China is NOT What I Expected… (first day in Shanghai) 🇨🇳

China China country that has dominated news  cycles for decades a country rich in culture  

famous for its food its hard-working people  and it's ancient history most of my knowledge  

of China is limited to what I've heard in the  news Cycles over the last few years and I'm  

assuming that most viewers will be in the same  situation I decided to visit Shanghai and find  

out what China is really like for myself and  what I saw really surprised me you're about  

to board to China and I have no idea what  to expect when we get there I'm a little  

bit apprehensive I'm a little bit nervous about  having my big camera out upon arrival thank you

I'm excited it's been a long time since I've seen  a new country well it's been about a month a month  

yeah well no well I've never seen  this kind of country before let's  

have to try into the meantime we have to  catch a train to the main terminal yeah

oh pretty much officially in China this is  cool oh it's cool this is the money that's  

the money we got money yeah so how much is it  that is about 100 Australian dollars how much  

is how much is 100 uh about 20 Australian  dollars this is 20 yeah yeah this one

there's coffee

this is cool okay she had to go capture  the train give me my Coke oh yeah  

it's all in Chinese every other country it's in  it said Coca-Cola right but this one's the only  

one that I've seen that actually just says all  in Chinese writing just a zero calorie that's  

all I know all right let's catch the train  I wonder if Chinese Coke tastes different

exactly there's nothing different about it okay  so we're just heading up now to get the maglev  

which apparently means magnetized levitation or  something magnetic Michael's trying to tell me  

that the train doesn't even touch the track it  doesn't as if it's all magnets magnets how do  

they work that's what I have to say I am a little  bit nervous I've heard that there's not that much  

English here a little bit scared I'm not sure how  vlogging or my having my camera out is going to  

be received here I'm just a bit nervous about  everything so let's see how this goes because I  

feel like this is the fastest train it is it is  the fastest train 430 or 431 kilometers an hour  

about to catch it I think it tastes like six or  seven minutes seven minutes to go 30 kilometers  

oh that's not very fast  are you serious it's closed

close at 10 yeah yeah the the fastest train  yeah we'll get the Metro okay or Duty which  

is over here look at Uber figure it out let's  charge up oh no that was a whole oh no don't  

judge me by the way my first McDonald's  in China whoa look at the popcorn chicken

Flemington

online but so so far here and the um  convenience store both just haven't  

taken international cards which we've never run  into this problem before well not a problem but  

this has never happened traveling before  yeah we have to adjust we have to yeah

so you just prayed or anything and then  it went to this straight away yeah I'm  

getting it more progressively excited as  we go to see even more of China but we  

are forgive us for having McDonald's no I'm  not asking for forgiveness it's the airport

it's an airport and it's like 10 30. we're not  going to be able to finally at the moment so  

that has made me 10 times 20 million times  more excited to have some Chinese food now

thank you

it's heavy

foreign

about 50 something dollars in Australia so it was  not cheap but I'm just looking at these streets  

this is the first like look I've had at Shanghai  or China at all and I feel like I'm in Sydney City  

like I feel like it looks familiar but it's not  familiar it's a weird feeling it's a weird feeling  

I can't really see anything right now because it's  dark it's like midnight almost so I don't really  

know what to expect in the not in the light  all right so we are lost we cannot find the  

hotel Google Maps Apple Maps nothing's working so  after a travel day that ended up hours longer than  

expected with no access to any navigation apps any  transport apps or really any way to get around at  

all we finally arrived in our hotel in downtown  Shanghai thanks to a combination of winging it and  

friendly locals we got some sleep and woke up the  next morning ready to try a real local breakfast  

I am so excited to explore Shanghai  today and the first stop is this famous  

or popular breakfast Pancake type thing  let's try Okay so I've already realized  

there is a lot less English than any  other country I've ever been to trying  

to find this pancake type thing has  become quite a challenge now judges

yes sir thank you that's it okay find it yeah  that's the one so we went to this little yeah  

and we found one but I feel like even though I'm  talking normally I'm shouting like everyone's so  

quiet I'm like respectful and the thing is I'm  saying all these um scooters Drive possible  

I can't hear them until they're almost  running me over because they're electric

so we'll see how this one goes you watch it out

all right sorry

what was that yeah yeah chili

this looks so good my Mandarin isn't really like  my Chinese isn't really like I don't think it's  

working here very well the accent stuff my I think  I'm not pronouncing things properly anyways I'm  

gonna say it looks so delicious you've got like  a little bit of crispy in there some chives some  

egg around the side and it's basically just like  a creeper she like fries it on the plate adds  

the egg cracks it open mixes it around and it's  like basically like egg yolk with some chai oh  

