I Didn't Expect This From Shanghai | CHINA Travel Vlog 2024
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
- Considering Shanghai China travel? Watch this Shanghai Vlog FIRST! We spent 2 days in Shanghai during our layover from Japan to New York and we saw as much as we could! We were surprised by many of the food in China, the trains, the people, and all the top sights to see in Shanghai.
Check out our experience to help you plan your visit to Shanghai, China!
Watch to see how we spent 2 days in Shanghai for $484 USD/pp including our flights from Japan to Shanghai, flights Shanghai to NYC, Shanghai hotel stay, food in Shanghai, trains in Shanghai, and Shanghai attractions.
Prices can of course vary depending on dates, and the number of people you travel with. This is just to give you an idea!
Video Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro to Shanghai
0:43 China Entry Requirements
1:21 Hilton Hotel Shanghai
2:17 Banned in China
3:19 First Impressions
4:03 Shanghai China Train
5:37 Lujiatzui
6:27 Jingling Ferry
7:19 The Bund (Waitan)
7:53 Biking in Shanghai
8:28 Gucheng Park
9:19 Yu Garden
10:24 Lu Bo Lang Shanghai
12:00 Golden Square
12:46 Jiujiang Road
13:00 Vegetarian Food in Shanghai
13:43 Unicorn Paradise
14:37 Credit Cards in China
16:10 Jing'an Temple
17:42 People's Square
18:13 People's Park
18:31 Shanghai China Nightlife
19:34 Driving in China
20:15 Shanghai China Food
21:59 Shanghai Tips
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Just discovered your channel. Young people out exploring the world. Traveling, life's biggest lesson. Much success, growth and blessings to you.
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Hello from France
I went to China in 2001 in the province of Yunan. This 2 week trip was a mix of hiking and cultural visits. I have good memories of it.
you should come China again now is visa free for european,China is huge diffrent than 2001
Thank you so much for the support and kind words to our channel. It means the world that you enjoy our content, I hope to come back!
The video is great, I can see that you have a great time playing. The environment in China is too safe, and you are very relaxed. I look forward to you visiting more places in China.
Your support means a lot to me! I appreciate your enthusiasm for more China adventures.
One reason you don't find people in the business districts on weekends... There's usually not much residential buildings in the business districts. People who work there ain't going to be still hanging around there on their time off. City folks usually travel out of the cities. And usually people come out night.
I think famous tourist attractions (like the Bund, Nanjing Rd, Yuyuan, etc.) have more crowds at night for the lights. And China cities are quite safe at nights.
That's a good observation! Business districts are usually quiet on weekends.
We really admire your freedom to travel. You two are awesome. It’s beautiful to see a black fearless couple traveling around the world.
Your support means the world to us. It's truly heartwarming to hear such positive feedback.
Nice vieo! Welcome to China!
I appreciate your kind words! China has been an amazing experience so far.
I want to do this with the transit visa too! My kids are gonna wanna get that unicorn cotton candy! Great video, Chews!
Thanks for the support! I see you guys were just in China too! Haha, beware of the sugar rush from that unicorn cotton candy! It might turn your kids into real unicorns!
Shanghai is so very clean. OMG!
Thank you for noticing and appreciating Shanghai's cleanliness!
*SO what were YOU expecting? The equivalent of sh!th!le india?*
Those “sidewalks” are extra wide sidewalks that allow for bicycles and mopeds. A lot of delivery mopeds use those lanes. No one, no one in the world can beat China’s infrastructure and modes of transportation. Factor in trying to move and accommodate 1.4 billion people. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for pointing out the unique features of China's transportation system! Definitely was great to visit and I will be back!
This is such a beautiful country n people. I'm so happy to see more brothers traveling. Please, brothers continue to explore the 🌎. Great channel. Working on my 24th country this year. Your videos are inspiring
I appreciate your support and encouragement. It means a lot to me to know that my videos are resonating with you.
It's not only Shanghai that is very clean, safe and modern.
Trust me, you gotta come back to China and check out other places!!
