I was privileged to visit the Great Wall in 2007 with my Dad who was 71 at the time. He still remembers how he got to the top of the Great Wall to this day - under his own steam. He is now 87 and that is a precious memory for me and us.

@zw.drawing

5 ай бұрын

You father is so good 👍

@michellemichelle775

4 ай бұрын

Go again, it’s very different after 2008, incredible ❤

@user-hj1oj8zv2m

4 ай бұрын

Welcome you and your family to visit China again. China has changed a lot compared with 17 years ago. I wish your father good health and all the best.

China is so beautiful, so clean, so green and you don't see any homeless people.

I know how you feel. We visited in October 2023, 6 cities, and also captured a lot of the journey as well. I was impressed by how much China has progressed and developed since our previous visit in 2011. We also walked the same section of the Great Wall as you. I did not want to leave our last trip and we have plans to visit again later this year. Beautiful country, often feels like you are in a postcard. Beautiful friendly people. Thank you for sharing your adventure. Cheers from Australia.

@icebaby6714

6 ай бұрын

Good on ya, mate.

OMG I can’t believe that I saw myself at 5:37 quickly passing by Julia and followed by my partner (can only see her jeans haha)😮😂! We were there on the same day at the same spot and the same moment, just unreal! Great videos btw👍!

@Dordord

6 ай бұрын

Its your fault didn't say hi 😂

@Rambovican

6 ай бұрын

@@Dordord True true, what a shame eh😅!

@zackk4969

6 ай бұрын

Don’t go to Chiina! Foreigner will be put into jail if you say Taiwan passport or Taiwan presidentt

@davisma445

6 ай бұрын

@@zackk4969liar

@user-hp5bl8qu2q

6 ай бұрын

That's soo cool.😊

“If you want to explore the 3000 years of history, go to Xi'an. If you want to explore the 1000 years of history, go to Beijing. If you want to explore the last 100 years of China going from colonization to modernization, go to Shanghai. If you want to see modern blade-runner-like infrastructure and seemingly impossible urban planning done in the last 40 years, go to Chongqin. If you want to see the future, go to Shenzhen. And If add the different landscapes and biomes that China offers, there would be no end to the list.” Have a great time.

@svbc-km8sj

6 ай бұрын

Xi'an, Capital of 13 Ancient Dynasties. Nanjing - Capital of 10 Ancient Dynasties. Luoyang - 9. Beijing - 5.

@Jkl62200

6 ай бұрын

If you want to see 5000 years of history, go to the outskirt of Hangzhou. 😊

@svbc-km8sj

6 ай бұрын

@@zackk4969 oh, right. you can image that all jails in China are full of those.

@zackk4969

6 ай бұрын

@@svbc-km8sj According to passport Japanese is Not Chiinese Taiwanese is Not Chiinese Ukraine is Not Russian, either! And welcome Taiwan's new president!

@zackk4969

6 ай бұрын

@@svbc-km8sj Xi'an's tour bus is a scam. Temple monks want you to spend more moeny instead of telling the history. And the food street has working boys and girls from Xinjiang. Too sad, they should be in shcool Not working like slaves! This is the real Chiina!!

I know exactly how you feel, because I felt the same awe when visiting Shenzhen. Such nice people, delicious food and even more beautiful nature and architecture. I also can't wait to go back!

@VIVIANLIU0310

6 ай бұрын

Question: But why does the Western media try to evil China without fact?

@zackk7175

6 ай бұрын

Don’t go to Chiina! Foreigner will be put into jail if you say Taiwan passport or Taiwan president.

@qr5558

6 ай бұрын

@@zackk7175 You are sick, take medicine quickly!

@user-bc1wi7xq8s

6 ай бұрын

@@qr5558 he is robot of TW.Lots of his comments are numbered.

