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  • Опубліковано 9 вер 2023
  • In early 2020, in a little known Chinese city, an event that would change the world forever began. That city, of course, was Wuhan. I’ll never forget it. I was living in Shanghai at the time, and was getting ready to take a vacation for the upcoming Chinese New Year, the biggest holiday in the country. A little over a month later, as the outbreak slowly spread to other cities and eventually other countries, I decided to catch a flight back home to New York and ride out the madness there. I figured it’d all be over in a few months. Little did I know, that decision would change my life. China closed the borders soon after, and I was stranded abroad. I had never been to Wuhan during the 7 years I lived in China. To be honest, I never gave it much thought. Many people assume it’s some backwater place, the kind of city where people were eating bats. On my return trip to the country, I wanted to actually visit the city and see if that was a fair description. Wuhan is hardly a small town: it’s the 8th largest city in China. It also has a very important history that stretches way back past 2020. But of course, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want to see where everything began 3 years ago. I had to see it for myself.
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  • @SabbaticalTommy
    @SabbaticalTommy  8 місяців тому +1081

    People are people..

    • @salitreco1
      @salitreco1 8 місяців тому +3

      Hola from mendocino California

    • @mud5377
      @mud5377 8 місяців тому +96

      governments are governments..

    • @user-kc2pp9pb1q
      @user-kc2pp9pb1q 8 місяців тому +55

      Psychopaths are psychopaths..

    • @Fuerwahrhalunke
      @Fuerwahrhalunke 8 місяців тому +21

      ...so why should it be?

    • @chikasu10
      @chikasu10 8 місяців тому +1

      Its are its

  • @J-217
    @J-217 8 місяців тому +712

    Your videos do a great job of showing off the friendliness that the average Chinese person has towards foreigners. So disarming to be reminded that they’re like people anywhere else. Sad to see how geopolitics warps our perceptions of our fellow humans. This is important work you’re doing

    • @Joo-vw9kb
      @Joo-vw9kb 8 місяців тому

      Fort Derrick USA. The west and the like are evil because they worship the evil God of Abraham/Moses/Solomon. I am a Bible teacher n translator from Singapore, yet I am not a believer/religionist.

    • @indianumba1usnumba1chynalo6
      @indianumba1usnumba1chynalo6 8 місяців тому +1

      Wuhan virus 🦠🧪
      CHYNA VIRUS AKA WUFLU 🥣🦇🇨🇳

    • @KenDanieli2
      @KenDanieli2 8 місяців тому

      They all hate Americans. Pay attention.

    • @commie5211
      @commie5211 8 місяців тому +36

      because, the great wall blocked all those crap from outside and stopped the hate from spreading. the xenophobia is so sickening outside.

    • @dj_paultuk7052
      @dj_paultuk7052 8 місяців тому +1

      You are joking right ?. The last time i went to China on my own i was basically treated like i had some kind of bad disease. I was denied entry into almost all restaurants and also some shops. Just because im white. That was in 2017.

  • @itravelworlds
    @itravelworlds 8 місяців тому +667

    You being able to chat with locals in their native language definitely sets this channel on whole another level. Love it.

    • @damonhtoo
      @damonhtoo 8 місяців тому +5

      There's several popular channels like that but they all offer something different. "Oriental Pearl" is another one.

    • @indianumba1usnumba1chynalo6
      @indianumba1usnumba1chynalo6 8 місяців тому +1

      Wuhan virus 🦠🧪
      CHYNA VIRUS AKA WUFLU 🥣🦇🇨🇳

    • @themiddlelayer
      @themiddlelayer 8 місяців тому

      @@damonhtoo Oriental Pearl is treating Asian people like zoo animals. lol She's like a different version of weeb.

    • @FollowMe42302
      @FollowMe42302 8 місяців тому

      ua-cam.com/video/ufwXBpZK8u4/v-deo.html

    • @isaiahmcclure8894
      @isaiahmcclure8894 8 місяців тому +4

      If you knew Chinese you'd easily tell his Chinese is nothing to write home about haha

  • @JobOthoniel
    @JobOthoniel 8 місяців тому +429

    4:04 , This is the example of real chinese people, all are very friendly, some are mad or had bad days, but in general are very friendly.

    • @InvincibleAkuma
      @InvincibleAkuma 8 місяців тому

      u sound like u know the chinese more than someone who was born in China, like me. LOL..Chinese people are friendly??? Either a funny joke, or a stupid statement.

    • @christianlau7971
      @christianlau7971 7 місяців тому +11

      Maybe he's usually lonely,right.

    • @djannias
      @djannias 7 місяців тому +15

      That guy was awesome! What a character

    • @awp-erator4525
      @awp-erator4525 6 місяців тому +4

      ​@@christianlau7971yeah he was there playing by himself lol I felt bad

    • @256Justinian
      @256Justinian 6 місяців тому

      no, keep telling yourself that. they are godless money worshippers now. u know nothing.

  • @nyrbsamoht
    @nyrbsamoht 8 місяців тому +55

    3:53 This type of dude is so typical of my time in China - In the more rural areas or in parks - people who are not rich or snobby like in the middle of the citys.
    These were consistently the nicest and most generous and friendly people I have met anywhere in my travels around world. The middle or lower class chinese. So generous and genuinely interested. They really really appreciated a foreigner taking time to learn the language. The men would always ply you with cigs and always give you a couple for the road aswell. very fond memories.

  • @tonepoet
    @tonepoet 8 місяців тому +191

    I love it, the dude is choking down a smoke while exercising. THAT'S the way you do it!! Thanks for the tour, Tommy.

    • @DW-op7ly
      @DW-op7ly 8 місяців тому +10

      Reminds me of when I was in highschool here in Canada in the 1980s. I was at the cross country meet. And there was a team from one of our more rural area warming up by smoking some cigarettes begore the race. Lol

    • @user-xk9ul5nx1j
      @user-xk9ul5nx1j 8 місяців тому

      Cranking tennis hoons

    • @ThePatriot-gm1fg
      @ThePatriot-gm1fg 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@DW-op7lyReally? That's crazy. They must have been out of breath pretty quickly.

