I flew to 'Cyberpunk City' in China
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- You may have seen videos on Tiktok of this "Cyberpunk City" in China also known as Chongqing, well I certainly did and I had to see for myself if this "dystopian looking" city was infact what it looked like the videos. This was a 4 day trip, i've added as much travel tips on visiting china as I could.
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Actually Chongqing is also famous for its foggy weather, it has a nick name called “雾都”，which is "the city of fog"
How does Gater Oyl taste like?
You're right！
Hidden village of the mist
Yes, because the city geography is like a bowl. _Chongqing City, is built right on a big syncline of a huge folding area, and is known as a “mountain city_"' - MDPI
haters of china is panicking because they realise spreading lies about china is actually promoting china 🤩🇨🇳
WOW~I'm surprised that your first video was 15 years ago! Perhaps this trip to Chongqing was too cultural shock. It is not a marine civilization, but an inland civilization, and it is also an inland mountain city, which is why its construction is so 3D.
What do you mean by 3D?
They probably mean vertical
Chongqing is amazing. Future vibes. Well done China!
See the city , see the vibes. Thats my kind of travel as well. Big cities IS the tourist attraction (im from Iceland lol)
Meanwhile, Iceland is the most attractive travel destination for Chinese city dwellers......
yes, people travel for the opposite experience as home.@@H.CHEN-ChenYulin
I like that you provide tips throughout your video. Super useful info.
Thanks spending the time to travel and make one of the better videos of one of the most underrated cities in the world. I really hope to see it someday when passing through from southwest China where my kids were born to Chengdu to see the Pandas.
Incredible scenes of Chongqing man and absolutely cyberpunk like what you said. Love the filming of all the lights and streets and views - stunning!
Watching you drink the hot pot oil was rough. Never seen anyone do that hahahaha
If you guys still there, try the noodles there. Chongqing Xiaomian (重庆小面, Chongqing noodle) is famous in China. But you will need to go to good ones, beacause there are lots noodles restaurants, many just okay, one called Pangmei （胖妹）is super good.
显然你没看完，已经飞到韩国了。
byd老外吃不惯火锅和小面的哈哈哈，辣的脸都红了笑死我了
China is a very safe country, there are no drugs, guns, etc.
Looks super fun, trying to get out there next few months. great vid! enjoyed!
U should visit 9th street .feel the bar life in Chongqing .really amazing
I have never considered going to China, but this place is amazing.
It's really important to read all of the conditions for the "144-hour transit visa free" to visit China in this way, and follow the rules to the letter. This means your flight leaving the city you arrived in (in China) must be to a third country. So...
LHR - PEK - FRA - LHR: this is fine - Heathrow to Beijing, then Beijing to Frankfurt, then Frankfurt (Germany is your third country) back to Heathrow.
MAD - PVG - BCN : This is not ok. You are flying from Madrid in Spain to Shanghai (your destination in China), then returning to Spain (in this case Barcelona)
🙂
I like how everything is so foreign you can't tell what is a massive franchise and what is a mom and pop store.
Hong Kong I think looks cyberpunk, too. There's cities that also look solarpunk.
nope...compare to Chongqing, HK seems nothing...
Yes it does looks like HK and Rome to some extent!❤
Both Chongqing and Hong Kong just have cyberpunk aesthetic, maybe Hong Kong a bit more claustrophobic with the housing conditions, but if you want real cyberpunk, go to South Korea.
@@tsukasa1608 In terms of skyscrapers, South Korea is simply no match for the major cities in China.
the skg shop in raffles is not vr machine，it is massage equipment😂😂😂😂
I can see why they called china’s version of Houston Tx because it is so futuristic and cool at the same time 😎👍
Chongqing is amazing🎉🎉🎉
The Questionables sausages i believe are pork intestines. Lol
the best video i have seen
I was in China when I was 15 as part of a student exchange and thanks to that 52% plum-wine(?) I managed to get realy shit faced drunk for the first time in my life. That was quite the hangover, given I had to fly ~12hours back home the next morning
you deserve more subs! great vid
man fly to chongqing and drink the hotpot soup i cant,fun to watch anyways .haha
😂😂
I really want to go there... amazing city chongqing
At least u don’t have any crime in china unlike the us
Welcome to China!!cute couple-conversations, and also enjoyed your travel by watching!!