@globetrotterbengaluru

6 ай бұрын

​@@zackk7175You'll be the first to be put in a mental hospital. 😂

You ARE walking through history! Absolutely Breathtaking! Love you guys! What wonderful, kind, people you are :) God bless you, and keep you safe ❤️

@zac-eu9eu

6 ай бұрын

中国人は安全です😊

Your videos just keep getting better, really professional and entertaining. We never got to visit China but thanks to you, it's like we're with you walking around and seeing the sights. Wonderful, and many thanks 🤗🤗❤️❤️❤️

@zac-eu9eu

6 ай бұрын

なぜそれが出来なかったのですか😮

@NigelOrmsvik

6 ай бұрын

​@@zac-eu9eu too old, and bad heart means travelling now is impossible. So sorry and best wishes to you ❤️

@davidwong325

5 ай бұрын

欢迎到中国来，中国的高铁很方便，对身体应该不会有损伤。@@NigelOrmsvik

So great to have a vlog from you guys not just any vlog .A genuine informative, happy and fun filled vibe of a vlog you genuinely look like you're enjoying yourselves. Its the most I've ever seen Julias sister speaking on camera and it's more than welcome. Cheers and all the best to my globe trotting threesome !

‘Temple of Heaven’, ‘Summer Palace’, ‘North Sea Park’(北海公园）are my favorite parks in Beijing. These are three (out of many more) royal parks in Beijing. For ‘Summer Palace’ you need full day to explore.

Wow! How cool to get to walk the Great Wall of China! You two are so fortunate! Thanks for taking us with you!

@zac-eu9eu

6 ай бұрын

お金と時間さえあれば行けますよ😊

I remember the time I went to the great wall and I had the same reaction. mesmerizing, and to think about how it is so long and it was done with no machinery hundreds of years ago.

The Great Wall of China. Looks fantastic with breathtaking views. I envy you . 💋💋💋

Great volg of the Great wall, and I'm sure that you guys have enjoyed a really unforgettable great day in Beijing, China.

FYI: pasta's earliest roots begin in China during the Shang Dynasty (1700-1100 BC). Very nice tour. The wall is amazing and the people are so friendly. Look forward to seeing more. Thanks.

@carolali8851

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for info, I did not know this. @ChaiHarry

@zackk7175

6 ай бұрын

Don’t go to Chiina! Foreigner will be put into jail if you say Taiwan passport or Taiwan president.

@hanmi1216

6 ай бұрын

​@CNTikTokhe's CIA mouthpiece

@ferrytrailershipper

6 ай бұрын

I was looking to see if anyone would comment on how pasta originated from China

@zac-eu9eu

6 ай бұрын

@@zackk7175心が壊れてしまった可哀想な人間ですね。善をする事をオススメします😂

Thank you for going all the way up there. I couldn’t manage it. Incredible !!

You've come at the best time of the year, neither hot nor cold. As a Chinese, I'm yet to visit the Great Wall. Thank you for the video. 😀

Thank you for allowing me to escape my reality with your content . You are both so natural and genuine with your work. It’s a pleasure to watch and loose one self in adventure ❤

@zac-eu9eu

6 ай бұрын

何と闘っているのですか？

The Great Wall is indeed the greatest wall ever! I remembered seeing the wall extended as far as the eye could see and still further! And so extremely steep in some places.

The flowers are beautiful. The birds singing was awesome too!

I was there in 2006… I couldn’t believe I was visiting places I’d dreamed of as a child in history and geography class. My group could only walk so far up.

Das war ein toller Reisebericht, die Aufnahmen Great Wall waren wirklicvh beeindruckend. Eure Reise hat euch wirklich an einen ganz besonderen Ort geführt. Julias Schwester lebt förmlich auf - das kann man sehen. Alles Gute für euch - have a pleasant trip🚂 . Am meisten hat mich eure Reise in Sibirien nach Jakutsk fasziniert. Das war schon - very strange ....

