hello friends, my name is Nhân with a hat
and welcome back to my channel
right now I'm in Chester
it is a city in Northwest England
very famous for being a Roman fortress in the first century
there are just so many old and medieval things to see
and to do around here
a few days ago, I was in a city 15 minutes from here
for a work training
and when I finished that training, I was like
maybe I can just come here
to do a little bit of light solo traveling
and here I am
just booked a very spontaneous trip
to be honest
I was a little bit worried
about feeling lonely
because I was feeling a little bit down
but then I realized that
if I cannot do things by myself
how can I do things and be happy with other people?
so here I am, traveling by myself
I hope it's going to be okay
honestly, it has been good
I let myself be sad
I let myself be happy
I face my emotions a lot
over the last few days
and I'm really happy about it
but right now I want to go outside
so it will take you guys with me
I want to do things by myself
and I just want to take it easy
usually when I travel a new city
I do tourist things
I want to see so many famous places
and try local food
those are fun too
but this time
this time I want to do me things
I wanna go thrift shopping
take a slow walk
I don't have to rush anything
and I'm gonna do that
right now I’m gonna go thrift shopping
which I'm really excited about
because thrift shopping outside of London
is really affordable
those are much cheaper than in London
and I wanna buy so many clothes
so many vintage clothes
also do you see a scratch on my face?
I think this is because of my eye mask
when I sleep, I have to wear this
and this accidentally scratched my face
like this
it hurts a little bit
but it’s gonna be okay
okay, let's go
it is so sunny and beautiful
also I brought my bag
that means business
also the one thing that I like about this place
is that there's a huge tunnel
so you don't have to cross the road
you can just cross the tunnel
I’m in the tunnel right now
as you guys know I'm kind of scared of crossing the streets
I'm kind of scared of traffic
so this is a really good thing
to be fair, it is a little bit scary
to cross the tunnel at night though
so there are thrift shops and vintage shops
the thrift shops are cheaper
so let's go to a thrift shop first
let's go to a few of them
I’m in the first store
it is called Claire House
I want to buy summer clothes
something a little bit revealing
this is the first shirt that I tried on
I like it very much
I like the see-through a lot
I don't like the puff sleeves
look at this
it is a little bit puffy, right?
but it is only £4
this is the second top
I think I'm going to get this one
it is very cute
and it's my size as well
it's also only £4
is this one too tight?
a little bit?
yeah, I think it's too tight
I like this one
it looks nice
I like this one as well
I can crop it a little bit
it’s time to try out the pants and the shorts
these are the first shorts
they are a little bit loose here
but I think it looks good
also look at my legs
legs day work, right?
work
I don’t think this one is very good
and the last one is good
I like this one too
I can use it for running
and going to the gym
all right I'm going to take these
and then the second store
The Childen’s Society
it is a cute store but I couldn't find what I like
right now I'm gonna go to the third one
this one
it is called Hope House, and it's huge
this is the biggest one that I've seen today
I think I will get this
it is a little bit bright
but is really cute
red is my color
every color is my color
oh my god I found a treasure
so cool
it is a big store but it doesn’t have a lot of men’s selections
I tried on a few things
the first thing I tried on is this hollister shirt
it looks very nice
the second one that I tried on are these jeans
It is very hard for me to find jeans
look at this
my thighs are way too big
my waist is small
and it’s way too long for me
now let's go to the forth shop
British Heart Foundation
there are so many bags
I got 4 items, and let me try them on
the first item is the yellow jacket
from a brand called Pretty Green
and it looks really cool
I don't have much yellow item in my closet
I think it fits me pretty well
this jacket is £25
this one is £6
I think it looks very good
it seems like I like everything
but I cannot buy everything because they are so expensive
there are kinda expensive
this one is a little long
and finally, this shirt
I don’t think it works
now let's go to Oxfam
I've seen so many Oxfam
in so many cities in the UK
they don't have a fitting room
so let me know if you think these items are good
how about these shoes?
it’s a fit
I also got the arguably most important thing
but I missed for a long time
a belt
this is the only belt that fits me
in the whole many stores that I visited
oh my god, this bag is so cool
let me show you
I think I’ll get it
I got the bag
imagine how much grocery I can fit into this
I'm so happy about it
I think it's an impulsive purchase
is it an impulsive purchase?
it is so big
let me show you how big it is
I look like a very small person wearing the bag
this is the last shop that I’ve gone to
Barnardo’s
and look at what I found
bags!
there're so many bags
I want to incorporate more bags into my outfits
and look at this
this is £4
£4
these are £7
I'm getting all of them
everything that I tried on today
I wanna get them
is it because I look good?
it doesn't matter what I wear
as long as I look good
excuse me, I'm getting all these
as you can see, these items have numbers on them
right now I'm going to draw a piece of paper
and whatever numbers on it
I'm going to get that item
this one
is it 992?
992
992, shampoo!
I’m back to the hotel now
I'm just going to eat a sandwich quickly
drink some coffee
after I finished editing the video
I’m gonna go outside
have dinner
and then relax
I finished editing the video
it is 8pm now
but do you know what I want to do?
