything during national holidays, stay in the room, maybe barricade the door. Failing that learn to love 'Renao', which in China means the good humoured enjoyment of a crowd that translates as 'happy noise'. Or just get earplugs.
Sarah Lin It is a little heavy but pumps out good quality stabilized footage :) There is a lighter pocket-sized FeiyuTech gimbal that holds smaller cameras & phones for everyday vlogging!
Just don't go any ancient sites in China during any Chinese country-wide holidays. Instead, go to the restaurants in the city, and enjoy endless surprise of Chinese food.
I'd liken Bejings Metro to New York. Stay away. Lol. A taxi would be much more faster and cheaper. 8:03 you broke the tree! Gimbals aren't really designed for vlogging but yeah, cinematic shots a must. For vlogging, a small 10inch selfie stick will help stabilize the footage. Without, so long as it doesn't look like you're having a seizure its fine.
The metro is Beijing was actually great, that insanely busy footage was at the train station to get to Badaling. Haha, we definitely didn't break the tree, but we sure broke the sign :/ Thanks for watching :)
Are you professional photographers? I can't imagine i'd travel around with that much gears, especially in crowded cities and on hot summer days. No wonder you needed to change shoes.
@@NicoleEddy1 You should check out Jinshanling, its about 1.5 hours driving from Beijing and doesn't have a cable car up to the wall so there's waaaay less tourists and its much more peaceful.
Katan A Haha, I admire your confidence :) Many of my awesome viewers have been with me since the beginning and for that, I am very thankful that you all have stuck around! I’m not sure if a shout-out to all 5000 of you on a vlog is the smartest option, but I do try read & reply to all of the comments as often as I can.
Seriously？I don’t know much about Shanghai, but in Beijing there are tons too see. The Forbidden city, summer palace, Yuanmingyuan Park, The Lama Temple, Beihai Park, Nan Lou Gu Alley, the list goes on..
Avoid Chinese festivals to go to the popular attractions next time, otherwise endless crowds.
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Beautiful shots nicole with relax music! Love your work. Always happy to watch your journey! Greetings Elroy😊
Elroy Ahmet Thanks so much Elroy :)
Every year during the students' summer and winter holidays,there must be lots local tourists.And If you visit Beijing,the workdays will be better.There're many other beautiful cities in China:Chengdu,Xi'an,Chongqing,Lijiang...Enjoy your trip in China!
Thank you :) Unfortunately my boyfriend is also working over there, so we have to try and stick to weekends to visit all of the sights. Hopefully I'll be able to see all of the other great cities sometime.
Every time I go to Beijing(I had been to BEijing for 5-6 times),I suffer so much with crazy traffic. The taxi is crazy , traffic to the airport crazy. Subway is the best choice
Man subway is crazy as well...
Subway is definitely the best choice - you just need to time out of main peak hours.
Visit Shanghai and you can see 100 years history of China.
Visit Beijing and you can see 1000 years history of China.
Visit Xian and you can see 3000 years history of China.
Great video! We went to the jinshanling section and there was almost nobody there. We highly recommend it. There is a direct bus leaving every day from Donhzhimenwaixiejie bus station at 8am and returning at 16pm. It costs 50 yuan. About 2-2.5 hours from Beijing. This is the most beautiful section. The views are really amazing and much better than Badaling which I did last time.
Our video should be up in about an hour. Too bad we missed you there!
Awesome, thanks so much for the advice :) We were a little strapped for time & heard that Badaling was easier but to be honest, I'd give up an entire weekend if it means that I can escape the crowds. I'll definitely head over & watch your video - would love to see your experience!
@@NicoleEddy1 Yes that's exactly what we thought. After spending 2 hours getting into the forbidden city, crushed by 500.000 chinese people, we were adamant to NOT redo that experience lol. We just posted our video.
We'll be staying until mid October in China, which means we will be here during 'golden week'. Pretty much everyone has a week off, starting October 1st. It is estimated about 350-400 million people travel around China during that week. The largest human migration in the world. Looking forward to it hihi.
@@NaickKim I just finished watching it, it looks really surreal, so will skip Badaling & head there next time for sure. Yeah, as great as the atmosphere is, we also couldn't deal with the amount of people anymore & ended up being hermits on our last day to just catch a break, but we had mistimed our 'touristing' with school & Summer holidays so it was our fault :/ Good luck for Golden Week :)
@@NicoleEddy1 You should head to Mongolia next time. It's a massive country with just 3 million people living there. 50% of the population lives in the capital, so when you go outside the capital you can drive for kilometers without seeing any signs of civilization. Don't go there for the food though.