I just saw your video - I watch tons of Chinese stuff. Imagine my surprise to see Julia from Great British Baking Show fame, and her husband, touring China! You MUST travel China more extensively! I will visit your other videos to see other countries. Take care from Florida. ❤

I love watching your videos , you go to so many interesting places. I am still trying to catch up on the videos you made 2 years ago. Look forward to seeing more

Be careful 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 beautiful roses. Wow what an amazing place. I can’t believe how peaceful it is. Not what I was expecting. Well done guys. You knocked it out of the park with this one..👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍

You guys are amazing together. I love your channel and keep up the amazing job. I would give anything to do what y'all do. Stay safe and most of all have fun. You guys have an amazing family on both sides. Hello from Texas USA. I love the Russian language

the friendliness of their people is a stark contrast to that seen and felt in Japan

@xiaozh5063

6 ай бұрын

Chinese are so relaxed and chill compared with Japanese

@zac-eu9eu

6 ай бұрын

日本人として中国人を誇りに思います😊中国政府は正しいことをしてると思うので無理に西側に合わせる必要はないと思います。4000年の歴史と文化は人類の宝です。人種に関係なく🎉

@zac-eu9eu

6 ай бұрын

日本人は物価に対して賃金が上昇しておらず、円安で若者は苦しんでいます😅少子高齢化もあり活気が無く心に余裕はありません😢

@freethinker585

6 ай бұрын

@@zac-eu9eu しかし、秩序、清潔さ、規律という点では日本に匹敵するものはありません 👍💖

@zac-eu9eu

6 ай бұрын

@@freethinker585 しかし今となってはそれを誇れません😅なぜならその恩恵を受けれたのは20年ほど前までだからです🥹

Absolutely enjoyed your video, thanks so much for sharing!!

That was so cute when Julia realized she was inhaling a rose with a bee in it, and just laughed.

The shop got the reputation as ‘fake market’ in the 1980s. Since then things are completely different. Government cracked down on counterfeit. Probably since 20 years ago this is a normal shopping center. Not ‘fake’ anymore.

@luojumbo685

6 ай бұрын

Right, it is now a normal shopping center. And not a big one, actually.

Thanks for the great journey! ❤

What a journey. Beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

You know what I love? Not seeing any graffitti

Beautiful video and photage! Love your views and your talks with different people. We wanted to see more of the tour around the wall though 😃

Thank you guys for another GREAT video. Keep up the amazing work.

Great video again guy’s.

I visited China app 55 times from 1999 to 2012, in total more than 1000 traveling days. Always flying into Beijing and back from there. In between I visited many other places from northeast to Tibet, central China and Hainan Island. It was great to see you at the Great Wall (been there 7 times at different locations) and also to see my old “second home” - Hongqiao market. We always visited the same shop, and today I have still clothes purchased there. The quality was top level. Always enjoying all of your videos from around the world - Keep them coming Regards from Denmark

@michellemichelle775

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your ❤ Beijing is my home and my dream

great vlog guys, so very interesting, i was glad you went to the wall, my worse nightmare as i cant climb!!! hope you go back again and see more

Welcome to China! I watched your video on Chinese TikTok which is uploaded with Chinese subtitles by others and it’s quite amazing.Hope you have a nice trip!

It looks like you guys had a wonderful time in Beijing. Hopefully , one day you will go back. so much to see of China. It's a big country. In 2018, Harriet and I spent 3 weeks there. We loved it. A return trip should include The Terracota Army Museum, Memorial Hall. Visits should include the cities of, Chengdu, Shanghai ,Wuhan and Chongqing . We barely scratched the surface. Julia , did your sister enjoy China ? Matt, were you flying a drone ? This was a well-done video. 👍👍 Sending you much love ❤ from Richmond, Va. Harriet, Jim and Yuki

I have been to the Great Wall when I was little 35 years ago. Really need to plan another visit next time go back to China. Miss it.

fantastic views from the Great Wall of China. Thanks guys.