Thank you for the recommendation! I'll definitely consider exploring more of China in the future. We will be back in china later in the year when we visit Beijing!
Also the many natural landscape sites are amazing. Visit places like Zhangjiajie, Guilin or Huangshan just to name a few...Don't forget to visit the Great Wall of China.
@@ChewsToExplore Don’t go to big cities like Beijing and Shanghai. I think the best travel destinations in China are China’s second and third tier cities, such as Hangzhou, Chengdu, Dali, etc. Any city in China is very safe and convenient.
u guys' channel is a hidden gem. waifu and i used ur vids to navigate our way around bahamas. now i gotta convince her to go to china with me! i hear shaanxi is pretty cool too.
Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm glad my videos were helpful to you. I hope you do visit one day
welcome to China, thank you for your visited, btw times square of shanghai is nanjing road lol
I appreciate your hospitality and the lovely memories I made in China. Thank you for welcoming me.
Wow, loved this vlog! Shanghai looks amazing 😍And as a vegetarian, I really appreciate the pointers and that you guys include veggie-friendly places. I remember I bought a cheese sandwich in Korea once and it had ham in it - no warning at all. The struggle is real!! 😅
Speaking of vegetarian food, IMHO the most famous restaurant in Shanghai is 功德林 ( Shanghai GongDeLin ), their specialty is mocking up meats with veggie ( I guess most are made from soy products like tofu ). Also, some Buddhism temples in Shanghai may also have canteen of vegetarian food. 😀
Thank you so much for the support and kind words to our channel. It's great to hear that you appreciated the veggie-friendly pointers in the vlog.
Thank you for this!
There are many vegetarian restaurants next to Jing'an Temple, including vegetarian buffets. I've been to pretty good ones.@@ianli2156
glad you guys like the trip👍
Your support means a lot to me, thank you for enjoying the trip video!
Wonderful video as always 🤗
Thanks again!
Absolutely Outstanding
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I love your smiles!
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Actual, shanghai is a much better city than NYC. Clean, safe, great public facilities, much cheaper and better hotel and food.
For more Chinese culture and historical glory, Beijing and xi"an are much better.
I appreciate your insight into Shanghai's qualities compared to NYC. It's great to learn about different experiences.
I will be back to Beijing later in the year!
Your videos are very nice and helpful, People can really learn about how to travel in China from your videos, Thanks a lot and Enjoy your trip!!!
Thank you for the kind words and support, it means a lot!
I didn’t realize you can fly a drone in China. Your videos are so beautiful. Thanks for taking us on all these adventures.
Your support means the world to me. I appreciate you joining me on these virtual journeys!
I worked very close to Jing'An Temple when I was in Shanghai during college. I love it there so much and actually hope to visit in the next 1-2 years. Great editing and loved your video!
That's amazing! Jing'An Temple is such a beautiful place, I didn't know that you lived in China. That is amazing. Thank you so much for the support to our channel!
Hi there loved this video !!! Going in September and super excited! What’s the VPN you used to use the apps?
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Thank you so much!! @@ChewsToExplore
Can you make a video on what countries you’ve been to? And also what’s your favorite and least favorite. Thank you!
Just look through their channel on the "playlist" part. They make a video for EVERY country (or US city) they've been to, a list of travel tips etc
Thank you so much for the support to our channel. We started creating videos on our channel about 3 years ago and since then we have made a video on each country we've been. Not exactly sure how many but there are a lot. Check out our playlists to see more
Thank you so much for this and you know our platform better than we do haha!
Actually you could do up to 144 hours visa free transit in many major Chinese cities.
Thanks for sharing this valuable information! We were heading home from japan and had a long journey back. So this was the ticket we found during our stay. We will be back
nice job bro
I appreciate your support, bro!
covered pretty good ground for two days!
Pudong is a lot less crowded than puxi.
