Taking the Metro to Mainland China & FIRST BULLET TRAIN EXPERIENCE | China Travel
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Today we hopped across the border to Mainland China! We took the Metro to Mainland China via Lok Ma Chau in Hong Kong where we crossed the border to Shenzhen.
We had a quick pit shop in Shenzhen, then had our first bullet train experience! Our train was fairly short (~3 hours) but we got to see some epic scenery en-route.
Finally, we make it to Guilin, hop on a local bus and settle into our accommodation for the night.
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We had such a great first day in Mainland China! And you all seem to be enjoying the experience with us! :) What is a fun train ride that you have been on? Or one that we need to try? :)x
Train nerd here. Hope this helps:
The Shanghai Maglev is currently the fastest commercial train in the world. However, be aware that it only runs at top speed (430km/h) for a few trains in the mornings and afternoons. czcams.com/video/Ygo9fQ_qKCE/video.html
The Beijing-Shanghai HSR line has Fuxing trains that are currently the second fastest commercial train service in the world, running at 350km/h. The ones between Beijing and Shanghai that runs around 4.5 hours are Fuxing trains (G1, G3, etc). czcams.com/video/nIRCaupQU9k/video.html
The Kunming-Beijing overnight sleeper train features the new capsule-style sleeper trains. The train number is D930/D939. czcams.com/video/DAOYz8FcDiQ/video.html
The Qinghai-Tibet railway is a conventional railway, but it's the highest railway in the world and offers spectacular sceneries along the way. There are trains to Lhasa from several major cities. But this trip itself requires a lot of planning and costs a lot of time and money. czcams.com/video/xvU3UghOhCY/video.html
If you want some more traditional services, there are also slow trains (both seating and various levels of sleeper services) running on conventional tracks which cost significantly less than high-speed trains. czcams.com/video/_8ydg-Z-xc8/video.html
One of the most interesting slow train lines is Guiyang-Kunming line, which offers spectacular views but also passes through some of China's most remote and least developed areas. The line has a special place in many of China's railfans. However, I don't know if there are still passenger services running through the line today as it is undergoing some construction recently. This is a very old video about the line: czcams.com/video/P2mxThWOXC0/video.html
You can't hit all the lines above, but if you leave Tibet to another trip, you can hit all the others by doing this:
- Guilin to Guiyang on whatever train you choose
- Guiyang to Kunming on Guiyang-Kunming slow train
- Kunming to Beijing on overnight high-speed sleeper
- Beijing to Shanghai on Fuxing train
- Shanghai Maglev
This way you also will also have toured around many different regions of China.
Also, you may already have done this: trip.com is a very convenient place for tourists and expats to book train tickets in China. They also offer to deliver the tickets I think. Also, all tickets in China can be refunded for a small fee (5% to 20% depending on the timing) and you get one free change even if you miss the train and it's your fault.
Wow! thanks for all the great tips! unfortunately I don't think that the Maglev will be possible on our itinerary, one day we would love to though! :)
Rob & Jenny your first day in China was in Hong Kong.
Try the soft sleeper on one of those "green skin" slow trains. If you are lucky you could get a whole cabin for yourself for hours. It's throw back time and feels very nostalgic and romantic. And it's no more expensive than a second HSR seat.
Also I propose you trying some less known places where you don't feel you are one of the animals of a giant human zoo LOL.
@@afunguynamedkawhi7959 amazing. Great tip! For quality train travel in China! 😄
Hong Kong is part of China...You can say that you are going from Hong Kong to the mainland, but definitely not Hong Kong to China...
【バトルオペ2】GBO2 機動戰士高達 激戰任務2頻道KC-EASY 你这些人渣，早晚要得到报应
Gino Wang 吔屎啦你
Shut the fuck up. Hongkong should join India.
Hongkong, tibet, taiwan should all join India
@@baishya775 LOL , join in India ? Look at yourself in the mirror first !
Recoil God India is a city of Shenzhen
Forgive you this time, it seems that you still don't know that HK is part of China dude.