Bro can say kuxinglao properly but not Chongqing 😂 if anyone is wondering why they would be taking pictures people who travel to the big cities from the rural parts of China have not seen many foreigners before so they tend to be very curious. On the other hand as a UA-camr with a camera in your face talking to yourself it should not be shocking that people would be staring and taking pictures.
That sexy tea is actually one of the most popular milk tea in China.
Questionable sausage = pig intestines 😂
I think the hotpot is too hot for foreigners but not a problem for the Chinese.
13.5 dollars for this meal at a great mall. Only in China！
Southwest China’s biggest metropolitan city
Dope Video dude!
Great video
"Not really aggressive like some of the Chinese could be" ???
Chongqing people loves lights
Hotpot soup is for cooking not for drinking 🙂
sexy tea really makes me laugh🤣🤣
Wow that's very nice hotel view. How much did you pay per night?
不贵，重庆的物价和房价在中国都很便宜，因为我就是重庆人
@@古天乐-m7b 那你知道一晚多少錢嗎？
@@shutup51916一晚上几百
@@shutup51916他是重庆本地人，他怎么会知道价格..你可以下个APP直接查那个地方叫来福士
@@shutup51916说的是一晚十五美元吧，不过肯定有贵有便宜吧，你咋会问这个😮
Can I take metro/subway to Hongyadong ?
Dude, Travis, please don't tell me your doing a visa run in China 🇨🇳. Don't copy Thailand-hype UA-camrs CB Media or Forest Lee.
If you want to work on Thailand legally, I can get you an easy ESL job.
Working without a valid work permit is a criminal offense. Penalties include imprisonment of not exceeding 5 years or a fine from Baht 2,000 to Baht 100,000
Hong Kong counts as a 2nd transit "country". As is it's a huge airport hub city, easy to find other flights from there, and why not spend 2 days there before flying out.
香港是中国特别行政区，纠正您
@@修身齐家看世界 That is why I used " ", It's China, but when it comes to transit-visa it counts as going to your 2nd country/region.
Macau does too, a ferry in Pearl river delta you can us this trick for 6day visa-free in Guangzhou.
@@tonysofla哦原来是这样么？我还以为你们去香港或者澳门是需要办理中国的visa呢哈哈哈哈
@@ktiven 144hrs (6days) you don't need visa, if you are from one the 50 countries. Originally transit free visas started as 24hrs for flight layovers,
now with 6days, it can be used for a 2leg vacation.
Do you know why Hong Kong is an airport hub? In order to support Hong Kong's economy, China has banned the opening of Shenzhen International Airport next to Hong Kong, giving Hong Kong the opportunity of an international transportation hub.😅
questionable sausage is actually intestine
I would be screwed without Google Lens
Google cannot be used in mainland China because Google has withdrawn from the mainland market, but if you use foreign phone cards for roaming, you can use Google. If you use mainland China phone cards, you can use vpn technology to solve the problem of not being able to access Google.
just use vpn @@lei27
Bravo 👌 China ❤
holy shit at 4:50 that thing you eat it directly? Do you know what it is..
oh after that I saw U have drunk the spicy soup... No one is brave like you in CN, BTW, the meat u eat is Pig's intestines, and I argue that it is raw... boiled it with the spicy soup may be much more delicious
oh It's cooked. I have made a mistake
Was he eating raw food that was suppose to be cooked in the hot pot? lol
some says those are fake people or machine.
the correct pronunciation of Chongqing is Chong “Ching” rather than “quing”
For people who doesn't know, that was not industrial pollution, it was fog. The city is known for fog.