    • @jerryluan9106
      @jerryluan9106 8 місяців тому +12

      someone said smoke is harm to my health, so I exercises everyday while I wanna smoke

    • @voxii_13
      @voxii_13 8 місяців тому

      It really only hinders your breathing if you dont exercise frequently and smoke a lot. You dont just become short of breath from smoking once. @@ThePatriot-gm1fg

  • @MishaElRusito
    @MishaElRusito 8 місяців тому +281

    Lmao that grandpa is a character. Your videos are part of the reason I started learning Chinese, and they are very helpful for practicing it.

    • @peterwang5272
      @peterwang5272 8 місяців тому

      如果中国共产党放开防火墙,中国人看到你们西方人的真面目会怎么样?🤣🤣

    • @MYTHOMINHTRAN
      @MYTHOMINHTRAN 8 місяців тому

      Is a piece feces Moron Serpentza or Laoshy86 server???

    • @user-sw7gq3di7d
      @user-sw7gq3di7d 2 місяці тому +1

      我用這個視頻學習英文😂

    • @MishaElRusito
      @MishaElRusito 2 місяці тому

      Lol im not tryna learn chinese charaters, hell no, I'd need a whole life for that@@user-sw7gq3di7d

  • @owenayre8797
    @owenayre8797 7 місяців тому +73

    I'm glad you accepted the smoke. On a recent trip to the Pudong airport, the driver busted out the smokes at the end of the ride. Not being in a rush and not really a smoker, it was worth taking the time to chat with the man over a cigarette. It is a form of greeting, bonding experience, and a ceremony of sorts.

  • @rlwings
    @rlwings 7 місяців тому +147

    I love your calm approach. Many travelling UA-camrs come across waaaay too hyper. I tire of these guys very quickly. But you are very good at cultivating peace and serenity... Very enjoyable, thoughtful and informative. Thank you!

    • @georgejoeychen
      @georgejoeychen 6 місяців тому +5

      I agree that. Easy but not hyper

    • @johntchb
      @johntchb 5 місяців тому +9

      This guys education seems on a much higher level too, no bad thing.

    • @islamisthetruewaytogod6812
      @islamisthetruewaytogod6812 5 місяців тому

      Hello ! May Allah protect and guide you to his light and happiness in this life and the hereafter, God bless, Ameen. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. Thank you very much for your time.
      Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them).
      Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI).
      Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy.
      Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
      Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI).
      Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).
      Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning!
      Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.
      Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement.
      It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them.
      (19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad)..
      God said : Say, “We believe in Allah, and in what was revealed to us, and in what was revealed to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Patriarchs, and in what was given to Moses and Jesus, and in what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We do not differentiate between any of them. And to Him, we surrender.”
      (2:136 / Translated by Community)
      Salam (Peace) ----------------------------

    • @christopherpriestley2468
      @christopherpriestley2468 3 місяці тому +1

      There was something that attracted me to watching his videos and i couldn't work it out, You have just pinpointed it. the calm relaxed way is what it is.

    • @voliteon
      @voliteon 2 місяці тому

      Agreed

  • @bsr6823
    @bsr6823 8 місяців тому +195

    Chinese people are so amazing. Such a beautiful country with so many thousands of years of history. I dream of visiting there once in my lifetime.

    • @holypen77
      @holypen77 8 місяців тому +13

      We welcome you.❤

    • @slapdogpuppyspank8754
      @slapdogpuppyspank8754 8 місяців тому +2

      Some are darn right arrogant ignorant disgusting people.
      Yes I did live there.

    • @aphrodite090909
      @aphrodite090909 8 місяців тому +25

      @@slapdogpuppyspank8754 I assume in your country there are only nice and friendly people which makes you believe all Chinese have to be good to outsiders

    • @indianumba1usnumba1chynalo6
      @indianumba1usnumba1chynalo6 8 місяців тому +1

      Wuhan virus 🦠🧪
      CHYNA VIRUS AKA WUFLU 🥣🦇🇨🇳

    • @kamillatocha
      @kamillatocha 8 місяців тому

      to bad its government is keeping a grip on this people ..

  • @mmuzzwell3654
    @mmuzzwell3654 8 місяців тому +82

    Absolutely brilliant start to this... They should make that smoking tennis player an ambassador. What a cool guy. The environment of Wuhan and it's people wouldn't be that out of place in Europe. Great vlog.

    • @zx9724
      @zx9724 8 місяців тому +6

      that old man is 100% local wuhan.

    • @indianumba1usnumba1chynalo6
      @indianumba1usnumba1chynalo6 8 місяців тому +1

      Wuhan virus 🦠🧪
      CHYNA VIRUS AKA WUFLU 🥣🦇🇨🇳

    • @FollowMe42302
      @FollowMe42302 8 місяців тому

      ua-cam.com/video/ufwXBpZK8u4/v-deo.html

    • @mmuzzwell3654
      @mmuzzwell3654 8 місяців тому +1

      @@russelfang7434 Sorry for your loss.

  • @passby8070
    @passby8070 7 місяців тому +18

    That grandpa is the coolest hommie I've ever seen! Absolutely love that interaction!

  • @BestPropTutorials
    @BestPropTutorials 5 місяців тому +22

    Wow, you genuinely sold me on Wuhan. The people seem so friendly, the city has that charming old feel to it while also being clean. I had a completely different image in my head of what Wuhan would be. Definitely on my bucket list.

  • @peetiegonzalez1845
    @peetiegonzalez1845 8 місяців тому +68

    I love the wholesome uncle exercising with a cig hanging out of his mouth. What a great encounter.
    Thanks for documenting these amazing travels. I hope you got out of there before posting these!

    • @islamisthetruewaytogod6812
      @islamisthetruewaytogod6812 5 місяців тому

      Hello ! May Allah protect and guide you to his light and happiness in this life and the hereafter, God bless, Ameen. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. Thank you very much for your time.
      Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them).
      Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI).
      Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy.
      Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
      Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI).
      Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).
      Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning!
      Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.
      Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement.
      It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them.
      (19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad)..
      God said : Say, “We believe in Allah, and in what was revealed to us, and in what was revealed to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Patriarchs, and in what was given to Moses and Jesus, and in what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We do not differentiate between any of them. And to Him, we surrender.”
      (2:136 / Translated by Community)
      Salam (Peace) ----------------------------

  • @waynem7186
    @waynem7186 8 місяців тому +290

    The people of China are so kind, warm, and generous it seems. This is a great series. I'm really enjoying this and looking forward to my trip throughout China.