Love the content and you guys are awesome thank you

🌀💯⭐. Tq for showing us the real feeling🤠. Wish I could be there one day

Sky is so clear❤

Thanks for sharing ❤ my eyes are full of tears when you were too😢❤

incredible experience! thanks for sharing :) my dad is in china right now, I'm so jealous!!

My 2nd time to view your Beijing journey. I must you you two are incredibly spontaneous and infectiously likeable. Keep it up with all your travels.

Guys, what a great video.Thx. so much.Matt is the history guy😊

@zac-eu9eu

6 ай бұрын

歴史の人😮

Amazing video, amazing place......just.....wow !

Matt's Russian is exceptionally good I give you a high five bro, I have watched about half of your vids on this channel since January 4th. I wish my Runglish was as good

Wow! Just wow! I felt emotional just watching. One of the seven wonders of the world. Incredible. Thank you for sharing lovely x

Thx for sharing

you guys are the best and excellent filming. i would like to be a good tour guide next time when you plan to travel to beijing. I am a local beijinger and there are plentty amazing places worthing going.

The Great Wall is like a protective and sentry wall, but also a freeway for the movement of horses and troops to move from one point to another if there is an invasion.

@Resmith18SR

6 ай бұрын

Has Trump taken credit for building the Great Wall of China yet?

@etow8034

6 ай бұрын

@@Resmith18SR Trump's sheet metal wall is nothing near The Great Wall. Now you should appreciate The Great Wall even more knowing that with today's technology and machinery they can barely erect wall for only a few miles compared to The Great Wall of over 6,000kms built 2000 years ago !

@zackk4969

6 ай бұрын

Don’t go to Chiina! Foreigner will be put into jail if you say Taiwan passport or Taiwan presidentt

@Resmith18SR

6 ай бұрын

@@zackk4969 Go to jail just for mentioning it?

@zackk4969

6 ай бұрын

@@Resmith18SR Yes Chiina has jailed two Canadians, two Australians, numerous Taiwanese and 1 million XinJiang ethnic minorities in the re-education camps.

Reminds me I was there decades ago ❤ thanks for sharing ❤

Thanks for taking me to places I'll only ever visit through your journeys. I've camped in the Grand Canyon more than 10 times and traveled America a lot but never had the time and money to go abroad

@bfair6284

6 ай бұрын

When there is a will, there is a way. You just have to plan and save up for it. Go experience a place where you only hear bad things on a daily basis. Your view may change. Everyone owes it to themselves to get a foreign experience at least once in their life time. Good luck!

@user-sm3ru1fm6g

6 ай бұрын

Plus cost of things are low there.

@zackk4969

6 ай бұрын

Don’t go to Chiina! Foreigner will be put into jail if you say Taiwan passport or Taiwan presidentt

@tsuileung5197

6 ай бұрын

There are a lot of Taiwan people in China doing business, exchange students and touring, visiting family members.

@leahlee8291

6 ай бұрын

@@zackk4969liar

Nice video. Where did you guys spend Christmas? Your sister is having a lovely travelling experience

You had some beautiful weather while in Beijing. I admire you. But your observations about food culture (through trade and interactions via the silk road) are very insightful. Enjoyed your video.

Nice to see you after a long time 😊

And imagine the soldiers manning the wall at that time also had to wear kilos of armour.

Amazing video !

THIS IS IT! MY NEW FAVORITE KZread VIDEO. YOU GUYS DID IT AGAIN!!!!!!!!

@MattandJulia

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! 😊❤

wow beautiful weather too.

The view is fantastic,what a place for a beaurocratic boundary! The wall is impressive,the walk looked really steep in places, did you fly there?✌️❤️🇬🇧

Thank you very much!

I love your content TY 🙏

Amazing

Magnificent!!!

Lovely video The other girl with both of you in the video actually seems to be a very nice person like both of you. Lots of love ❤❤

Awesome.