Also those were massage machines ant VR😂😂
Chongqing is a city on the mountains, it's foggy
looks pretty cool city
@@哈哈-c5z Yes, it's humid and cold in the winter, that's why people there love hot pod and spicy foods. To keep away the moisture inside the body.
And high altitude
勒是雾都😂
As a Chinese who is living in the UK now, I really appreciate your video taking me back to my hometown😭 Really miss the hotpot back in Chongqing😭
快过年了，回来就能吃了
哈哈我也是，想家了就看看
22:06 The Pastry store (Bao's Pastry) is also available in London, their shop is located near Leicester Square. You can go try it, maybe it can remind you of the taste of your hometown.
Where in UK did you end up? It's so different here. London is like a corner here.
我看有的德国的博主深度旅游重庆，吃中辣老火锅，真的好勇敢
A quick update, if you’re holding French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Malaysian,Bruneian and Singaporean passports, you don’t need the transit visa, you are visa-free to China.
And it’s better not to get sim card in China because you won’t be able to access facebook TikTok instagram etc, data roaming is fine.
你如果没有中国手机号根本没有办法在中国生存😂
vpn
@@千江-x9hI have both , as a Chinese I see that’s a absolutely win 中华万岁
可以用vpn，没有什么实际影响
@@千江-x9h用自己的手机号，漫游过来就可以。然后装支付宝国际版就可以联自己的信用卡，但是扫码支付。
Great video! We first visited China in 2011, and have just returned from a 2 week trip in October 23, we visited 6 cities. I still am amazed at the development and progress since 2011. I did not want to come home. We are already planning our next visit for 2024. If going to visit to explore different cities and other areas, it is better to apply for a Chinese Tourist Visa. Thanks for sharing. Cheers from Australia.
Welcome to Guangzhou and taste Guangzhou cuisine. Netizen from Guangdong, China
Can you visit India?
I would say every year China will be changing so significant, as a Chinese who had been living in Ireland for 3 years, when I came back to China for visiting, so many great things has changed especially on infrastructure. So that's way Chinese disapora are less than India, because most of Chinese will back to China to build their own country after graduate from over study, whereas Indian are now everywhere and none of them want to back to India.
Welcome to Kunming,Yunnan ,a southern city of China also known for its warm weather all year round,which means you can tralvel here anywhere .❤if you need more advices i would love to help as a local people.
In China many big city like this, but Foreigners don’t know about. Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Guangzhou, is quite famous in China. If you want to visit 1000 years history, go to Xian, if you want to see beautiful ancient gardens, go to Suzhou.
西安不止一千年历史
Thank you for the advices!
By the way, how's life in Beijing?
@@BulletSponge71436 Beijing is like old man, Shenzhen is young boy. A metaphor. In China , North and South is very different, the food, habit, culture, tradition architecture is different. When you visit Beijing, and then visit Guangzhou, you will see the different. In China we say “ 北，上，广，深” which is the four biggest cities. “ Beijing ，Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen”. To be honest, ChongQing is Not famous or important, but don’t know why recent years it became so popular,maybe it’s because the media.
@@fongfongc8845 Thank you once again :)
I'm not 100% sure why ChongQing became so popular either, but it looks like it somewhat deserves it! I mean, the city looks like Cyberpunk city! :D
This is AWESOME, thank you for sharing this great city with the world! ❤❤
Friends, welcome to China. I hope you have a pleasant and unforgettable journey in China. In addition, Remember, if you want to see China's past, go to Xi'an. If you want to see what China is like now, go to Shanghai. If you want to see China's future, go to Shenzhen. Looking forward to your future journey
You rightly summed up what China is in a few lines.
The future of China will be in Western China, so Chongqing is the future not Shenzhen, Shenzhen and Shanghai are the present.
