tomorrow we are flying to China Shanghai China our plan is to get the 144 hour Transit visa
on arrival to do this we need to be flying to a third location to qualify for this Visa our
route starts in Budapest flying with Qatar Airways to Shanghai spending three nights in
the city and then flying on to Taipei we've got covered tests here because we're going back two
years into the past and we've got to take this test can you even remember how to take the test
stick it out of your nose we did it wrong I think but I'm just sticking it up my nose
oh so luckily we are both negative but we need to go to bed because we got a flight
early tomorrow morning so we'll see you then good morning we are packed up and we are ready
to head to Budapest Airport and take this 23 hour flight so we are changing in Qatar
staying there 10 hours and then flying on to Shanghai it's gonna be a long day
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thank you foreign
ly they've denied us entry saying we need a proper visa and that we can't transfer there so we're
talking to Qatar and hopefully we're going to get through but it looks like we're gonna have to take
a different flight to Taiwan so unfortunately it looks like we've been denied here in Budapest but
double checking the things it does look like we allowed to but you know still waiting so update
I think we'd talk to the Qatar staff and I think she says lovely she's lovely and hopefully we can
get through she's just like double checking something can check in the regulations but we
just want to get to the airport bring it to China then we can just go on to the next destination if
they don't allow us in but yeah it's genuinely a thing this is a actual Visa we're not making it up
I hope not we're going to China basically at the desk they kept they were like confused and
where they couldn't let us through and then at the last moment they're just like visual
boarding passes you'll go and we are going to talk that took us about an hour and a half two
hours to check in we probably don't have long now to get to our flight we better go let's go
we spent a couple of months in Europe but we're heading back
out to Asia our favorite continent let's be honest let's go [Music]
so we have just landed indoark Qatar for our connection we've got about six hours
until our flight leaves but we are a little bit worried because we're not sure if we're
gonna actually be allowed for the transit Visa when we get to China we have a ticket
to Taipei from Shanghai in like three days time but we don't have a specific seat booked yet so
I'm kind of unsure whether they're going to allow that and it says online that you
need that but obviously we can't we we have no option to get that yet so we just gotta
wait and see on another note Qatar airport is pretty sick so let's show you around yeah
[Music] so our flight is nearly ready to pause we're gonna go
over to the gate and get on this flight to Shanghai how you feeling
in all time
uh we'll be certainly going to send it to Shanghai shortly we've just arrived
in Shanghai we've got to try and get our transit
Visa now hopefully we're gonna get it that way foreigners that way okay
we've made it after two hours in a queue we are in China Shanghai
I literally cannot believe it this morning we got denied entry because they were like
oh no that you have to have a proper Visa but we're here we're here in China we've
got all the odds 144 hour Visa I'm so excited just need to find our bags now
I don't know how we're gonna get to our place but we'll see we're here
that's all that matters Okay so we've had some food and now we're gonna try
and jump in a taxi and get to where we're staying because we are so tired
oh hello good morning last night we got into this room and we just fell asleep honestly we were so
tired from such a long journey but we're finally here in Shanghai let's go outside so we've just
come out our hotel and we're gonna try and buy some water from 7-Eleven but the issue is here
in China They Don't Really accept credit card all the time they use alipay and WeChat and
maybe sometimes cash I've heard cash is like the best thing to use for foreign Travelers
we just went to 7-Eleven just to buy some water showed my car this was like no but luckily this
woman was so helpful and spoke incredible English I was like oh you can use cash most
places do take cash you just need to like show them a note or something so they understand
we've just come into this local little restaurant and we've ordered some beef noodles and wow these
look amazing kind of like covered in soy sauce like udon noodles in Japan but apparently these
thick cut noodles are like local here to Shanghai it's like one of their specialties
that actually is so good and it's such a big portion look at it so we are now on our way
to ugada which is like a more traditional area it's going to be you know more like
other parts of China potentially unlike the big skyscrapers of Shanghai so let's go check it out
perfect okay
that is amazing and you must try what is it the flavors are incredible okay which one should I