We were on a Viking tour of China in 2011 and spent 4 days in Beijing and walked the Great Wall. Didn’t have the gondola then.Didn’t go that high up though. Impressive!!! Glad to see you back!!!💕

@zac-eu9eu

6 ай бұрын

また行ったら発展した別の姿が見れると思います❤

Wow yeah ok! So I follow thread the globe as well, they’ve just done Singapore and now in Malaysia and the places are SPOTLESS! Like I mean eat your dinner off the street spotless! Even when you went down a residential street it’s spotless! Says a lot of the culture tbh! Lovely video! I’d have to be dragged away from the roses! ❤

This clip was stunning. Only been to Canton about 40 years ago. My how interesting. Merci

@zac-eu9eu

6 ай бұрын

今何歳ですか😊

I would highly recommend the next time you're in china to visit shanghai and chongqing

Amazing to see the Great Wall, sure was quite the climb up in parts. China looks like an amazing country to visit. All the counterfeit products was incredible. Looks like you had a great time there.

@zac-eu9eu

6 ай бұрын

偽造品ではありません😂

@Asfghkkf莫莫-p2s

17 күн бұрын

没有假冒产品。

Don't underestimate these old houses in Beijing. They are called "hutongs" in Chinese, and are located in the heart of the city. They are protected for their historical value, and a single one could cost millions of dollars. Anyway, I can't afford it.

Thank you so much. You are inspiring and I love the journey you take us on. You change minds and perspective. Love all three of you!

потрясающе! молодцы! спасибо)

Excellent

I don’t know if it’s because my English understanding is so poor, but this video blogger keeps emphasizing “fake”. The so-called “fake” means that the same product has similar appearance and functions, but there is another real product for comparison, but in this video The bloggers have never seen any simulated products in person from beginning to end, and can only verbally say that these are fake. Do "authenticity" and "fakeness" only depend on Westerners' mouths? ! China attaches great importance to intellectual property rights. Most of the things you see, regardless of the size of the company or factory, have their own brands. What you call "fake" should be the result of brainwashing by the Western media! 🙄

@zac-eu9eu

6 ай бұрын

西側メディアは人類史上最も害悪なものです😢

Oh mine, it’s stunning view and amazing

The video is great😊

Wow nice clean and beautiful blue sky 😊

Happy new year and thanks for the blog :)

@kazimahinmahfuz2931

6 ай бұрын

Vlog*

@isotobex5703

6 ай бұрын

Flog* Slog* your go @@kazimahinmahfuz2931

@zackk4969

6 ай бұрын

Don’t go to Chiina! Foreigner will be put into jail if you say Taiwan passport or Taiwan president.

How can you only seeing such a place in the small screens without going there in this life... Life is so short, we have to, and deserve to go to stand and walk in such a beautiful place by our own, to feel it by our own

We've been to China many times including the Great Wall Beijing,Shanghai,Confucius hometown,Hainan Island Hawaii Islands Honolulu,USA,Central America,Boston ate some lobsters ,Canada,Alaska,etc .

@Asfghkkf莫莫-p2s

17 күн бұрын

感觉你在做梦去过这些地方。😂

We are at Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, this is the place to be at this time, love it, there alot of Vienamese. Taiwanese and Russian at this amazing festival - Keep your video rolling, job well done.

wow. so incredible

Hope for more videos in China in the future :)

breathtaking - literally and figuratively!

@zac-eu9eu

6 ай бұрын

行ってみたら😮

@Asfghkkf莫莫-p2s

17 күн бұрын

@@zac-eu9eu你在梦游

Totally agree you should take time to just wander in a new city, get into residential areas, especially a big and famous one. You don't get a flavour for it otherwise. I'd love to explore the Forbidden City, but by going off track this made it a really interesting film with a different perspective.

hope you can really enjoy trip in China. Beijing is really a great and historical city. I lived in Beijing for 4 years in my university life. I could share with you that i have travelled so many cities before my study in Beijing. And finally i chose beijing for my undergraduate degree. I love the first snow in Forbiden City， and have a drink with my friends inWudaokou. It is really a Morden and historical city.