    • @VVVZIP
      @VVVZIP 8 місяців тому +8

      Welcome

    • @InvincibleAkuma
      @InvincibleAkuma 8 місяців тому

      lol, they are only kind when they see u in person. You have no idea about what they say on the chinese forums. I was chinese, and am still following chinese media. Whites are called white skin pigs in China. Do I need to tell you what they call other races?Probably not gonna share with you, cuz youtube will delete my comments automatically.

    • @jozefbania
      @jozefbania 8 місяців тому +2

      Especially when you have some kind of tragic accident and nobody reacts.

    • @user-jp2zw4kw3y
      @user-jp2zw4kw3y 8 місяців тому

      Study the morden China history and your guys will find a new China.

    • @CHINAFUJIAN
      @CHINAFUJIAN 7 місяців тому +14

      @@jozefbanialet’s be fair what u had mentioned are happening everywhere not just in China

  • @marttivallila
    @marttivallila 5 місяців тому +17

    Very well done. This is one of the most entertaining and informative travel videos I have seen. What comes across strong and clear is how appreciative the Chinese are of any foreigner that speaks their language. I am prepared to follow you around the country to other places. Happy travels!

  • @Tzippi
    @Tzippi 8 місяців тому +11

    I love this vlog! You captured the essence of the tennis man. He was so sweet! Fantastic content! ❤

  • @grumpyoldwizard
    @grumpyoldwizard 8 місяців тому +317

    Wouldn't it be wonderful if people all around the world got along?
    We can learn so much from different people and cultures.
    Thanks so much for the video!

    • @porkbacon4everyone227
      @porkbacon4everyone227 8 місяців тому +1

      @@user-dl6gh4pt2t Military Industrial Complex (& banks, MSM's & corporate politicians) always prioritize $$$$$$$$$$, regardless how many people injured/die from ANY conflict/war. And it's never been for 'democracy', 'human rights' & other b.s. !!!

    • @nancyjackson3909
      @nancyjackson3909 8 місяців тому +19

      We do its just the media doesnt want us too media i mean that place in jordan

    • @HenritheHorse
      @HenritheHorse 8 місяців тому +2

      @@nancyjackson3909 Exactly

    • @nunyabusiness896
      @nunyabusiness896 8 місяців тому

      @@user-dl6gh4pt2t Tell that to the CCP.

    • @kountrygunz2032
      @kountrygunz2032 8 місяців тому

      @@user-dl6gh4pt2t Tell that to the CCP

  • @liyu_cn
    @liyu_cn 8 місяців тому +148

    as a wuhanese, i would like to tell you that the old man treated you in the most friendly way as he could. it's really hard to totally understand a culture as a foreigner, either any special culture in different parts of china.

    • @chris_ssj2
      @chris_ssj2 3 місяці тому +7

      He did look like he was very social and friendly, really wholesome in my opinion :)

    • @Bee-ly4gx
      @Bee-ly4gx 3 місяці тому +3

      I don’t think of 68 as old. Must be a sign that I am getting old. Loved the man though.

    • @liyu_cn
      @liyu_cn 3 місяці тому +2

      @@chris_ssj2 yeah you totally right dude

    • @liyu_cn
      @liyu_cn 3 місяці тому +1

      @@Bee-ly4gx yeah you right

    • @xingzuowang
      @xingzuowang 2 місяці тому +2

      He try to be nice to you indeed

  • @qubit7112
    @qubit7112 8 місяців тому +11

    Showing us cultures that many people will never have the opportunity to understand is fantastic. Appreciate your work subscribed and liked the video. It makes me want to visit!

  • @martyp7401
    @martyp7401 8 місяців тому +4

    Wow! Thanks for the great content. This was very cool to watch, and a humbling experience.

  • @NowInIwoN
    @NowInIwoN 8 місяців тому +126

    Amazing job. This is high quality travel "vlogging" imo. You added so much dimension to a city that definitely is viewed in a skewed ignorant way by so so many people. You humanized it. Thats a successful mission I'd say. Thank you. The old dude smoking while working out is the Man!

    • @guestonearth1274
      @guestonearth1274 8 місяців тому

      YEp , this guy misled us a diretion : Wuhan is sourse of Covid19 ... and THE LAB is there Wuhan ! Did this honest-looking guy meant to do this ?

    • @wyleFTW
      @wyleFTW 6 місяців тому

      He even ate the dog meat skewer this guy is committed!

    • @islamisthetruewaytogod6812
      @islamisthetruewaytogod6812 5 місяців тому

      Hello ! May Allah protect and guide you to his light and happiness in this life and the hereafter, God bless, Ameen. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. Thank you very much for your time.
      Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them).
      Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI).
      Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy.
      Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
      Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI).
      Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).
      Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning!
      Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.
      Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement.
      It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them.
      (19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad)..
      God said : Say, “We believe in Allah, and in what was revealed to us, and in what was revealed to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Patriarchs, and in what was given to Moses and Jesus, and in what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We do not differentiate between any of them. And to Him, we surrender.”
      (2:136 / Translated by Community)
      Salam (Peace) ----------------------------

    • @yyl5869
      @yyl5869 3 місяці тому

      @@wyleFTW

  • @SamRoberts-ng3pu
    @SamRoberts-ng3pu 8 місяців тому +1414

    I taught English online to over 500 Chinese kids. I grew an immense respect for the Chinese people; you should always separate politics from people.

    • @EclecticRealist
      @EclecticRealist 8 місяців тому +78

      Separate people from their politics? How is that possible?

    • @59Lemony
      @59Lemony 8 місяців тому +77

      ​@@EclecticRealistby trying really hard

    • @callum39645
      @callum39645 8 місяців тому +108

      @@EclecticRealisteasy, you must not travel much

    • @Muddy.Teabagger
      @Muddy.Teabagger 8 місяців тому +53

      @@59Lemony its hard to do when the place hates everyone but there own.

    • @tafabeatz9417
      @tafabeatz9417 8 місяців тому +41

      You can always separate politics from people but very hard to separate people from politics and that’s the big issue, people being 🐑

  • @Manxmann
    @Manxmann 7 місяців тому +9

    Great video! Very imformative. I teach English to many Chinese, online, and they are all lovely people. So happy to have found your channel. Keep uploading your great work. Cheers😊

  • @damyukiddz2198
    @damyukiddz2198 5 місяців тому +2

    I just stumbled across this channel. Excellent, informative, entertaining. Thank you Sir.

  • @jakstat9880
    @jakstat9880 8 місяців тому +197

    "It was a man who said it....respect"
    What a breath of fresh air to see a tourist so wildly open and respectful to everyone. You're truly a classy guy.