@@KVZ55Shenzhen (the tech city) is definitely the future
Raffles City and Marina Bay Sands were designed by the same architect. That's why they look alike.
And "Raffles City" is a Singapore brand and it's developed by Singapore developer CapitaLand.
In the hadith of the holy book of our religion, Islam, " اُطْلُبُوْا العِلْمَ وَلَوْ في الصِّينِ " means
"Seek knowledge as far as China." Believe it or not, China will be the pinnacle of world civilization. Signs of this are starting to appear now, none of our religious hadiths mention the USA or Europe, Arabia, etc.
is that real ?
@@MINHONG-co7snYes, it's true that there is a hadith in the alqur'an, the holy book of Islam, you can also search on Google for the keyword "اُطْلُبُوْا العِلْمَ وَلَوْ في الصِّينِ" that hadith means "seek knowledge as far as China" so people the Chinese Hun tribe is easier, no fees or costs any documents to claim will arrive in China because they are already in China
@@MINHONG-co7sn Anything electronics is MADE in China, it's not made in US or Europe, it's only "Assembled" there.
So yes.
thank you @@AhmadWahelsa
false hadith
I recommend people who want to travel to china,when you try some food which you don't know,you'd better search it on Google how to eat them properly,for example,you can't drink the soup in spicy hotpot 😂,nobody in china drink it.And the “sausage"is actually intestine of pig,they should be put in hotpot,if u just eat them,you'll find it's unseasoned😅.
Google translate is really important for your travel in china,you need to ask a lot
What impressed me the most about Chongqing were the streets, which were extremely complicated. I kept getting lost during my travel.
the weird sausage you've ordered is actually pork intestine😂
four landscapes in China, autumn Beijing, fog Chongqing , night shanghai, rain Guilin.
China is already living in future 😂
Chongqing (this isnt English, and it should be pronounced as Chong Ching) only became a tourism hot spot in recent years, historically it was a "Back up" city of China, and together with the city of Chengdu they were designed to be the temporary Capital of China in war time, the central government would be evacuated to either Chongqing or Chengdu if Beijing fall
as a citizen of chongqing , I can’t believe that someone drinks the spicy,boiling soup of hot pot (不过作为重庆人，我还是希望大家能够多了解，多尝试）
i think they took pictures on you because you r really hamsome, people in Chongqing got used to meet foreigners，but not always meet someone as good looking as you🤣
You are a handsome young man, that's why they're always looking at you.
也有一部分原因是中国的外国人很少，人们比较好奇
Nice destination! Wanna go there one day 🙌🏽
looking forward to seeing thr vids ;)
Don’t come in summer , especially in august, that’d be a hell 😢
don't worry, you aren't the only one mispronounce Chongqing. but i still think it's funny. because some racist westerns (not you) actually pronounce this city perfectly when insulting 'CHONG CHING' to chinese 😁
ooooooh haha my reason was pure lack of research haha
Hahaha, when you drank that hotpot "soup", my face squeezed LOL, you are not suppose to drink that spicy hotpot base!! I mean you can drink the not spicy side's soup (normally we don't tho). I love the way you guys present everything, intercontinental not serving "basic white bitch" oatmilk got me rolling LOL. And I can't believe the mall "botanical garden" near my home became so famous that even foreigners go for a tour on purpose! Well, welcome to CQ :D
mispronouncing of Chongqing😊😊😊.It is 重(chóng)庆(qìng)😊😊😊
Can't wait to visit Chongqing next year. I'll also be flying out of Bangkok since I currently live in Thailand.
@@bearli1298 Oh most definitely! Pretty cool that two iconic but distinctly different cities are only a 1 hour train ride away.
机票超级便宜才80美元不到
Thank you!@@尹敏-o1t
i've never been to Chong Qing, but i've seen quite a few videos of this city, this is the best i've seen so far.