I like your video, but please mind your words: Hong Kong is part of China, I don't want to behave mean or senstive, and it's nothing about politics, but this is serious, it regards sovereignity
hynoor 人渣
@@cmanlam4064 你是渣人
Gino Wang人家语言尊重有理有据，一看就是受过高等教育。反观你，谁是渣？
@@cmanlam4064 brute
@@cmanlam4064 SB
relax guys about a word, everyone posting one little mistake which she might not even intentionally made, ( you have to know they are nice westerners and they did grew up under the western media) so, don’t be so sensitive , she said many other things good about china. I want to say her video showed people the experiences of their journey and good side of china
Thank you for the kind message. We've realised now that we have unintentionally upset a lot of people. We are glad that you still were able to enjoy our videos 😀
Rob & Jenny don’t worry about people’s negative replies , plz understand most of people are very friendly and understanding . Just the time of this recent period of Hongkong riots . I’ll keep watching your video and follow you journey . Admired you work and life style . Enjoy and thanks for your videos ! 😊
@@linliu2431 thank you for the kind comment. We definitely never intend to upset anyone. Glad you are enjoying our videos! 😀
Rob & Jenny I'm sorry if you feel offended. I believe that you guys are not intended and it's not fair to judge someone who doesn't know the real history between mainland China and Hongkong. I love your inspiring videos.
@@liuliang227 :) thank you for such a kind word. Hopefully you can see we would not want to say anything offensive. Was our mistake. 😳😳
Hong Kong is a city of China, so please do not say crossing the boarder to China. You can say ‘to mainland’ or ‘to mainland China’.
u guys are overly sensitive, it reflects badly on chinese ppl. i know hong is part of china, but hong kong and china have different passports, they would need to get the passports stamp when they cross the border
Hongster Hong still not “hong kong”to China
Hongster Hong still not “hong kong”to China
@@Dou_Y stop being so petty. hong kong competes a an independent team from china in the olympics
Hongster Hong 少tm在这装逼装圣母白莲 圣母那点小伎俩谁不清楚？ 我不知道你是哪国人 我们中国人现在就是要教外国人一点规矩懂？在国际上老实点 在中国 更要听中国话 别到处bb 没用 懂吗？
it just sounds so weird hearing we are going from HK to China. it's like saying we going to leaving Miami to go to the united states... also a new yorker is American, same as HKer is Chinese.... use the word mainland and mainlander will be more appropriate if you want to make a distinction between the two.
@@HELLO7657 by rest of the world? u know the world is more than just america and western europe right?... and im sure the texans and californians are exactly the same....
its not my problem that you are ignorant, and thinks that your ignorant and prejudice views are more relevant than objective facts, hong kong is part of china, get over it...
@@HELLO7657 funny how your name is question the jewish media yet you share and agree with thier narratives....
America and England is friend we are all Western countiess
@@keny4281 Savage hahah!
Question The Jewish Media 无法苟同 je ne suis pas d’accord... 不知道为什么 就是不想打英文 哈哈
Great video! We really enjoyed it! Please don’t mind so many people are talking politics here as it’s a special time for Hong Kong at such crisis. People are more sensitive than usual. You’re really nice couple love travelling and we know you didn’t mean to hurt anyone’s feeling. Keep up great job!❤️
Aw thanks so much for your lovely comment!
officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is a special administrative region on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in southern China
Welcome to China! And Hong Kong is a part of China, one of the two Special Administrative Regions. Hope you enjoy visiting China!
I’m traveling from Wales to United Kingdom. Does it sounds weird.. you tell me..
Plaid Cymru
You are already in China when you visit HongKong.
Tips for u guys in Guilin : 1.get all food and drinks with u before u visit the tour site cause everything is ridiculously expensive in those places . 2.Don’t buy any souvenir in tour site , u can get the same things with much lower prices somewhere else downtown
How u guys have a nice trip in china.
Btw, 九寨沟 is the best tour site that I want to recommend, if u guys still in china, don’t miss it .
九寨沟 will be closed till Otc. 1st this year because of the earthquake which happened earlier days
i am chinese,It's the hottest season in China, and you're traveling in the south of China. I recommend you to go to yunnan province, because it's high altitude, low temperature and beautiful scenery.