    • @slcindiatv2945
      @slcindiatv2945 8 місяців тому

      Cause foreigners are rare. They are not being replaced by minorities like the west is

    • @IARRCSim
      @IARRCSim 8 місяців тому

      @@PeterSzeto-es6em yeah unleashing Covid-19 on the world and causing trillions of damage and shortening millions of lives isn't even a stain on the city it came from. lol

    • @indianumba1usnumba1chynalo6
      @indianumba1usnumba1chynalo6 8 місяців тому +1

      Wuhan virus 🦠🧪
      CHYNA VIRUS AKA WUFLU 🥣🦇🇨🇳

    • @peterwang5272
      @peterwang5272 8 місяців тому

      Can you imagine when CPC open the internet and see how you "genocide" us on UA-cam?

    • @guestonearth1274
      @guestonearth1274 8 місяців тому

      this guy misled us a diretion : Wuhan is sourse of Covid19 ... and THE LAB is there Wuhan ! Did this honest-looking guy meant to do this ?

  • @atiliobatista86
    @atiliobatista86 8 місяців тому +79

    I will never forget how u showed my country Brazil, since then, always great content, hope u came back one day to explore more unusual things like Lenções Maranhenses

    • @CM-zl2jw
      @CM-zl2jw 8 місяців тому +2

      @@A_R_B_GI’m coming to Brazil!!! I’m so excited ❤🇧🇷

    • @indianumba1usnumba1chynalo6
      @indianumba1usnumba1chynalo6 8 місяців тому +1

      Wuhan virus 🦠🧪
      CHYNA VIRUS AKA WUFLU 🥣🦇🇨🇳

  • @IvanRiveraStagea
    @IvanRiveraStagea 7 місяців тому +37

    I was in Wuhan in December 2019. It's much nicer than what most people think. All of China's 19 Tier 1 cities are modern and very developed.
    There are fond things that I remember in my short trips to China. One of them is complete strangers sharing their food with me (in restaurants, during plane rides, etc.) or giving me little souvenirs.

    • @Christubeopher
      @Christubeopher 5 місяців тому

      You probably wouldn't have been sharing food with complete strangers in December 2019 if the Chinese government hadn't covered up the new virus it had accidentally released a couple of months earlier!

  • @paullewis6213
    @paullewis6213 3 місяці тому +4

    I visited Wuhan last June and had an amazing few days there. I too was one of the few foreigners and went to the site of the wet market. It’s an overwhelming feeling to be at the centre of an historic event that had such a profound impact on the world. Now the city has regained its energy. People were friendly, food was wonderful and so many beautiful sites along the river and East Lake. Absolutely worth a visit!

  • @imadrunk3576
    @imadrunk3576 8 місяців тому +132

    I don't watch vlog type videos but this guy makes such interesting videos

    • @indianumba1usnumba1chynalo6
      @indianumba1usnumba1chynalo6 8 місяців тому +1

      Wuhan virus 🦠🧪
      CHYNA VIRUS AKA WUFLU 🥣🦇🇨🇳

    • @LegendLength
      @LegendLength 8 місяців тому +1

      Reminds me of Harold Baldr's channel. He kind of freely walks around and chats with poor families in slums etc.. The style makes a difference to normal boring travel shows.

    • @FollowMe42302
      @FollowMe42302 8 місяців тому

      ua-cam.com/video/ufwXBpZK8u4/v-deo.html

    • @p_roduct9211
      @p_roduct9211 3 місяці тому

      I appreciate that he is very organic in engaging with strangers. He doesn't focus too heavily in forging conversations like some vloggers do to display their 'wit' in bargaining or exposing scams. I enjoy how he throws in good bits of trivia and history, and that beer interaction was so cool.

  • @cpt2525
    @cpt2525 8 місяців тому +85

    I like your videos in China. My son learnt Mandarin from year one in school. He's 19 years old now and doing his BA in Pschychology . Your China videos are informative and knowledgeable. I have let him see them and I hope in the future things change in the world atmosphere and he may have a chance to work and live in China one day. Oh, and it is a beautiful country too. Cheers. We are in Malaysia!

    • @hxi7141
      @hxi7141 8 місяців тому +1

      I think Americans are still allowed to come and work you know😂

    • @yuey0602
      @yuey0602 8 місяців тому +1

      @@hxi7141 and Asean has a very friendly relationship with China. dont know what he/she is worring about🤣

    • @guestonearth1274
      @guestonearth1274 8 місяців тому

      YEp , this guy misled us a diretion : Wuhan is sourse of Covid19 ... and THE LAB is there Wuhan ! Did this honest-looking guy meant to do this ?

    • @InvincibleAkuma
      @InvincibleAkuma 8 місяців тому

      Malaysian and singaporean can go to China any freakin time. 你tmd就是在搞笑的。这么爱中共就应该全家搬去中共国为它做贡献。哈哈哈哈

    • @user-zu8cm4me4x
      @user-zu8cm4me4x 6 місяців тому

      学心理学这种僵死的理论不如学点拉康或者齐泽克的精神分析。

  • @sarahscott9601
    @sarahscott9601 8 місяців тому

    Your perspective and view is fun. I like it. Thanks!

  • @Johnny_Socko
    @Johnny_Socko 6 місяців тому +46

    I'm from the USA, and about 10 years ago I had an email "pen-pal" who lived in Wuhan, but was originally from Changsha. So I managed to learn a little bit about those two cities. So it was crazy to watch this video from Tommy and see those two specific cities referenced. I guess recent events have given people a strange impression of Wuhan, but I will always have good feelings about it because of my pen-pal.

    • @beneric4851
      @beneric4851 5 місяців тому

      IM from Changsha too😂

    • @islamisthetruewaytogod6812
      @islamisthetruewaytogod6812 5 місяців тому

      Hello ! May Allah protect and guide you to his light and happiness in this life and the hereafter, God bless, Ameen. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. Thank you very much for your time.
      Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them).
      Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI).
      Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy.
      Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
      Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI).
      Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).
      Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning!
      Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.
      Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement.
      It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them.
      (19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad)..
      God said : Say, “We believe in Allah, and in what was revealed to us, and in what was revealed to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Patriarchs, and in what was given to Moses and Jesus, and in what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We do not differentiate between any of them. And to Him, we surrender.”
      (2:136 / Translated by Community)
      Salam (Peace) ----------------------------

  • @fresh_eire
    @fresh_eire 8 місяців тому +99

    My favourite video of yours in a long time Tommy. It's easy to hold a view of a country when all you hear is the negative. It was really nice to see a positive side of China for a change and break down some of those negative ideas, which I would also be guilty of. Wuhan looks like a cool city with nice people.