It is totally your own responsibility to sort all those immigration and visa things before you going to a country, It is the same immigration and visa requirement for Chinese citizens visiting your country too. The same thing happened to your Thai girlfriend who did not fulfill the visa requirement to go to South Korea. How come Western tourists alway seem lost when they travel to China and some other Asian countries? Why would they expect local residents speak English while they don't speak a word of Chinese? FYI, China has implemented a new policy extending visa-free entry to travellers from six nations: France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Malaysia for a duration of 15 days. The policy will kick off on December 1, 2023 and run through November 30 of 2024. Hopefully your stay in Chongqing is a pleasant one at least despite all the confusing visa requirement.
love it. hope you do more of lengthy travel video, tiktok is nice and all but this youtube long form is the stuff :D
I was promised a cyberpunk city and all I got was a food travel vlog mostly of daytime shots. False advertisement.
I just got back from Chongqing to Sydney, it is so nice there, the buildings, esp. the food ! lol, have fun
that hotpot soup not for drinking but for boiling food...🤣😂. I don't expect there're really someone drink it hahaha.
Polution and cheap leds everywhere. Just cheap fasade. Nothing to do with cyberpunk.
The sichuan basin is covered by mountains on all sides which is the main reason it has Smog
From dec1 2023 Germany Spain France Netherlands Italy Passport holders can travel to china visa free (completely free, not transit visa)
wow
it is literally Night City from Cyberpunk with the river, Neon Lights, Western/East Asian architectural mix... everything
the only thing missing are the flying cars...
If you wanna see a better example of 'dystopian' in the context of oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society maintained through corporate totalitarianism but without the futuristic vibe maybe check out LA. Has better burgers than Chongqing, has an element of danger for those seeking adventure and plenty of colourful character that roam the streets that seem to be absent from this video
意识形态，只会让你有偏见的去看这些事情！
this is awesome, i have never been to chongqing before. love your videos
bro that’s fog. Fog city chongqing. No industries surrounding 😂
Hey nice. But why did you drink the hot pot? It's not a soup😅 and the "questionable sausage" looks actually more like colon which is really popular... But nice job anyway!
Just watched your videos on tiktok then this one appears on my UA-cam home page😂
Looking forward to see your further vids😊
as a Chinese ，i like “Chong Queen”🤣🤣thats coool ❤queens‘ city
Bro deserves more subscribers and viewers, keep up the good videos
your'e a G! appreciate it
Trippy light city. If staying in Thailand, It will be easy to experience this city.
only 3.5 hours flight!
Привет. Короче лень писать на своем кривом английском.
В Азии везде очень плохо говорят по английски(за искл юго-восточной азии), даже в странах "друзьях сша", хотя создают имидж, что там с тобой чуть ли не каждый второй будет разговаривать на английском - это не так.
В Китае люди очень чиловые и дружелюбные в массе своей, в отличие от японий и корей.
Спасибо за ролик!
Chongqing is underrated for sure I liked it more than other big cities in China
that's very funny watching him confused about massage chairs and products with VR, .... wait, actually that's not a bad idea, the massage chair is only a few step away from a full VR experience
Nice one
Quick tip... That "sausage u were eating was pig intestine. All those "VR" stations you saw (and showed in video) were massage machines.
Most importantly.... next time if you're not going to do any sightseeing and for the most part stay around your hotel then you should at least try to talk to more locals and meet people. It's the best and really only way to get a true "vibe of a city"
Just a observation I've learned over the years traveling. Good travels to you.
what a beautiful video!
thankyou :)
I was there in 2019. Great place, great food and people
The cyberpunk city centers on a city full of high-rise buildings and technology where poor life contrasts sharply because of the decline of society, and this city’s not contrast at all🗿
which hotel did u guys stay with that cool cyberpunk view? 11:26
I admire what quantum leaps China does with its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and with the leadership of Xi Jinping.
Obviously, those achievements do not belong to Xi, all of them beblong to Xi's predecessors.