I'm I'm drooling this looks so good

um okay wow the crispy there's like a crispy  thing on the inside mixture is like it's like an  

omelette it tastes like an omelette like  a really thin omelette it's so hot here  

I'm sweating so bad and the flavors  are really good she was just pointing  

out the ingredients and asking me which  one I wanted I said no to chili but you  

can really taste the greens in there the  chives that's really good that's like one  

of my favorite things I think that we've  almost ever had yeah yeah that's good yeah

oh one of the best things I've ever eaten in  my life there is life changing wow this is  

honestly one of the best things I've ever eaten  in a foreign country while traveling and I've  

been traveling for a year and a half or more now  amazing what'd you get it's a fried bread stick  

inside what we just ate oh it's so boiling hot but  she when I ordered it she was like yeah she's like  

that's the one look it's good I like the other  one okay I'm better yeah I could melt against  

this wall and fall under the ground okay I think  we spent like three minutes talking about how good  

this thing is it's good after a life-changing  breakfast I wanted a peek into daily life in  

Shanghai to find out what the people of Shanghai  are really like so we headed to People's Park to  

see what was happening I am a little bit wary of  my camera when I'm here right now so I'm still  

working out what I feel comfortable with but it's  very green very open so let's have a look around  

Park is really nice and it's in the middle of just  like a metropolis of a city like this is oh yeah  

this is crazy like it's it's crazy we're in the  part with all the roller coasters and I want to  

go on one so let's see if we can go on one yeah  so basically you get a card for 10 and you can  

you can load any sort of like amount  you want in it and then just go on the  

rise bit no one seems to be around so  I don't know how I'm gonna actually get  

on I think it's I think consensus yeah all  right let's let's go on the ride whoa okay

oh gosh

foreign

good oh going out the wrong way didn't even  sweat this guy me how far done thank you and  

I thought I don't know I thought it was like a  dollar but 40 here is like 8.50 that is so much  

money so I don't know why I pay that much for  that little ride there's all these like older  

men or actually not even that much older some of  them they're playing these games on these things  

I don't think this is chess do you know this game  it's Marshall Marshall what's that I think it is  

I'm just assuming that it is I've known but it's  similar it's like a yeah it's like a table game  

what I'm pretty sure they're the symbols  I might be so wrong here I'm embarrassing  

myself but I think these are the symbols  from mahjong tiles they're showing me  

after a great morning strolling around people's  park it was time to dig a little deeper into  

one of the things that China is best known for  so we caught the metro to the famous Shanghai  

Science and Technology Museum but not to  learn anything under the museum and deep  

within the metro station itself lies the  biggest most famous and probably highest  

quality genuine fake Market on the planet  English yeah two tickets for eight oh yeah

so what's something you found about the  Metro here in Shanghai China it's awesome  

it's really clean it's nice easy to use I was  really stressed we were both pretty stressful  

coming here that it'd be tough for the  language barrier it is with the people  

but it's not with the like instructions there's a  fair amount of English it was quiet it was quiet  

it sort of like came up to us and just  interested curious gonna put this big  

camera away because I'm not sure about  filming so let's do it stealth mode watch

no it's not Stealth at all

um

hello who's there you're after a Stanley  Cup I would love a Stanley Cup we're getting  

stairs for filling but there's something  illegal Shades so who's the best person

are you gonna get that home  but how much is it oh yes

how many pieces just the one just the  one yeah yeah okay go for this price  

okay that's 31 I could almost buy a new  one for that yeah the quality and a big  

size how many cheese days do you  want only one only one okay 140.

it's a lot of money what do you think oh my God

okay

it used to be Chinese very good okay  that's the price for you 120 okay 50.  

I'm so sorry 50s my cost is more more High  than your 50. I promise well then what's  

your cost my cost is price is the more  higher you it is twenty dollars eighty  

middle price you keep going down why  don't you just tell me the low one

here's my massage

thank you are they closed oh it's  good uh I just wanted to get a like a  

Chinese language booster pack booster pack Pokemon  yeah just any just anything in language Japanese  

was I like collecting the different languages  different prints yeah if it's Chinese so it's a  

stock deck uh okay so no like boosters or anything  like that like so yeah this is 20 and this is 100  

different things that's 45 one with the Snorlax  on the front yeah thank you thank you so much

come on come on sir you want to buy T-shirts  which size you have I have the large one the  

large screen yeah but how much how much are they  oh this one come anyone uh probably just one  

you can't give me the 150 issue wait 150

yeah okay I'm all right thank you it's like  30 bucks no that's way too much thank you

and I definitely realized I overpaid but it is  what it is but I got my Michael got the Pokemon I  

don't know he likes collecting them in different  languages when you go to different countries I  

don't know tell me down below if you like Pokemon  and tell me your favorite Pokemon I think mine's  