    • @KenDanieli2
      @KenDanieli2 8 місяців тому

      You mean all the ones who dislike when he says he's American?

    • @wisetibetanmonkey1624
      @wisetibetanmonkey1624 8 місяців тому +3

      ​@@KenDanieli2Americans who travel are different. Just look at him! 😅

    • @pastasoo
      @pastasoo 8 місяців тому +2

      Everything in the world has it's pros and cons, when someone is narrating the negatives then they have a very obvious objective

  • @kevrymell6636
    @kevrymell6636 8 місяців тому +68

    What I like about Tommy is that he is so respectful to the local people - no matter where he is in the world. He always seems to approach a new place with an open mind, rather than preset views which makes his videos very refreshing....

  • @johnnychipello919
    @johnnychipello919 4 місяці тому

    Thanks for sharing. That looked soooo cool!!

  • @MaxItUpwithMarta
    @MaxItUpwithMarta 8 місяців тому +3

    Thank you for this video. I really enjoyed seeing such friendly people and such a beautiful city.

  • @jamesn4790
    @jamesn4790 8 місяців тому +13

    The old man playing solo tennis, so great!! Wuhan added to my list👍

  • @peterelliott2914
    @peterelliott2914 8 місяців тому +56

    I miss that about China! People are so open and up for a chat. Even here in New Zealand it's not the same and we're supposed to be friendly. It's a shame seeing their reaction to your being American but also great that they so quickly get over it. They recognise nice people when they see them so thanks for showing us your chats with Chinese people :) Take care.

    • @FollowMe42302
      @FollowMe42302 8 місяців тому

      ua-cam.com/video/ufwXBpZK8u4/v-deo.html

    • @peterwang5272
      @peterwang5272 8 місяців тому

      Can you imagine when CPC open the internet and see how you "genocide" us on UA-cam?

  • @StatD
    @StatD 8 місяців тому +4

    Appreciate you capturing some of this footage: the wetmarket, the lab, the friendly locals post-covid etc. I've never seen any of this and it's an important piece of history.

  • @YashoShasho
    @YashoShasho 7 місяців тому

    Really enjoyed watching this! Thank you!

  • @rayhowong4139
    @rayhowong4139 8 місяців тому +209

    As a chinese, i think your videos aboult China are objective and not biased, love the way you talk aboult the background, history, fun fact of chinese city.
    China is vast, hopefully you can explore more places and have a good time in China :)

    • @kasperh.s2066
      @kasperh.s2066 8 місяців тому +4

      hard to be when you keep having to look over your shoulders

    • @sylviegiroux8424
      @sylviegiroux8424 8 місяців тому +2

      I hope he can explore and have a good time without being you know...disappeared

    • @paulbucklebuckle4921
      @paulbucklebuckle4921 8 місяців тому +1

      Hello from England.

    • @WhittaII
      @WhittaII 8 місяців тому +3

      @@kasperh.s2066 the real problem is the government, never the average citizen!

    • @aftereffects00
      @aftereffects00 8 місяців тому +8

      @@kasperh.s2066 In US you need to look over shoulders especially at night... because people might stab you from behind without reason but you are safe in China even you walk alone after mid night,.. Well, Do you prefer to look over your shoulders in China or prefer to look over your shoulders in US ? LOL...

  • @Peter-MH
    @Peter-MH 8 місяців тому +46

    What a lad! Baseball cap on sideways, playing tennis in the park, not a care in the world! The Chinese people are generally pretty awesome! 👍

  • @BluesyVlogs
    @BluesyVlogs 7 місяців тому +9

    Amazing content, why on earth i haven't come upon this channel before or why YT didnt recommend it to me is beyond me. It's my kind of content! ❤ I was surprised how modern and clean it looks, for some reason i imagined Beijing or Shanghai being more like that, but Wuhan could easily be mistaken for a Japanese major city or even South Korean, lots of great food at super affordable prices. And the infrastructure no different from many majory cities in the west. Totally different than expected, must say, and i've been around the world.

  • @robc7881
    @robc7881 6 місяців тому +1

    Another gold moment. Love your videos man.

  • @busouting
    @busouting 8 місяців тому +12

    The man at the beginning wanted to make you a pro at playing one man tennis and keep you there as long as possible. But you are a professional traveller 😃. That's what you get for going off the beaten track. Bless him! Thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing

  • @bbiwyou
    @bbiwyou 8 місяців тому +75

    Fascinating video, and one of your best yet. It's great that you've added some background history of Wuhan.And most important : so relieved to see that despite current geopolitic situation, Chinese people are still able to chat and laugh with a random foreigner, moreover an American ( who curiously, speaks Chinese so well). Your knowledge of the language is certainly an asset, but your ability to initiate and maintain a conversation with random people you meet never fails to impress. Hardly can't wait for your next stop.

    • @leanlifer
      @leanlifer 8 місяців тому

      Your comment shows how much the western media outlets have been manipulating the public views towards another country.
      Chinese media does that too, to be fair. Many people here do believe every single American cities are filled with homeless drug addicts on the streets and all American people are suffered from gun violence.

    • @CM-zl2jw
      @CM-zl2jw 8 місяців тому +1

      Totally agree with you.

    • @CM-zl2jw
      @CM-zl2jw 8 місяців тому +1

      @@funkyfennec3680I don’t think he’s a tanky. Do you really think so?? I think Tommy is cia. He’s super interesting and unique. His ability to speak foreign languages is astounding. He does set things up with the girls sometimes which is cheesy but…. ?? oh well.

  • @philipneville4207
    @philipneville4207 7 місяців тому

    Well done and much respect for making this video.

  • @Democracy25
    @Democracy25 7 місяців тому

    Extremely interesting. Good luck on your travels. 👍

  • @sandraheald7073
    @sandraheald7073 8 місяців тому +64

    Wuhan looks a really nice place, thanks for showing us around, and having fun with the locals! My youngest daughter went to Beijing for 4 months, and won an award for learning Chinese, proud mum moment, as my mum was also good with languages. Love dumplings. Those tree lined streets make it seem more relaxed.