Hope you make it back some time to spend more time there, as well as see the chinese national parks which are comparable to US parks, truly magnificent.
in Shanghai, the bund at night is beautiful with all the lit up old buildings in the french concession and the futuristic skyline across the water
There's some huge underground fake goods malls that are connected to the subway stops
xintiandi is a really cool neighborhood to check out
Nightlife /bar scene is like new york level good (or at lesat it was pre covid).
shanghai is too big lol, need a lot of time to explore everything
Thank you for the tips and recommendations! Can't wait to go back and explore more of what Shanghai has to offer.
welcome to shanghai
Thanks for the warm welcome
china can be a very easy or very hard place to travel. if you're not prepared, you won't have as good of a time. first off there are a lot of translate app options, including google offline ones you can download. you can always ask for help and if they don't know enough english they will likely pull out their own translate app. the most important thing is to get one or both the main payment apps set up - there are videos so shouldn't be hard. those apps have built in translators and a lot of sub-apps that can help you do just about everything like get a taxi, rent rooms, get tourist tickets to places, etc. lastly and especially in the bigger cities, it can either be very cheap or very expensive. what you pay in tourist places are typically 2-3x what you would pay if you went to a regular store a block from the main tourist places. a drink can be either $1 or $4, and a bowl of noodles could be $2 or $10 so just depends on where/how you spend your money.
I appreciate you sharing this valuable information. It will definitely help me on my next trip to China.
Wow! From Japan to China that’s so cool. Do you guys pre plan flying from one country to another or is it spur of the moment?
Thank you so much, we actually found way cheaper tickets flying back home from China than Tokyo so we decided to fly from there to save money. It made a great 2 for 1 trip!
I was so confused when I saw Times Square for the first time in my city. It seems like it's more of a brand (every time I've seen it it's a big mall) rather than the Times Square situation that we're used to haha so funny
It can be surprising to see how different places are portrayed in real life compared to what we're used to seeing in media!
In Shanghai, you need to go to Nanking Road 南京路 and XinTianDe 新天地。
Thank you for the recommendation! I had a blast exploring Nanking Road and XinTianDe.
Thanks for the video. As I am going to Shanghai later this year, I have one question. Where is the starting point of the river cruise (from the Bund)? Thanks.
I believe we took off at the dongchang road ferry
@@ChewsToExplore thank you
The tourist asking to take photos may be from the country side who never seen a foreigner in their hometown especially such a beauty
Thank you for the kind words, it's heartwarming to connect with strangers in such a unique way.
Im planning to visit in October. How was the visa process for us passporters. Last person just said its a long process.
Thanks for asking! It's always good to plan ahead when it comes to visas. We did a transit visa for only 2 days. Depending on the amount of tie you are visiting you need a different visa. Safe travels!
Hello, were you able to use a drone in Shanghai?. Are drones allowed into china?
Yes, I was able to use a drone in Shanghai. Drones are allowed in certain areas, but there are regulations you need to follow.
there are lots of garbage on street in japan too, many travel vlog here showed that, also you can not compare new york to anywhere, it is one of most gabage in world
It's unfortunate to see littering in different parts of the world. Let's all do our part to keep our surroundings clean.
Found one place with rubbish and started to say Shanghai has rubbish on the streets. What a joke!
可能是他选择少人的街道自己丢弃的，然后立刻拍摄后快速离开！
Thanks for sharing your perspective, this was the first thing we noticed as we just stepped out the hotel. It's always good to have different viewpoints.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
It so nice to see Americans are traveling to China to see what is going on and how China really is for yourself rather than getting to know China from the mainstream media that often spreads distorted news and facts about China for political purposes. I was shocked by how advanced China is than when first visited China 10 years ago. I heard so much negative information about China before I went there. I felt I was cheated and fooled by my friends and mainstream media in the US. I am planning to go back this Fall to see the color change in Northern Chinese cities.
Thank you for sharing your personal journey and shedding light on the misconceptions about China.
THE WORLD DIDNT EXPECT THIS FROM AMERICA ???!
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This is what happens when the government really works for the people, public transportation and living expenses are so affordable in China.
I'm grateful for the opportunity to highlight the positive aspects of public services in different countries.