Lijiang, erhai lake, kunming, shangri-la，yubeng.
chinese name:丽江，洱海，昆明，香格里拉，雨崩。
Thanks for all the great tips. Luckily China hasn't been too hot. I think we are lucky. And nothing compares to the heat in North India! 😥
wangzhefpc No , don’t always lead foreign friends to Yunnan .It is good to travel in east coast before visiting southwest.And in southwest,Chengdu is better choice than kunming.
Great video. I'll be doing a couple of Chinese rail journeys in the next few weeks, and I can't wait. Thanks for highlighting what to expect.
China is literally at the top of the game in terms of rail journeys. 👍 Even the "slow" trains are comfortable, clean and run as smooth as many other countries express trains. 😀
Love from Pakistan
love you too Pak bro.
China is so developed. Giant in Asia. 🇨🇳👍Waiting for more videos 👏
It is a real giant. Seems very well run though! 👍
N G no the most developed countries in Asia are Japan South Korea and Singapore,not China
Yea, China is still a developing country mate
Not from Hong Kong to China, but from one area of China to another area of China.
Thanks for your upload. Guilin is clean. The locals pronounce it as " gwaylene" the I sounds as an e.My wife was from there. Enjoy Yangzhou.
Thanks alot! We did think it was very clean there. 😀
Welcome to China 😃😄
Thanks. We love China! 👍
Rob & Jenny we Chinese love everyone who loves China.Have a good time in China buddy.
Have a good trip,enjoy the food and the beautiful city
Thanks so much!
I saw a lot of comments saying that you made a mistake of HK/CHINA. I don't blame you, I feel the same when I had a trip to HK.
Glad we aren't alone!
Have a good time guys.
Forget about all the politicial rightness in the comments.
I am Hong Kong Chinese saying hello and welcome
Aw thanks 😁
感动
屌挺
Sensitive times
Great video! Thanks for posting! I'm moving to Shenzhen from the UK next weekend :)
Wow that's nice! Shenzhen was lovely. Would love to go back. 😃
看面相，男女主都是很善良的人
😀
@@RobandJenny You know Chinese?
@@bellading4269 no unfortunately not. Just use translate. 😀
哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈
You changed the video title, which made me subscribed. Wish you a great journey!
aww thanks! 😀 We take feedback very seriously and don't want anyone to be offended or hurt. Hope you continue to enjoy our journey 😀
Nice excellent super mind blowing no 1 video sir
Thank you !!
Hong Kong, China subway trains connect to ShenZhen, China subway trains at the Lok Ma Chau Station.
There are actually direct high-speed trains from HK West Kowloon Terminal to Guilin. It only takes 3:20. And you pass custom control at the train station which should be even faster than at the border. Two trains to Guilin from HK everday G312 and G320.
Yeah! We noticed this after we had already booked the tickets. Though it worked out anyway as I got my camera fixed in Shenzhen. 👍
Thanks for watching!
Have a great time in China :-)
@@taosu2554 thanks. 😀 China is such a nice place to travel.
@@RobandJenny Glad you guys are enjoying it! :D
you can easily cancel the tickets and buy a new one. They do charge you some cancelling fee. Enjoy your trip!
"Look how shiny that floor is!" OMG, please go out of the west more often, to see the good in the rest of the world!
But thank you for the great video, Rob & Jenny. You are helping break down the stereotypes.
😂😂
Interesting. It is usually taken for granted in China because so many stations have been built or renovated in recent years, but train stations in the UK are usually quite old in the UK. I guess they were impressed by that especially because they had just visited India.😂
Thanks for your change of this video title, since the politics between these two places is sensitive recently. Hope enjoy your time in China, no matter which part.
No problem! We take feedback very seriously and we did not mean to offend or upset anyone. 😀 Hope you are enjoying our vlogs! 😀
@@RobandJenny Sure. Awesome.
chinese app:
① baidu map
② WeChat：Communications and electronic payments
③ didi :taxi
④ Meituan, 美团：food 、hotel
⑤ netease cloud music, 网易云音乐。
⑥ inkblot weather.墨迹天气。
Thank you. I've managed to install most of these now. Baidu map is good but wish it was also in English.