  • @d.stamand
    @d.stamand 8 місяців тому +31

    Please, go to Changsha one weekend if you can, it will blow your mind. The people are freaking awesome.

  • @wildeyestudios5
    @wildeyestudios5 5 місяців тому +8

    You're authentic af, your interactions are authentic af, your content is authentic af. True UA-camr making true content. Subscribed

  • @mikewinburn
    @mikewinburn 8 місяців тому

    Excellent vid cast today, sir

  • @paulkimani8487
    @paulkimani8487 8 місяців тому +8

    The guy with cigarettes 🚬 just made my day😂😂He is so Humble 💗

  • @MarkSalhany
    @MarkSalhany 8 місяців тому +79

    I'm loving this China series! It's been very illuminating getting to see some of the provinces. Hoping you make it to Yunnan province eventually. I've always wanted to see Kunming and Xishuangbanna

    • @user-vi9bx9pl4b
      @user-vi9bx9pl4b 8 місяців тому +1

      冬季的时候去到南方省份过冬,是一个好主意!

    • @nikokokokokoko
      @nikokokokokoko 8 місяців тому +4

      I’m from Xishuangbanna😂It’s quite rare for knowing it by foreigners😂

    • @MarkSalhany
      @MarkSalhany 8 місяців тому +2

      @@nikokokokokoko I only know about Xishuangbanna from my travels in northern Thailand and talking with some Chiang Rai locals who have family there. I've always wanted to visit myself. The culture seems very beautiful and unique, the temples look spectacular, and plus there are rainforests!

    • @nikokokokokoko
      @nikokokokokoko 8 місяців тому +2

      @@MarkSalhany Yeah we share similar culture to Thai and Lao, plus the minority group of Dai people they speak their language which is quite similar to Thai and Lao as well. There is direct flight from Xishuangbanna to Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai, it’s easy to get around here. Buy a ticket then you’ll be here lol

    • @MarkSalhany
      @MarkSalhany 8 місяців тому +1

      @@nikokokokokoko I will I will! Just gotta get around to applying for a tourist visa for China and I'll make a visit. Nonstop from Chiang Rai sounds nice and fast.

  • @paulstokes766
    @paulstokes766 5 місяців тому +3

    Discovered your channel tonight - really insightful. Enjoying your content and your presentation style. You have a good command of Chinese Mandarin(written and spoken)👏
    NEW to this channel? Definitely worth a watch !
    I can highly commend. Keep it up ! and saw you had some health issues in another vid - wish you good health.

  • @meannormajean8418
    @meannormajean8418 8 місяців тому +3

    Thank you for sharing your Sabbatical journeys Tom!💕

  • @shirleytan5162
    @shirleytan5162 8 місяців тому +85

    I’m amazed by how friendly the uncle is . I haven’t been to China but this video totally change my perspective of the country . Planning to visit China in the next few months ❤

    • @islamisthetruewaytogod6812
      @islamisthetruewaytogod6812 5 місяців тому

      Hello ! May Allah protect and guide you to his light and happiness in this life and the hereafter, God bless, Ameen. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. Thank you very much for your time.
      Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them).
      Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI).
      Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy.
      Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
      Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI).
      Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).
      Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning!
      Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.
      Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement.
      It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them.
      (19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad)..
      God said : Say, “We believe in Allah, and in what was revealed to us, and in what was revealed to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Patriarchs, and in what was given to Moses and Jesus, and in what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We do not differentiate between any of them. And to Him, we surrender.”
      (2:136 / Translated by Community)
      Salam (Peace) ----------------------------

    • @user-kn2is2et8q
      @user-kn2is2et8q 3 місяці тому +2

      欢迎你来中国旅游,如果有任何问题都可以找警察,中国的警察可以帮你解决任何问题。
      在中国如果遇到友好的陌生人,中国人会表达出更加友好的态度。

    • @lalalalalalala127
      @lalalalalalala127 2 місяці тому

      Welcome!

    • @user-sv9pm5mw6y
      @user-sv9pm5mw6y 2 місяці тому

      I assumed your previous perspective came from western media.

  • @aggedor2
    @aggedor2 8 місяців тому +44

    I lived in Wuhan a few years, had a startup there, left a couple of years before pandemic. Had Re Gan Mian almost every day - 在武汉,每天吃热干面!Still had a lot of friends there when the pandemic started, was very scary, was chatting with them every day. Almost all of them left, but then when they realised how bad things became in their home country, most wanted to go back to Wuhan but couldn't due to border closures! 3 years later, only a couple left.

  • @soonerbmama6727
    @soonerbmama6727 7 місяців тому +1

    Well, you got another subscriber. You are so engaging and it is wonderful to show us the world.

  • @DarkstarDarth
    @DarkstarDarth 5 місяців тому

    Awesome content and great places to discover.😎🤜🏼🤛🏼

  • @tie1onoutdoors
    @tie1onoutdoors 8 місяців тому +56

    I've binge watched so many episodes after finding this channel. I find other cultures so interesting, and I love seeing other countries. Thats one thing I have to say I enjoyed about serving in the Navy was being able to see other countries. Now that I am no longer serving, the virus and just recently finding out I have a child on the way I know traveling is no longer an option for me. Thank you for sharing your journeys with us viewers.

  • @davidh.65
    @davidh.65 8 місяців тому +201

    This should be mandatory viewing for all Americans and Chinese. One human race and one love 🤝

    • @nicolewright8833
      @nicolewright8833 8 місяців тому +1

      Sweet idea. Could you share that with the Chinese schools making kids chant ”Kill Americans”?

    • @Aluttuh
      @Aluttuh 8 місяців тому +9

      Its not about race, nationality, or wealth, its humanity vs talmudism.

    • @Aluttuh
      @Aluttuh 8 місяців тому +6

      THEY dont think you are human.

    • @pabis6817
      @pabis6817 8 місяців тому +3

      @@Aluttuh who doesn’t? And why is the Talmud being evoked here?

    • @xmarine73
      @xmarine73 8 місяців тому

      The Chinese are in a lot of trouble if their economy crumbles the way that those outside China are predicting.
      The Americans are in a lot of terrible if it doesn't.

  • @mroppelt6446
    @mroppelt6446 7 місяців тому

    thank you for a perspective I didn't know I would enjoy to see

  • @ysgoh1981
    @ysgoh1981 5 місяців тому

    What a fantastic video! Thank you, Sabbatical

  • @kaceesavage
    @kaceesavage 8 місяців тому +73

    Looks like a waaaaaay nicer place than I would have imagined.