I wanna go out for a run
I was supposed to run this morning
but I was tired
and I had to edit my video
so I stayed in the hotel and edited my video
but right now we’re in a new and beautiful city
I wanna see everything
so let's create a challenge
I'm gonna go out for a run
to all the famous places
I'm going to take pictures of them
take videos of them
and show them to you
and of course I cannot bring my camera with me when I run
so I'm gonna vlog by my phone
alright
I just got a new phone too so I'm more excited
so let's go
right now I'm in Chester Meadows
it is like an area where they plant
a lot of plants
especially native plants
to make it green
like this
so many things
I'm breathing so hard right now
because I've been running for 2k
yesterday when I ran here
I saw some horses
like they were so chill
they were just laying there
and I didn't even want to do anything to disturb them
yeah
I love them so much
they're so cute
they're very big though
yeah
look at this it is so beautiful
I wish I had a big park like this next to my house
so I can run every single day
I mean I'm still running every single day
but just not at beautiful park like this
it's golden hours as well
I’m so pretty
I found the horses
look at the horses
they're running away from me though
let me show you
hi horses
I don't want to get too close to them though
I'm afraid that they will run after me
I know horses are friendly
but just in case you know
because I don't want to agitate them
okay I'm gonna go back this way
but look at this
look at the shore
look at the bank
the river bank
last time I saw so many dogs swim here
they're so cute
I kind of want to get close to the horses though
no maybe not
maybe not a good idea
alright
bye horses
those are the horses
bye bye
I’ll see you later
look at all the pollens
my friends with hay fever can never
this is the Queens Bridge
it is so pretty
it is so old as well
oh see the bird?
it is 1923
it is a 100 years in 2023
wow this is so cool
this is the bridge from another angle
look how pretty
yeah I know I’m talking about me
I’m so pretty
just joking
and this is the River Dee
it is so cute
let me walk down here
look at all those chickens
look at that
and the ducks as well
aw are they together?
they are together
and right now I'm gonna go up the stairs
look at this huge stairs
and I'm gonna show you a very beautiful ruin
this is called
The Eastern Ruins of the Church of Saint John the Baptist
it has stood here for more than 900 years
let me show it to you right here
it is magnificent, right?
and this is the Grosvernor Park
it is one of the biggest parks in Chester
it is so beautiful as well
all right, one of the things that I’m worried
about travelling by myself this time
is that I would get lonely
because you know I just went through some stuff
what if I come here and I feel sad about it
and I will not enjoy the vacation
and I spend so much money on hotel already
but I feel fine
I'm feeling fine now
I'm actually enjoying time by myself
there are some down time
I face my emotions
but that will help me heal as well
so I'm loving this
I'm loving this energy for me
and I wish any of you going through this
will also feel better about this
because in the future
if you spend time with another partner of yours
you're going to have this time by yourself
so enjoy as much as you can
all right
so I'm gonna go back to running now
but look at this it is so pretty
yay
and there're so many teenagers
I’m so scared of them
about 10 minutes ago
when I vlogged like this
a group of teenagers behind me
just kept yelling at me
and I was just like
I just ignored them
but I was a little bit scared inside
I just acted cool though
and just like this
just let them be, just let them be
I don't know if they get physical
I start running
I run really fast
right now I'm at Chester Rows
it is a street full of old and historical buildings
look at all of this
they're so pretty
and I actually can go upstairs
let me show you upstairs
look there are 2 levels
I can go up there
look at this
and down here
wow
like how cool is that
I'm back now
I ran to so many places
and I also had dinner
a big ramen bowl
I'm not sure if I can use any of the footage on my phone
but I'm glad that I did something
because I was feeling a little bit down
honestly
it's been a long day
but we did great
wait
do I want to show you guys
the clothes I thrifted?
maybe tomorrow
it is dark now
the lighting is not that good
all right tomorrow
I’m up already
I've been up since 6 hours ago
I had to edit my video
but right now
I have to check out of the hotel
and go to the zoo
I'm so excited to go to the zoo
I'm gonna see so many animals
it's like my world you know
when I go inside and I see so many things
I'm excited
but I'm kind of late to check out of the hotel
I have to do it now
I’m at the zoo already
and the taxi driver told me that
Chester Zoo
this zoo
is one of the biggest zoos in Europe
I didn't even know that
I'm so excited right now
I'm so hungry right now
I spent the whole morning cleaning up the room
and editing my video
so right now
I'm so happy that I have something to eat
I just ordered a vegetarian Malaysian curry
it smells so good
this is butternut squash
so let me have a big bite
cheers
so good
and a big piece of Naan as well
I just checked Google
and it recommends 6 hours to visit the zoo
even then you cannot see the whole thing
imagine how big that is
I'm just sad that I cannot
have anyone visit with me
but at the same time, I also feel privileged
that I'm able to work from home
and just travel
someday I will find somebody that can do all of this with me
but for now, I will enjoy it by myself
I finished eating
let's go and visit the animals
before that
let me show you my outfit
I just realized that I haven't show you my outfit before
I thrifted all these items
except for my pants yesterday
look at this top, it is so cool
it is a little bit cropped as well
I thrifted it for £5
and this bag as well I love it
it can fit so many things
I have my charger here
my camera here
and a book here
so many things
this is the whole outfit
now let’s go meet my animal friends
it's Asian Elephants
I know I recognize them somewhere
they're my friends
we are about to enter the butterfly journey
there will be so many butterflies here
some of my friends are really scared of butterflies
I don't know why
I personally love butterflies very, very much
so pretty
come here
please come here
in Vietnam we believe that
if a butterfly lands on us
it means a dead relative coming back to visit us
and it's so beautiful
so meaningful
oh llook at these two
so beautiful
oh my god, lions are nearby
I got to see the lions
also I'm a tiger, do you know that?