Thanks for the tip on meituan, I wondered what people were using to order food!
Thanks for watching. 😀
@yehoutube 👍 thanks!
@Sammy Uncle what's that for?
ctrip(携程) is the most big and most cheap trip order app in china. booking hostal, attractions ticket, train ticket, bus ticket, airline ticket etc...
@@19860813 thanks. 😀
Seems you hade a perfect time leaving HongKong.😂
Welcome to China.
Love love china 😍😍😍😍😍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Yes never say Hong Kong to China, Hong Kong is a city of China just like Shenzhen. We Hong kongners love mainland China and China is our country.
I feel sorry for Rob and Jenny that there are so much political arguments in the comments. Rob & Jenny, welcome to Hong Kong, and yes, it's part of China now. I really enjoy your travel vlogs! Thank you! ❤️
Thanks for the nice comment. 😃
Thanks for your video, its really helpful to me. Plan backpacking in China already
Amazing! Glad this has helped you ☺️
I finally found what kind of video is suitable for me!😂😂😂
I’ve been Guilin 16years ago and just so impressed by your video that how the city have developed!
In my memory the place is like super rural and kind of disorganized, for sure cars or high buildings are rare to see, what a change and keep on going !
Thanks for the heads up. Going there late August.
Excellent!! Enjoy it. Hong Kong is such a great city and region with so much to do. Then entering the mainland there is even more on offer! 👍 You will have such a great experience. The people are so welcoming. 😃
Good video, you can try more local foods, Top tourism spots and people life and so on. I like to record local life from these aspects on my travel vlog ☺☺☺
you dont have a soap besides a cup. thats a bag of tea....
Amazing video!! Thank you for sharing it ✈️
Thank you for watching it :)
Beautiful scenery.
You both look so good together.
Nice video 😍👍
😁😁😁 thanks for the support!
Rob& Jenny were travelling around for fun , they never want to start any political debate on HK status， so leave them alone on HK issue. let them explore the world as a pleasure.
Thanks 😊
Have a wonderful time in your life at China.
Your username really threw us off there 😅
so cool welcome to china
Thanks 😀
welcome to china
Thank you!!
Rob & Jenny HK is a part of China！
When you guys were filming while on the bus traveling to the hotel in Guilin, the guy sitting behind was filming you😂
haha! That's funny!
Great commentary 😃
Thanks Rob&Jenny for sharing. Nice 👍
Thank you! :)
Rob & Jenny You’re welcome!
i love your video!
Thanks so much! 😀 Glad you can enjoy the experience with us! 😀
Don't worry about those aggressive cyberbullies who get triggered by a slightest mistake.
Keep up the good work and wish you enjoy the hospitality from the real Chinese people.
Thank you! We had a really brilliant time!!
Such a nice country with such lovely people. 😀
Good job~! Just a small correction, HK is part of China, so when you refer to " going to China" you actually mean "going to mainland China", right? :p
We do! In the UK it's the same where you'd say you were "going to Scotland" even though it's technically part of the UK. Just a qwirk!
@@RobandJenny Great video and keep up the wonderful work ~!
No, they meant HK is a country, not a part of China. Just check out how they replied a South Asian guy named 'Aman Shah' in the comment section.
Remind me on a cruise from Hawaii to LA the US passengers said Back to the mainland they said the same about the (49) Alaska
From HK head to mainland China
Yup! Was very convenient!
Welcome to China!
Thank you!
As we know, Scotland, Wales, N. Ireland and UK are 4 lovely countries.
Thank you!
Wish you a joyful journey!
Thank you! 😊
Welcome to my hometown
Great hometown! Beautiful scenery! 😀
我是中国山东省人。欢迎来到中国，我的朋友。（I'm from shandong province, China China welcomes you, my friend）
never been there thx for sharing
Do it. It's great! 😀
Belated blessing, welcome to China.
Thank you! 😀 Welcome to the channel!
I know Hong Kong part of China love you guys
the couple have very good mianxiang in Chinese( means they are looked very nice and friendly), good trip and good luck :-)
😊😊😊
Entry level youtube backpackers
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Cool
评论真是一堆玻璃心，香港去大陆就是要过出入境，安检。两个地方施行不同的制度，司法、货币甚至官方语言都不相同。建议中国人别整天自欺欺人，让人笑掉大牙。
Like your background music pretty much.