    • @wewbie3036
      @wewbie3036 8 місяців тому +3

      It is basically a city just below Beijing and Shanghai, not any random little town

    • @johnsmith-cw3wo
      @johnsmith-cw3wo 8 місяців тому

      @@wewbie3036 upgraded to first tier few year ago.

    • @InvincibleAkuma
      @InvincibleAkuma 8 місяців тому

      most of the chinese cities look good outside, but fked up inside. Dont ask me how I know. I was born a chinese in China.

  • @No_Use_For_A_Name
    @No_Use_For_A_Name 8 місяців тому +20

    I love how old dudes in China love to show you even the most basic things. I was playing basketball in a community baketball court. An old guy came up and insisted on showing me how to dribble, and then how to shoot (with a terrible style.) But I loved it, just having fun.

  • @syritasdoneitgoodytwoshoes2471
    @syritasdoneitgoodytwoshoes2471 7 місяців тому +1

    glad you returned

  • @alimay1011
    @alimay1011 5 місяців тому +2

    Tennis man hilarious.I wonder how your TikTok beer commercial went. Very funny video

  • @dr.woozie7500
    @dr.woozie7500 8 місяців тому +133

    Thank you for providing an inside view of China that few Westerners ever get to see. I think if we all stop listening to how our media portrays other countries and cultures, we can actually make progress in understanding each other and move towards peace.

    • @hakujin1
      @hakujin1 8 місяців тому +11

      It's not a problem with the peopl, the problem is with the totalitarian, increasingly clandestine & overreaching Govt aka CCP

    • @Cheesecake99YearsAgo
      @Cheesecake99YearsAgo 8 місяців тому

      ​@@hakujin1Chinese government is just protecting their citizens from fake news from the west
      Just the Xin Jiang terrorism sponsored by CIA
      But the US is eavesdropping on other countries using the 5 eyes spy network
      If you don't believe you can try exposing them lol

    • @Tenzinpalden-ox5yd
      @Tenzinpalden-ox5yd 7 місяців тому +2

      @@hakujin1trueeee

    • @mikebo3775
      @mikebo3775 7 місяців тому +16

      @@hakujin1 you are talking about USA, not China. You fool 😀😀

    • @AFlyingCookieLOL
      @AFlyingCookieLOL 6 місяців тому

      @@hakujin1 No, the people in China are happy because the government is doing things to help the people, unlike in US where you have homeless everywhere and the country doesn't even build decent public transport. The reality, Chinese people are happy because of the government and the west is NOT happy about China's success.
      So the thing that the west created Chinese good and government isn't overall is completely junk.

  • @chinito6715
    @chinito6715 8 місяців тому +24

    1:48 is such an amazing interaction! It’s so cool you guys connecting. Love that that old guy is still putting in work!

  • @Ocean_breezes
    @Ocean_breezes 8 місяців тому +4

    This was extremely interesting and i formative. Thank you. I'm now a fan.
    I spent time in Japan in the early nineties in a business trip. The difference in cultures was an eye opener

  • @nelsyoung833
    @nelsyoung833 3 місяці тому

    Your content serves as an eye openner to those who are in a state of uncertainties about the present situation in Wuhan. Nice city to visit. Great video. Good job!

  • @aaronbusi5703
    @aaronbusi5703 8 місяців тому +12

    Thank you for sharing your experience in Wuhan! So many friendly people and a beautiful city.

  • @h8uscuzdeyanus725
    @h8uscuzdeyanus725 8 місяців тому +12

    I appreciate you sharing your travels. Sometimes it feels like I am there with you Tommy! Have fun and stay safe!

  • @metalMARCUS1
    @metalMARCUS1 6 місяців тому +3

    This was such a good video!!

  • @TheRealTacoPapi
    @TheRealTacoPapi 5 місяців тому +1

    I enjoy how happy you look keep up the great work

  • @BatuSmoka808
    @BatuSmoka808 8 місяців тому +15

    This has to be my favorite China video of yours so far! From gramps playing one-man tennis, eating baos, exploring the city, and talking to the locals also those girls from Nanjing were pretty. Love your perspective on China and the world, we're all are more similar than we are different. Just keep being respectful and aware bc I would hate to see your videos get cut short. Safe travels bro can't wait for the next one!

  • @thompson7271
    @thompson7271 8 місяців тому +144

    I've traveled to most of the world. The most recent place I visited was china in Hangzhou. It is perhaps the most underrated place in the world and the people are perhaps the most generous and good hearted people for a developing country you will find. For us people in the west we fear and often times are afraid of the unknown.

    • @CM-zl2jw
      @CM-zl2jw 8 місяців тому +6

      I’m afraid of people who love wearing masks. Seems inhumane and unnatural.

    • @_chipchip
      @_chipchip 8 місяців тому +39

      @@CM-zl2jwyes people taking tiny measures to look out for each others wellbeing.. that’s what you have an issue with? Just say what you really mean.

    • @dadforever5049
      @dadforever5049 8 місяців тому +14

      @@CM-zl2jw I'm seeing plenty people wearing masks in the US right now. I went to my office today and was so happy meeting my co workers i haven't seen since COVID started, some of them were wearing masks. we had a great time. i don't see anything inhumane or unnatural about.

    • @CM-zl2jw
      @CM-zl2jw 8 місяців тому

      @@dadforever5049 ua-cam.com/video/xh4C9izrjGI/v-deo.htmlsi=umyjtAz7Exnqc11r

    • @indianumba1usnumba1chynalo6
      @indianumba1usnumba1chynalo6 8 місяців тому +1

      Wuhan virus 🦠🧪
      CHYNA VIRUS AKA WUFLU 🥣🦇🇨🇳

  • @swan7249
    @swan7249 8 місяців тому

    Chanced upon this video and subscribed straightaway.

  • @redcoatp.5636
    @redcoatp.5636 7 місяців тому

    Been a while since I've came across some good traveling videos and man hands down I like your style and get down shout out from Cali keep em soming keep on striving!

  • @DecemberNames
    @DecemberNames 8 місяців тому +9

    I just wanted to take a moment to say how amazing your video was! I was really impressed with the quality of the footage, the editing, and the overall presentation. You did a great job of explaining the topic in a clear and concise way, and I learned a lot from watching your video.