Snorlax it's so cute and then have my Stanley  Cup which I've realized now also has a mark on it

it's just plain shipped

American classic the shade Italian  red meat flavor is like spaghetti  

it's spaghetti sauce I don't know what this is  but this brownie brownie or sugar I'm not sure

oh it did work all that bargaining worked up on  appetite so it was time to head back into the city

so one thing I've noticed a lot walking around  the city today is that it's so quiet like most  

of the cars most of the like scooters and  everything are electric so you don't hear  

like the motors and then a lot of people also  ride a bike so you also don't hear that either

so if you don't know me I've been  traveling for about a year and a  

half mostly to Southeast Asia and India  Nepal I've seen nothing like this country  

before like I don't know how to describe  it the buildings are different and they're  

different in different places where you go  in Shanghai as well so I'm really excited  

to see the difference between here in  Beijing which we'll be going a bit later  

on so subscribe if you want to see that as  well but all right let's get some noodles

okay okay and then we'll get some  yeah yeah dumplings dumplings

okay okay sure

this is apparently the dish to have in  Shanghai scallion noodles they smell like  

the me going I make at home last time I used  Chopsticks in a video everyone roasted me um

oh my foreign

no no it's like like kind of sweet but kind  of plain like a soy sauce flavor but not soy  

sauce I don't know oh yeah thank you sure  sure they just taste like plain noodles  

yeah for the delicious noodles so all of  this your Coke for this and this was 40.

it comes out of it pierce it but  then if you pay it it would be  

hot water I don't normally eat this  type of food in case you can't tell

very mushy the flavor is good the texture is  probably not my favorite yeah I prefer like the  

bun type things yeah what's it called bath yeah  wow so good so I am so just worn out from the  

Heat and I've been sweating all morning a little  bit tired but these noodles I loved whatever we  

had this morning that like pancake crepe thing  these are really good so this street I'm pretty  

sure it was called Huang hey and it's where we  were basically this morning it's got basically  

all of the food that you need this noodle place  in particular is recommended by ale other travel  

friends Stefan Pete who lived here actually for  a few years before well you know as I eased into  

the afternoon of my first day in China I started  to come out of my shell while many of the things  

I've been warned about were true passport checks  and cameras on literally every single Corner most  

of the fears I had of China were simply not  coming true as I explored more of this city  

the constant Smiles the Curious Kids and the  general friendliness of everyone we met made  

me feel so comfortable and welcome in a country I  was honestly really worried about visiting this is  

crazy this place is insane but we're here at the  walking Street I'm gonna walk down here obviously  

no cars can come here it's just walking so let's  see what we can find along the way there's lots  

of shops this is nuts I'm walking up and down  here and they've got these little cars or like  

little tiny trains that basically would probably  just take you to the other side of the Walking  

Street so you don't have to walk the hallway  but this is crazy you've got Adidas stores  

you've got all of these shopping centers on the  side oh I saw Sephora this is crazy I I didn't  

know what I expected to see but I don't think  it was this we'll go to it look at me foreign

uh

go to him

okay okay

sure sure thank you thank you I got  a big bucket oh it's hard real hard  

I know whoa that's insane this is insane now you  go back out inside the open Street which feels  

which is so busy but it feels like yeah like open  space open Park through after being in there yeah  

there's still so many people here back here oh  ATM okay we need more money because it's really  

expensive here we're waiting for it to cool down  I thought I'd say if you are coming here and you  

are a foreigner unless you already have WeChat  which is where they do all the payment methods  

on I actually can't do I have a WeChat account  but it won't let me use it in China for payments  

um same with the DD which is their version of grab  or Uber I can't use the English version here and  

uh there's no English language version of the  app that works here so basically the only way  

we can pay for things is Cash um if you already  have waiter if you're from a country that already  

uses that and you have your payment like put into  it already you'll be able to use it when you come  

here give me a shot but we don't have WeChat  payment in the Australian WeChat if you're new  

to my channel hello my name is Rosie and that's  my boyfriend Michael and he basically organized  

everything and I just walk around and eat potatoes  all right so we're in the ATM place just trying  

to get money out but Michael's card hasn't  worked in China yet at all I had to get money  

out from my car to the airport and apparently  now it's not working either I'm a Potato what  

money at the airport cost me eight dollars to  get out oh wow eight dollars withdrawal fee