Thanks. This music is all from musicbed. Subscription service for licencing music. 👍
I just crossed from my bathroom into my home, what an occasion!
normal lifestyle
You use Canon G7X camera, don't you? How is its voice quality? Is external mic necessary?
Yeah we use it! It's great! Does everything beginners like us want. The external mic input on the new model would be a nice to have, but to be honest it isn't really worth it most of the time. Be careful with not speaking in very noisy places and it's fine. We have a "MicroMuff" which is a god send for blocking out wind. Even if we had the mark iii we probably wouldn't have started with an external mic as it adds to the bulk and "faff" which isn't something you need when first getting used to filming yourself. Hope that helps! 😀😀
Visit Guangzhou. You might mistaken you’re at Detroit。
you are so funnny，maybe you are in baiyun part，yuexiu part =Muslim liwan part= white ，guangzhou is a huge city，a city where have the largest number of foreigner in china
Hope you would find more interesting things around the world. And understand how diversified the world it is. I could say china is changing day by day in the coastal cities or provincial capitals, but lots of rural areas or smaller cities (less than 2 million population ) are less activates or prosperity.
such a small hongkong is definitely a city/part of CHINA , so u didnt cross border at all ， what a funny title , hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
Some knowledge to you: First, Hong Kong is a Chinese city, I don’t care whether you American guys care or not. We care! Second, Shenzhen has higher GDP than Hong Kong and is still growing fast. Don’t act like idiots.
桂林＝Guilin， meaning “the forest of Osmanthus.” Btw that hotel tea cup looks exactly like mine. 😄
sound like "鬼林"
Very nice
Thanks!😀
hope you are enjoyed
We love China! 😀
If you go back your country, you can choose Shanghai Beijing or Guangzhou as your final stop
More videos to come. 😃 Those cities may still feature. 😜
Jenny
The voice is so gentle. Welcome to China.
If you have the chance to come to Hunan, please contact me. I will drive you around free of charge.
😀
Those granite floor are plastic granite mix floors.
Oh really? Maybe that's how they make them so shiny!😀
i am surprised that British think the fare of the train is expensive..? haha compare to train in the UK , it is actually much cheaper and most importantly less cancelled/delayed
Haha 😂 not really expensive but compared to the price of other things in the country it seemed quite expensive. Definitely do cheap for the quality you get though! 😀😀
So, the Indian professor said that " the only reason for their 60 years failures was because you Brittish thrown them under the bus " ? Can any of your Brittish collaborated this ? Do the Indian has valid point , or they are blaming their problems on you Brittish?
Sorry about all the people jumping on the "HK to China" bit. I know it can be a bit jarring but we are just a bit sensitive on things related to sovereignty.
We understand ☺️
Support you :)
You'll should be at like 2bn subs. What's wrong with CZcams?
Aw that's so sweet!!
欢迎你们~
Thank you 😀
是桂林吗？
welcome you from shenzhen
Thanks! We had a great time! 😀
I am a Chinese here, and I love your video, please don't care those comments about politics, just enjoy your travel. The world is so big but they are so stupid and narrow. Best wish to you.
Thank you for the lovely comment! We will continue to go out and enjoy ourselves and love to bring you along with us! 😀
祝玩的开心
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千万不要用酒店的杯子，天晓得里面发生过什么
would look good if the girl could consider doing invisalign for her lower teeth? easy these days at dental office.
The "zh" in Shenzhen is pronounced like "J" is Jack.
Damn....i have difficulty getting used to the british accent...
😃 yeah I think people are used to the American one! We do speak too fast and slur a little as well though, sorry! 😂
@@RobandJenny Hahaha it's true....but thanks anyway.
@@simonrock8411 thank you for watching! 😄 We'll try to speak clearer 👍
@@RobandJenny I'm surprised by your reply though...Thanks for caring about us. Have great time in China!
@@RobandJenny China always your second hometown
***braces for the hongkong part of/not part of china debates in the comments section***
Good on u.
Thanks! 😀👍