  • @tank9708
    @tank9708 8 місяців тому +5

    My favourite of all your videos so far Tommy. Just great content, your knowledge of language and history around the world makes them so much more imersive. Looking forward to the next vlog. Peace

  • @bernied9415
    @bernied9415 7 місяців тому +6

    Very good video ! I have spent time in China, and found it so accomodating, the people are very friendly and helpful !
    Most of the time I was there was in Guandong, Guanzhou, Foshan..and yes in Wuhan too, as well as down to Hainan....all great places....please let us live together in peace !

  • @Justus11167
    @Justus11167 8 місяців тому

    Great video.

  • @nicholasb8548
    @nicholasb8548 8 місяців тому +11

    Been following you for a while now - and your videos are getting better and better. You’re shaking off some of the awkwardness of early videos and growing with confidence. Great to see you/the channel grow - this video was epic! 🇬🇧

  • @JasonChowTV
    @JasonChowTV 8 місяців тому +14

    i like your cool and calm vibes. amazing travel vlog especially when you can speak fluent mandarin makes it even more immersed to the lives of people in china. every interaction in your videos are precious

  • @psoon04286
    @psoon04286 8 місяців тому +70

    You’re cool, man. As an Asian living in Canada Ive been bombarded with very biased anti-China reporting. Im grateful for the many other channels like yours that let us see the real situation - no political agenda. Thank you👍🏼👍🏼😄

    • @RickyVall3y
      @RickyVall3y 6 місяців тому

      What exactly is Anti China reporting? Is it truly like this in Canada?

    • @emperorqianlong527
      @emperorqianlong527 6 місяців тому

      @@RickyVall3ytalk of china in the west is typically portrayed as a monolithic dystopian society where the government has every information and will make you disappear if you step out of the line.
      Ofcourse- this is in equivalence to any flawed conspiracy theory about government control, but their media doesnt see it as so

    • @awp-erator4525
      @awp-erator4525 6 місяців тому

      ​@RickyVall3y you haven't seen any major us or canadian broadcasting network talk about Chinese spies and China and how china's doing this and china's doing that? 😂

    • @awp-erator4525
      @awp-erator4525 6 місяців тому +4

      ​@@RickyVall3yliving under a rock you are bro

  • @ACS1010
    @ACS1010 8 місяців тому +29

    I’ve enjoyed a number of your videos; this one is OUTSTANDING.
    Hits so many notes : informative, entertaining, insightful, and a model of how to travel respectfully with a light heart through this amazing world.

    • @FollowMe42302
      @FollowMe42302 8 місяців тому

      ua-cam.com/video/ufwXBpZK8u4/v-deo.html

  • @MTing-vh8dw
    @MTing-vh8dw 8 місяців тому +4

    just watched your video. loved this one. I ve never been to wuhan and people around there seems super friendly to the foreigner. the hitting tennis ball part is super fun to watch. Thank you!

  • @easystreet1888
    @easystreet1888 7 місяців тому

    Another very good video.
    Thank you very much.

  • @pablokaufervinent8012
    @pablokaufervinent8012 8 місяців тому

    You are the Master of the sudden ending. I love your film making skills. Very interesting to see this very thorough tour of the city. Me encanta la facilidad para hablar idiomas tan diferentes.

  • @imsosmart942
    @imsosmart942 8 місяців тому +70

    I've been sick at home for a week with a bad cold and laying around watching TV. I wanted a break from politics, and I found your channel. IT'S FANTASTIC! I also watched the China show and have been for several years. I'm pretty well traveled myself, in Europe. I doubt that I would go into the East, so I really enjoy seeing what you bring to us! THANK YOU! Sharing your channel...

    • @will_mcdermott
      @will_mcdermott 7 місяців тому

      It’s just proof that the news exaggerates the magnitude of the world’s problems. But this video shows the reality.

    • @islamisthetruewaytogod6812
      @islamisthetruewaytogod6812 5 місяців тому +1

      Hello ! May Allah protect and guide you to his light and happiness in this life and the hereafter, God bless, Ameen. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. Thank you very much for your time.
      Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them).
      Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI).
      Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy.
      Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
      Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI).
      Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).
      Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning!
      Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.
      Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement.
      It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them.
      (19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad)..
      God said : Say, “We believe in Allah, and in what was revealed to us, and in what was revealed to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Patriarchs, and in what was given to Moses and Jesus, and in what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We do not differentiate between any of them. And to Him, we surrender.”
      (2:136 / Translated by Community)
      Salam (Peace) ----------------------------

  • @ManBoo55
    @ManBoo55 8 місяців тому +9

    Your joy and amazement in this city had you smiling ear to ear the whole time. You made me smile also. I’ll bet you slept with that smile all night. Wonderful content

  • @WaldoBMC3
    @WaldoBMC3 5 місяців тому +6

    seems like a nice place and alot of people are friendly. Im happy you do these videos. alot of Americans think these places are bad to go. I wish some day one day I would be able to travel to these places. I might be a little old now at 43. it was a dream of mine as a kid. I always loved Chinese culture. respect to you friend.

  • @__-xy9gx
    @__-xy9gx 8 місяців тому +13

    Man, this takes me back to my time spent there years ago. It's such a beautiful country with some of the best food and some of the warmest/friendliest people one could encounter.
    Also, he's telling the truth about leaving with a carton... the number of cigarettes people will try to give you after friendly conversation is staggering

  • @jordy786
    @jordy786 8 місяців тому +12

    Really liking these China series. Please keep showing us more about the country!

  • @finafina1504
    @finafina1504 8 місяців тому +8

    Why are people disliking this? Simple and cozy travel video, not some kind of propaganda.

    • @911jayishsupremacy
      @911jayishsupremacy 8 місяців тому

      How could you tell people are disliking when UA-cam took out the dislikes 👎 button rate?

    • @finafina1504
      @finafina1504 8 місяців тому +2

      @@911jayishsupremacy youtube removed the dislike display but keep the api.

    • @Bobibob2003
      @Bobibob2003 Місяць тому

      @@911jayishsupremacyThere’s a chrome plugin on pc that lets you see the dislike count

  • @registeredspecialist4549
    @registeredspecialist4549 7 місяців тому

    SUBSCRIBED!
    Love your channel and not sure how i have only just came across it!

  • @voliteon
    @voliteon 2 місяці тому

    Another good video, thanks!