I am surprised that nobody soeaks English in Shanghai because English is a mandatory class in chinese school from elementary school. Old street vendor probably comes from poorer area with little education, but shanghai natives should be able to speak some English
useless for people who don't travel to overseas.
Thank you for sharing your observation! It's interesting to hear about the different backgrounds and education levels in Shanghai. We wish we could navigate better with our english but our translate apps were useful to communicate as well
2-day trip is probably too short to explore Shanghai. But thanks for uploading the good stuff.
Thank you for watching and appreciating the content! I'm glad you enjoyed it. We only had this amount of time during our layover before we went home. We will be back to visit more!
Why only 36 hours in China?? It's way too big and interesting to only merit 36 hours
It’s a transit visa
You're absolutely right, we only had a long layover before going back. We are planning to go back later this year! China is such a vast and diverse country with so much to offer.
You're absolutely right, we only had a long layover before going back. We are planning to go back later this year! China is such a vast and diverse country with so much to offer.
watch this video on CZcams by an American living in China for 14 years:
"Is China still worth visiting in 2024? 🇨🇳 Long-time American expat tells you ALL you need to know!🇺🇸"
It's obvious that China's golden era of being a top tourist attraction are long behind her, but the question still remains: IS CHINA STILL WORTH VISITING?
As an American expat who has lived in China for a decade, I'll give you the necessary insights to help you make that decision for yourself.
In this video we'll cover the following topics:
~Do you need a visa?
~Is China safe?
~Air pollution in China
~Times to avoid travel in China
~Travel advisory for China
~VPNs and internet censorship in China
...and much, much more!
I appreciate your interest in the video! Hope it helps you decide on your next travel adventure.
Have a good time, bro. Respect from China.
Thank you so much for the support from China!
Oh...go to Shanghai never go to Nanjing Road 😮😮😮
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“Are you guys paid by the CCP” “this is CGI and not real”. Obligatory comment here
😅
I appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment on the video.
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For vegetarians, GODLY is a good choice. What you think you're eating is meat, but it's actually tofu, mushrooms, or some other vegetable that's definitely not meat
Thank you for appreciating the creativity behind vegetarian dishes! It's all about enjoying flavorful food in a different way.
YOUR american INSULARITY is a TOTAL shock to me(SARCASM OFF).
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Are you the Chews? That’s a Chinese surname?
nope, Chews is a role in starwar movies
Haha yes we are the chews, and my father is chinese haha. My mother is Jamaican
Everyone, this channel is owned by the Chinese government. In reality, there are almost no modern buildings in Shanghai, it's mostly bamboo huts. The video is full of computer generated graphics.
Haha this is the best comment I have ever received thank you for that!
There is no garbage in Shanghai. Did you call that garbage? If so, must be by foreigners or stealth foreign reporters who want to sabotage China. Also, no homeless people, unlike in Japan. I like Japan as I stayed there for a long time and it is very clean but there is also the occasional "garbage" by people who get drunk, etc. Not to mention, the very "clean" New York! 36 hours in a sprawling city like Shanghai. You may as well not go there.
They expected China to be dirty and poor, just as their media told them.
it depends on the area. even in shanghai there are more residential areas where the cleaning crews are less frequent. if there was a recent event, there could be leftover trash on the ground. there are always people who litter.
Thank you so much for the support to our channel! I appreciate your insights and the comparison to other cities like Japan and New York. We only spoke about the experience that we observed. And as we said later on it was very clean. But there was garbage. It's great to see different opinions.
welcome to Shanghai!
thanks for the warm welcome!
At this point you all are going to need a new passport for all the stamps 😅😂
Thank you for the support! It means a lot to have such dedicated viewers like you! Honestly we got the big 52 page passport but we still may run out soon haha
Cashless society
Yes next time we will use it as well!
欢迎你们再来中国!!!除了上海,还有更多城市地区让你会喜欢上中国!
Your hospitality is truly heartwarming! I'm grateful for the opportunity to experience more of China's beauty.
全世界都在学中国话 不信你问周杰伦
You have 144 hrs and you are wasting it on surface things, get deep.