Having met a Beijing lady online back in late 2006 and corresponding for five months she invited me to visit her in March of 07. Her sister also met someone online and we shared an awesome two weeks together in Beijing touring many historical sites one being the Great Wall. This video brings back great memories of the long walk and surrounding scenery. Of course March was much busier with many visitors to the Wall plus those days back then seemed more welcoming to the country. We also took a 12 hour train ride to Xi'an City which is also a must do to put on your bucket list. Would love to go back one day! Ganbei!

One can only wish that the wonder of this site could be shared with the world in a humanitarian way. However, where quite at odds . Your videos may help us get closer together

@acuantjahyadi7393

6 ай бұрын

Jika anda orang barat , jangan membicarakan kemanusiaan 😂😂

@zac-eu9eu

6 ай бұрын

西洋人はメディアに汚染されています😂

@michellemichelle775

4 ай бұрын

@@acuantjahyadi7393hahahahah exactly 😂

The Wall by itself is tiring, but totally agree that the view is one of the amazing in the world. Your video shows the great scenery, but being there and seeing with own eyes is a totally different thing. It is like watching music videos and going to concerts. Lucky, we were there in winter. Cannot imagine people climbing when it is hot. Cheers.

Not to judge a book by its cover and to believe everything you are told. Perfect statement. Here I would like to share my friendly conversation with a young American couple recently. I have met a young couple in Thailand recently. They were from US and they were traveling from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and then to Cambodia and Vietnam and before going back to US. We have happened to have a casual friendly conversation and I have asked them since they are so near to China, why not go to China just for a few days to see China. I told them China is very interesting, But I was surprised of what they told me. They said according to all their media reports in US and advice by their government and many people. They were advice and told not to travel to China. Even their parents don't allow them to go to China. They were told China is not a safe country to travel. Very dirty, poor rundown infrastructures, poor transportation system, polluted, homeless people are everywhere waiting to rob tourists are common even in broad daylight. Chances of been detained for no reason by the Communist is very high. Because China is an authoritarian state and all foreign visitors are monitored by thousands of cameras everywhere, every minute where foreign visitors go. Foreign visitors from western countries can be detained for months or even years for no reason. All these is what they know about China. The couple is like below 25 years of age and already so badly brainwashed by their government and controlled media. This is really sad.

@globetrotterbengaluru

6 ай бұрын

They never heard of KZread also? 😂

@panyaboonc5621

6 ай бұрын

@@globetrotterbengaluru, they do, but they are so brainwashed to believe that anything from KZreads with positive report or showing good thing about China to them it is fake and paid by CPC to create. The same as most Indians people believe nothing is good in China and India is 20 times better than China. If any news or video clip showing positive about China, most Indians will say and believe it is fake news.

@zac-eu9eu

6 ай бұрын

西側メディアによって汚染された悲しい人達😂

@ys29229

6 ай бұрын

The most captive people in the world is westerners. Their government propaganda about other countries are unbeatable

I have been trying to clean out the black dot at the corner of my screen and then realize its from your camera😂

Great video sharing, welcome back to China again, continue traveling and explore more beautiful places in China.

@MattandJulia

6 ай бұрын

❤️❤️❤️🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

Their mou trains are unusual formations like walnut whips. I walked the wall in 99 not many tourists, the steps where at different levels. Which was super dangerous. Remember china was oded to the world for many years before that, and before the bamboo curtain closed tourism was for the super rich Marco polo took noodles and icecream back to Italy. You will also find some areas are different to in cuisne. Some have noodles another rice I visited a hawkers market in xian next to a new supermarket and that definitely was a most interest ng experience