go for this one this one is that prawn it might be prawn yeah oh wow so good Shanghai I think are
known for their dumplings all right correct me if I'm wrong but yeah these look these are incredible
[Music] so many different Meats
I think the crazy thing about this is we don't know how many of these are like Shanghai residents
or they're actually like Chinese tourists coming from other provinces in China okay ready one yeah
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so we are about to try and get the Shanghai Metro I'm not sure how this is going to go
but I'm gonna we're gonna see if we can honestly I don't know if they can if the machine's working
so we'll see how that goes this could be interesting there's a machine over there maybe
English yes yes line two so we are scanned we're using alipay you can use your Western card on here
pretty easy to set up in here
I don't know where we're going we've got a ticket but we're still lost
we made it [Music]
so we've just come out of the metro and look where we are we're surrounded by some of the tallest
buildings in the world it's actually mental this is like another place I won't get over this
building it looks like some sort of spaceship or space shuttle which goes out to space I'm noticing
anything or I like it it literally looks like it's built from Aliens yeah as I just said we came off
the Shanghai Metro and honestly it was so easy you just put the card in and like tap it when you come
off and yeah it was only three um Chinese what I think that's how you pronounce it I'm not sure
so we're gonna try and head up the Shanghai Tower which is the third tallest building
in the world see if we can get a ticket the line is looking pretty long though
so unfortunately there was a huge long line to go up the Shanghai Tower but we've
actually found online another place we can go out for a Viewpoint I think it's called
Captain bar and it's on the other side near where we're staying so we're gonna
go across the river and have a look at that well after we look at this spaceship Tower
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so we are back on Nanjing road now and it is so much busier than earlier like it's actually crazy
at night this place is just plotted with people they say sinjuku in Tokyo is busy I think this is
more busy like there are so many people it's like a cue to cross the road [Music] come out [Music]
so I think we're waiting here for a light show we're not really sure but the main four lights
the main Four Towers aren't don't have any lights on yet so I think they're going to switch them
up there are so many people here as well I don't know when the light show is going to go off or if
there even is one I think this is like the most intense crowd of people I've been in apart from
like a cost like a concert or a festival yeah three there's a little countdown two one wow
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there's so many people and there's like whistles going off of people like yelling because there's
so many people everywhere but honestly this spot is incredible there's so many different
lights on these buildings honestly I know I know it's not the most iconic style in the world but
it's so unique and just incredible to see I've generally never seen anything quite like it
yeah so many colors and all the buildings oh there's TVs on them it's bad thank you
we're about to Brave it into this mad crash of people let's go so many people in Shanghai
it is so busy I've never seen this amount of people
they say Tokyo's busy no nothing on this [Music]
so we're now going to go to a rooftop bar which is supposed to be a little bit cheaper
than other bars I think it's like a hostel and then there's a rooftop bar on the top
so let's go and check it out here we go up to the rooftop bar I'm so excited for this so I'm
hoping that we're going to be able to get a seat or yeah I don't know how busy it's gonna
it's kind of it's not a super famous place or like supposedly not super expensive let's see
thank you
that bar was stunning like they were so nice in there as well they like moved us forward
a table when people move which is so nice so we get an incredible view of the the iconic Skyline
the drinks a beer was about six pound fifty Seven Pounds uh cocktails about 11 pounds but
such a good deal yeah we looked to some of the other bars and this seemed to be like the gym
and if you are coming to Tokyo highly recommend it
you are going to Shanghai that's funny I've said Tokyo and then I highly recommend the Captain's
Bar pretty good pricing much better than other places for what you get so that was our crazy day
in China it was such a cool and unique experience and we definitely want to come back and check
out some of the more rural parts of this amazing country and if you want to come to China too you
can do it on that transit Visa if you're flying somewhere else so highly recommend it if you want
a little stopover and honestly we enjoyed it so so much but unfortunately tomorrow we are
actually leaving at Shanghai China to go somewhere else so we'll see you in the next video bye bye