Thanks so much for the support to our channel. We didnt use the complete visa but will be back to see more
Its better to learn Chinese when you go there. Nobody speaks Chinese when people visit States! So why Chinese has to speak English to assist you for your own convenience?
Thank you for watching and supporting our channel. I was not upset that nobody spoke English. After traveling to over 50 countries I was more surprised by it. We were still able to navigate but I'm mentioning that to the people who watch my videos so they know what our experience is
they way you guys talking is sick me out，ignorance and arrogance make you two perfect couple
I appreciate your feedback and will take it into consideration.
Don't nitpick and find fault. Why are you complaining so much in such a nice city. Good riddance. OMG!
I appreciate your feedback, we had an amazing time in this city. This was the first thing we noticed coming form Japan. While we explored more we noticed it differently. However, everyone sees things differently.
You tell us Japan doesn’t have “any”garbage on the ground? lol I mean I don’t know what’s the standard of cleanness but people travel a lot to Osaka Tokyo may have different opinion.
It's all about perspective, right? Japan definitely sets a high standard when it comes to cleanliness!
@@ChewsToExplore true but I think it’s been overly exaggerated to some extent…
日本对乱扔垃圾罚款金额惊人照样遍地垃圾，而且还有流浪汉，包括公共区域和旅游景点，而中国基本靠自觉，即使在容易产生垃圾的居民区依然很少见垃圾。
重要的是，上海原本只有1800万人口，现在加上农村来打工、旅行的，人口在3000万左右，根本就不是一个数量级，完全没有可比性，我敢说它镜头里拍到的人里几乎没有几个本地人，谁素质高一目了然。
Looks nice but I’m not traveling to no brics country.
谁TM在乎？
Damn that 80-90% of the planet... Guess u keep being a hillbilly then.
尊重你的选择，我希望你不要改变自己的想法不然的话就太下贱了
You can go to a place where has so much freedom that 40,000 people have freedom to get killed by gun violences every year.
地上的几张纸是拍摄者丢的吧！整条路都挺清洁的，就在那里有几张纸而已，而且看起来蛮新的像是刚刚才被丢在地上的，不像是旧的垃圾！
也许是拍摄者选了一条冷清少人的街道，然后丢了几张纸在地上拍摄后就离开😁😁😁
Thank you for watching our video!
上海这几天升温也没到穿短袖的季节啊😂😂😂你们真抗冻
明显是去年的存货😅
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有许多外国博主去上海外滩拍视频都拍得非常出色！但比较起来这视频的博主就是最差的一个，他拍摄的景观灰灰暗暗毫无吸引力！附近的繁华的南京路他也不介绍给他的粉丝知道。🥱😴😴
🐸 stop the nonsense
Haha thanks for the support, we just captured what we saw during our trip
在网上看到有许多多外国人去Yu garden 拍中式风格的建筑物，让人看了赏心悦目，很美观热闹！
可是这黑人游客却避免拍摄美丽的市容市貌让人欣赏！只专注拍摄小鱼池而已！！🤭🤭🥱😴😴
Thanks for your feedback
提示：在中国零元购和盗窃是非法的，另外中国没有那么多摘棉花的工作。
I appreciate you letting me know about the laws in China regarding zero-cost purchases and theft.
My second home 🥲
ngl I was also shook that no one spoke English when I first got there lmao
You should speak Mandarin.
Chinese is the most spoken language in the world. China ranks first among the six official languages of the United Nations. Why do Chinese people need to speak English? Moreover, Western countries are particularly hostile to China, and China in Western news is full of negative news. So now China's education has been reformed and the weight of English has been reduced.If you travel, you can learn a few sentences in Chinese, or just use your mobile phone to translate.
Why u ask Chinese speaking English?
@@internationaldaily9820 I do speak Mandarin 🙂
我在上海住了五年了
@@user-zz2qx6wv1d there's always someone intent on missing the point 🙃
No one is asking that they speak English, but having traveled a lot, it is still shocking how rare it is to come across it in such a massive international city