Naick & Kim u r right. As a Chinese I highly recommend NOT to travel around in China during the golden week. Unless u go somewhere unknown.
Thanks for your tourist sharing about China🤗
Thanks for watching :)
I recommend the Great Wall section behind Gubei Water Town, north of Beijing, the Badaling section has too many people going there
Thanks for the advice :)
loooove ur videos like always:D
tim zedd Thanks Tim :)
I don't mind watching you and Blair's adventures twice ☺️
Glad to hear it :) Thanks for watching!
Welcome to China! Thanks for the review of AK2000!
FeiyuTech Thanks guys & really appreciate the gimbal :)
that gimbal looks like a monster (*crazy huugggeeeee) lol......but i've seen lots of travel vloggers use those!
great vid. 👍 #thumbsup
Thanks for watching :)
If you decide to go back to the Great Wall, I would highly recommend Simatai. It’s a little bit further and the restoration has been structural only, so not very busy and it doesn’t look like a Disney version! It’s a bit steep but a great hike (or you can take a cable car)
Ok great, thank so much. I'm going to check it out on Google now :)
1:22, loooooooooool.
That's why i always book a mini van to another site of the great wall. OR, go there when freezing cold. Last time went with my daughter when it was -12C, less than 200 people.
Sarah Lin oh my word, that must have been freezing!! I think that you’re right though, visiting outside of Summer months is probably better.
Maybe you went to Beijing on Mid-Autumn Festival.
No, this video was uploaded a little later - it was just the school holidays & in the height of Summer :)
Avoid badaling like the plague. The best part of the wall, i've been to, is Gubeikou. Spent about 6 hours walking along it, and maybe only saw about 12 people. Been here, 6 years now, and have learned that the best time to visit the forbidden city, summer palace, temple of heaven, is during the week, in the morning.
I think it is impressive how the locals are not as impacted by the crowds... It clearly does not keep them from going places while on school holiday. Hope you eventually get the see the Great Wall, crowded or not.
Definitely, you can tell that its the norm there and it's great that they still get out and explore despite the crowds :)
I am a local in Beijing and I can assure you it is a bad idea to come to Beijing during any public holiday, ESPECIALLY summrt palace and the forbidden City, LOL..... actually any tourist city. haha. they are just packed, although it is nice season here now. pls come back soon and more
Thanks Daniel :) Haha, yes we definitely learnt our lesson and would like to come back to visit out of any tourist seasons!
Thank you it use ful to me to know about chinese civilisation grateful to you to make a good impression on my teacher after telling about this
During the holiday, the scenic spots of Beijing even cannot hold the tourists from every parts of the country, cause there are too many people, so just avoid it
You could travel to Sanya,Qinghai,Yunnan,Jiangsu,Xinjiang,etc.
There's lots of places to visit, China is a massive country but ticking off the big cities first :)
Best Advise, try to make a friend or find a local travel agent there and let them help u out by setting a practicable schedule. Or you could waste half of your day on waiting ...
Glad you didn't get caught. Stay safe. Nice video. Looking forward to see more videos.
IT Guy get caught for what?
Avoid summer holidays and avoid Badaling section! Here are some different sections
th-cam.com/video/40zYSwT-tEs/w-d-xo.html
The section in the water town is good too
Thanks so much for the advice :)
Don't go to big city in China cuz of lot of people ，which will make you anxious. Maybe the mid-cities are good choices to travel
I like it! Thanks!
Badaling is a lovely exercise as the world's longest queue on national holidays, you dodged a bullet there: www.pinterest.com.mx/pin/370984088029417087/. If ever you go to the Wall definitely go for the furthest-from-the-city ones like Jinshanling - so much more rewarding, beautiful, peaceful and ruined. A proper trek into the mountains and stunning countryside all around. A golden rule for China: NEVER go anywhere/do anything during national holidays, stay in the room, maybe barricade the door. Failing that learn to love 'Renao', which in China means the good humoured enjoyment of a crowd that translates as 'happy noise'. Or just get earplugs.
AK2000 seems heavy.
OH like that music when you test the thing
Sarah Lin It is a little heavy but pumps out good quality stabilized footage :) There is a lighter pocket-sized FeiyuTech gimbal that holds smaller cameras & phones for everyday vlogging!