this isn't bad actually I take it back  it's not great they need salt okay

um thank you pretty money I just I can't  describe what it's like here it's like a big city

so as you know Michael and I came here because  it was the cheapest flight to a country that  

neither Michael and I had ever been to before  so that's why we ended up in China I've never  

seen anything like this I don't know what  to say my impressions of of China is that  

like I thought it would be clean and perfect and  there'd be like a bit like well off as opposed  

in the area we are now I'm here and I like it  whereas I thought I might not like it before I  

got here I had no idea what to expect I didn't  expect this though I don't know how to describe  

it because I had no preconceived thoughts  honestly I never ever thought I'd even come  

to China I've seen everyone with these  skewers these meat skewers so I'm gonna  

grab one I don't know what kind of meat sauce  oh this chicken it smells freaking delicious

I'm gonna stick look how big it is I  don't know what kind of chicken it is  

if you look it looks you can see I don't  know maybe that's the fat I don't know

okay it's not hot it's been there  like for a little bit but it's  

like mush it's like so soft it's good  yeah it's like a barbecue bulky chicken  

I wish it was part of that I wish it was like  more fresh find it everyone's everyone's eating  

the same food you're eating but they're all  watching you eat the same thing yeah I love  

it here and what does that mean hopefully it  means very delicious I don't know why these  

are great like well I don't know like they're  good but like why are they like going crazy

so we're coming down a little Alleyway  off the main walking Street back here  

I feel like that's where whoa that looks cool um

is that what are they what are these Knuckles all  right I have to use Google Translate for this one  

because there is no English fresh milk tea and  bamboo oolong fresh milk tea tea and bamboo chips  

yeah I'll do that one okay fresh milk tea 38.  that's like eight bucks oh my gosh this place is  

expensive we have yeah not this one this one okay  yeah is it good yeah okay thank you you're welcome

so yeah all of these say one but they're all  different sizes some of them I assume one  

I don't know another one a one's one scent of  that oh that's confusing yeah I'm excited it's  

a milk tea in like a bamboo effect so I'm  paying like eight dollars for a bamboo too  

basically yeah we'll try it out thank you okay  we're excited oh I hate it really no no so it's  

um it's like flavored something I don't know  I thought it would be like a milk tea like  

I don't know like a bubble tea or something  it's just like plain tea like water basically  

with a flavor and then some whipped cream on  top I'll eat some of the whipped cream it's  

just basically a cup inside plastic cup it's  very expensive yeah I think you keep the cup  

that's good it's okay this is so busy like  like service this is insane look at this

I just can't believe it I  don't know it's so different  

here like that everyone's having meat on sticks

honey Peach would be nice

yes

20. okay can we have one yeah

thank you

honey Peach and we've got a bucket  of ice because I wanted at Kohl's

why okay that makes sense

yeah enough for it all right get drinking then  it doesn't oh it's so good so sweet it tastes  

like a thicker peach juice I'm not quite  like watery but like not quite a smoothie

all right put this one out

juice The Taste is so good all  right next item with food yeah  

I might just get an orange juice  to be honest yeah these fruits  

are massive like I don't know what's  going on orange juice oh okay this one

huh

what's that oh sorry yeah  where's that where about oh Thai

chicken watermelon orange watermelon  sparkling water yeah this is big I  

think I might want you want to buy one  and just like on our way to get yeah yeah

the side of my hand this is crazy  I know it's just juice but like  

there's like grape sparkling water these  fruits are massive I just feel so out of  

my element I feel like fish out of water  in this place I'm still not used to it

as cold as I think I would like it's so nice  isn't it yeah yeah like real orange juice real  

like that kind of like like almost soury citrusy  taste yeah yeah yeah as opposed to just orange  

flavoring oh it's just a it's like a really  sweet orange yeah it was busy in there ever  

on one of these shoes so this is good I think  I have to steal this one so we're just waiting  

um to cross the road here to get through  the skyline which is the band right  

oh yeah look at all those people oh they're  coming towards the end of the day my worries  

fizzled out and they were replaced by those  genuine moments of joy and achievement we  

get from pushing ourselves outside of our comfort  zones and throwing ourselves into the unexpected  

I visited many countries that people have  told me I shouldn't India Bangladesh Brunei  

and each time I focus on defying the warnings and  getting to know the heartbeat of any country with  

the people and as a result I've been rewarded  with beautiful experiences time and time again

get a photo on this ledge you cannot get  one anywhere there's people the entire way  

along the whole thing all right so that is  the end to an incredible beautiful day here  

my first day in Shanghai in China so watch the  one on the screen right now if you're in the  

future that'll be our next video and I get to  show you more of China see you in the next one