in my Chinese zodiac, I'm a tiger
so am I the king of the jungle?
or is the lion?
gotta compete for that spot you know
the lions enclosure is huge
I don’t see any lions
they're probably scared of me you know
they are scared of the tiger
the tiger king
actually I kind of want to see a lion
oh my god a peacock
it is dancing
I think the peacock is showing off like that
because it wants to attract me
you know
it wants to draw my attention
oh look at them they are so pretty
it's me
I am the flower too
I'm about to see a jaguar
I've never seen a jaguar before
what is a jaguar?
oh my god I saw something running by
they are so cute
is it a fox?
those are the sloths
they're so far up
if you cannot read the sign
the ground is the sloth’s toilet
they come down once a week to poo
this is so funny
I cannot see any jaguar
I think jaguar is a panther
they're sleeping
Great Green Macaw
wait when you pronounce the word caw
it sounds like a bird sound
caw caw
macaw
oh my god
they're releasing the chimpanzee
they're so big
there’s a baby on the back of a big one
the chimpanzees look so chill
just finding fruit and eat
right now let's visit Planet Shark
do you know that sharks are older than dinosaurs?
this is so cool
I'm so excited to see the sharks
so big
it is just a museum of some sort
why did I think there're actual sharks in there?
for these lizards
it’s always fun to try to find them in their enclosures
they're so good at hiding
where are you?
I found you
oh my god, red panda
I saw these in Turning Red
the movie Turning Red
oh my god flamingos
there're so many of them
there’re so pink, just like me
I’m so pink now
I got sunburned
I've never seen a flamingo on two legs before
it's my lucky day
that one is so funny
it is so big
I struggle a little bit here
I need to find the bathroom
the toilet
excuse me, where is the closest toilet?
I got distracted by the penguins
they're so cute
now I really need to go
it has been released
all good now
right now I'm just resting
drinking water out of a paper cup
this zoo doesn't sell plastic water bottles
so I've been carrying this paper cup
that they gave me in the beggining
and ask for tap water everywhere I go
it's been hot and sunny
so I'm just going to rest a little bit
let me see the giant otters
I can't see anything
there's no otter in here
I see a reflection of myself
am I an otter?
no, I’m a twink
right now I’m in a bat area
they are free flight
so the bats can fly everywhere
there is a bat fly over me like this
that is so cool
being able to see the bats fly
I can feel them, and I can smell them too
they don’t smell that good
but it's very cool to see them fly
I mean I saw a lot of bats already
but not as a nest
not together
I've never seen this animal before
tapir
I’m so happy I finally saw one capybara in real life
I’ve never seen them before
tree kangaroo
I've never seen a tree kangaroo before
I used to saw these a lot in Vietnam when I was a kid
Jewel Wasp
I don't see them very often anymore
they’re so pretty though
look kind of scary, but they're pretty
it's a free roam bird zone
there're so many birds flying around here
so cool
there’re flying
we can go on the boat tour
but I think it will take so long
so I don’t think I will do it
alright it’s been a good long day
right now I’m gonna go back to the hotel
get all my stuff and go back to London
maybe before that I’m gonna have dinner first
the gift shop
I'm kind of excited for this one too
oh my god
I want to get the red panda so much
look at this face
so cute
and the bat too
look at the bat
so pretty
oops the sloth
but look at the orangutan
look at this
look at the face
he’ve been thinking a lot
just like me
I think I should get something right
oh my god and look at the small ones
urg so cute
how are you so pretty?
okay I'm going to get you then
oh my god, this one looks so familiar
look
how is he even here?
do you guys remember?
I cannot escape this place
but also this one is cute though
look at this grasshopper
wow it’s a very big taxi
I feel so privileged
I'm going to have dinner at the boathouse
it is next to the river
so the view is amazing
I feel so good already
I met a friend who works at this restaurant
that's why he's able to reserve this spot for me
the restaurant is quite busy at the moment
so I’m glad I got it
oh my god the food is here
it looks amazing
it looks so big
I ordered a Sunday Roast with 3 types of meat
and look at this
it is huge
I cannot wait to try it though
let me try it
so good!
it is so good
my friend made me this
he is the chef here
the Yorkshire pudding
okay, good food
I'm done now
let's go back to London
so my solo trip to Chester has officially been concluded
it is a great trip overall
I did so many things by myself
although there're still many things that I didn't do
I'm still glad that I went on this trip
and thank you very much for spending time with me
and I will see you guys next time
alright?
bye bye