Your Cannon EOS 80D didn't have super wide angle lens, which you need for vlogging.....
*60D. The lens was 16mm however the sensor is cropped in the camera. Not too ideal for vlogging.
@@NicoleEddy1 What about the M50, or the new Sony alpha？
3:27 that photo bomb dude at the bottom left corner XD
Just don't go any ancient sites in China during any Chinese country-wide holidays. Instead, go to the restaurants in the city, and enjoy endless surprise of Chinese food.
Don't go to the scenic spot on holidays, there are too many people.
Why the reupload?
The weather is burning in Beijing that time of the year...
It was quite toasty...more humid than anything else.
I like Feiyu, next time you can try DJI or Moza，they will be best.
Imagine if you are used to be surrounded by tons of people, and you moved to the West, and you see hardly anyone.....where did people all go?
beautiful ancients chinese temple great wall too
现在外国朋友去国内旅游就是北京上海深圳，其实中国很大的，比如我福建就很不错😂
中国浩 是hu 建
福建除了厦门有什么地方好玩啊
@@firefly4784 福清
反正就比香港好😜
山西也不错
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I did notice a difference.
That's a looooootta local tourists!
Haha, so many humans!
I'd liken Bejings Metro to New York. Stay away. Lol. A taxi would be much more faster and cheaper.
8:03 you broke the tree!
Gimbals aren't really designed for vlogging but yeah, cinematic shots a must. For vlogging, a small 10inch selfie stick will help stabilize the footage. Without, so long as it doesn't look like you're having a seizure its fine.
The metro is Beijing was actually great, that insanely busy footage was at the train station to get to Badaling. Haha, we definitely didn't break the tree, but we sure broke the sign :/ Thanks for watching :)
actually mutianyu great wall is better， not many people
Yea people mountain people sea~
Are you professional photographers? I can't imagine i'd travel around with that much gears, especially in crowded cities and on hot summer days. No wonder you needed to change shoes.
Haha, the shoes weren't the best life choice :) But yes, I do have separate cameras for both photo & video so I travel with a lot of gear.
I believe I had seen you in subway station…
Nice vlog ..Hope ur relation continue not cut....I dont want see u hurt ..wish u happy ..u have white heart nice girl..wish u the best .
Katan A Thanks Katan :)
@@NicoleEddy1 I think I deserve shout out in ur next vlog ..!!
big mistake...:). you should have gone a big further out to other sections of the great wall.
Haha, big big mistake!
@@NicoleEddy1 You should check out Jinshanling, its about 1.5 hours driving from Beijing and doesn't have a cable car up to the wall so there's waaaay less tourists and its much more peaceful.
I think I deserve shout out in your next vlog.....hmmm what u think ? From first vlog till now i am with u and support you .
Katan A Haha, I admire your confidence :) Many of my awesome viewers have been with me since the beginning and for that, I am very thankful that you all have stuck around! I’m not sure if a shout-out to all 5000 of you on a vlog is the smartest option, but I do try read & reply to all of the comments as often as I can.
@@NicoleEddy1 its ok dont worry ...no problem
I 'm in beijing
Enjoy :)
北京一到节假日，人真是超级多！进出地铁站真是恐怖的体验！尤其夏天，一身臭汗("▔㉨▔)汗 ，体谅你俩！祝开心ヽ(○^㉨^)ﾉ♪
People mountain people sea
hahaha
re upload or same title?
Re-upload however had to cut the section concerning Tiananmen Square...it opened up a nasty can of worms online!
@@NicoleEddy1 Don't get involved in politic, it is way way more complicated than what you learned from TV.
@@NicoleEddy1 lol oh boy.... Happy travels!
@@GVF91919 Yip! I learnt that the hard way yesterday...
“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”
姐，求你买个大疆的稳定器叭，我快被你晃晕了……
Beijing and Shanghai really have nothing to play with, depending on the human landscape or the south or the west.
Seriously？I don’t know much about Shanghai, but in Beijing there are tons too see. The Forbidden city, summer palace, Yuanmingyuan Park, The Lama Temple, Beihai Park, Nan Lou Gu Alley, the list goes on..
People mountain, people sea！！！！！！
人山人海 is many people
well this is why i dont like go back to China to do travellog, there are too much ppl......in Chinese,its called ppl mountain ppl sea......