My guess is Macau 🇲🇴 and that’s only because when I flew out of Bangkok I saw flights going there and now seeing your video that gave me flashbacks from that experience back in December of 2019.
I have been a subscriber since around 2015 and have watched virtually each and every one of his videos (except a few of his US camping videos). Anyway, if many of the viewers, who had commented so far, had watched the previous video then they would have figured out that he had flown to Macau. Btw, you could also use the Hong Kong dollar in Macau since it is accepted in Macau. Although 100 Hong Kong Dollars = 103 Macau Patacas, for simplicity purposes they (e.g., merchants, etc.) treat both currencies as equal (given that it is only a couple of "cents" difference).
Respectfully, I don't really understand why you'd go to Macau and call it China. When I went to Hong Kong before 1997 I never called it the UK. Do people say they're going to the US when they're headed to Puerto Rico?
"Macau or Macao, officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China..." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau Those aren't really analogous comparisons considering the issues of proximity to each other, culture, ethnicity, language, religion as well as the official political status of Macao within China versus Hong and the UK, Puerto Rico and the US. On the other hand, there's the issue of the border, currency, cultural influences and other factors. So it's definitely a bit of a gray area. But ultimately Macao is in fact part of China.✌️
We did a 3 day visa free layover in Beijing. I wish we had six days back then. It was on our way home from Seoul.I am glad that I went then because I do not think I would do it now. It was a time for welcoming foreigners in January of 2013
你好 Gabe before I looked up your next video, I was thinking to myself “when is Gabe going to China?” So awesome you’re there. I was just in Jingzhou 2 hrs east of Wuhan visiting my wife’s large extended family. I’m same age as you and used the let’s go guide to Europe in 1991. Been in Bay Area past 20 years. I have 10 year visa to China bc of my Chinese wife. Not sure how a washed up middle aged white guy like me could get one otherwise. Even with that we had to have her brother write us a letter saying we were there for family visit. Will be back this summer to travel all over Hubei province for the month of August. Hubei is AWESOME
Gabriel, you did very wrong thing to climb escalator steps in opposite direction. These are motion sensitive as you said later, and if some one had walked in at the right direction, it would have started moving all of a sudden. You with a backpack could have fallen down and badly hurt yourself. Please be careful with escalators, people have lost lives even
Saw a video in China of a people called the Naxi. They have their own language called Dongba that uses hyroglifics. Something else that could make great content is the village is on a glacier trail that called the Ladder Trail due to its ladders, steps and wooden bridges. The village is gorgeous.
Have you ever thought about getting a priority pass membership? We get one with our credit card and it saves us a lot of money eating and drinking in lounges when we travel.
I think it was pretty easy when you showed in your last video both Portuguese and Chinese writing. The only answer was Macau. Also, seems like you are taking a boat from Macau to Hong Kong on your way back to the U.S.
Last time I was in China an entire pandemic kicked off just a month later so hopefully you have better luck than I had or else we’re all in for a rough year🤣
I've been to many Asian countries before and have filmed our TV show episode there. But certainly, China is something I am looking forward to visit soon. Hopefully, once my travel dart lands there, I would get to experience their culture and their amazing cuisine.
So if your dart hits a particular country, such as China, do you have to travel to exactly where the dart hit, or do you then travel wherever you feel like going within that particular country?
I voted for China :D I downloaded your video and keeping up to date with your travels. A break sounds 👍 great. I know the feeling, but your life is on another level. Don't know how you do it! I've hiked up a mountain and noticed I hit a tiny patch of phone signal so thought I'd quickly check in and say 👋 hi. Heeey 😊 Looks like your in Hawaii or that might be an earlier video you made before your break.i too am doing of car related things! Rather time consuming but necessary. On ly 3 more appointments for the car. One being in April. Sheesh, such a wait! Take it easy Gabrielle 🤙🌊🕉😎🌺
The weekend you were in Macau it was more expensive than usual because there was a giant K-Pop concert, a season finale of a very popular TV show being filmed. The Gongbei port from Macau to Zhuhai had record number of people going into Macau.
In 2017, I flew to DMK Bangkok Airport before going to Trang, Thailand. At the time they were making interior changes, and the signage was very bad. The airport staff I spoke with were not so polite (I'm not sure if that is cultural). Anyway, glad to see you were able to get through without much difficulty. I watched this video out of mere curiosity.
Great video Gabriel. All the money exchanges and the visa situation seems very confusing to me but you're an intelligent person and have it all figured out. The only place I've been is to Hong Kong.
I personally would have chosen Kunming if the transit visa allowed you to visit Dali and Lijiang. It's the perfect time of year to visit too, weather wise.
Hong Kong is obviously the most known. But If I was you, I would have done the Hainan Island choice. I have been there a couple of times, done a bike ride around the coast for 6 days, there is even a hostel with a mural on the wall of a Shaolin Kangaroo that I painted in one of the little towns. Sanya is very interesting because it has a lot of Russians, all the signs are in Mandarin and Russian. Macau in my opinion is just a less visted Hong Kong. But thats just my opinion.
I was looking into Hainan, sounds interesting but there were no direct flights there from Bangkok. So that was a big factor. Most of the flights went through other cities in China and I didn't want to deal with that.
@GabrielTravelerVideos that's fair enough. Understandable. But for the future, it's the sort of place I think you'd be interested in. I've travelled all over China, my wife is Chinese, and used to be a travel guide. So I've been to a lot of unheard of places. 52 cities, and no idea how many towns and villages. China is actually an amazing place, I do recommend. But there a few things to worry about. A lot of hotels don't accept foreigners.
he said they don't use yuan there. so it's either hong kong or macau. also he mentioned 'obscure currency' which definitely means macau. since pataca is not that popular even in macau itself (they use hong kong dollars).
@@GabrielTravelerVideos Just finished watching the Hong Kong vlog.Been following you on RU-vid for 2 years,don’t know much about your videos that are older than 2 years.
Long-time subscriber, Gabe! Thanks for bringing us along on another exciting adventure! Heading back to Thailand in early February and this will be my 6th time back. We have scratched Hua Hin off the list, but added Koh Tao and Koh Phangan. Safe travels to China! Can't wait to see the videos!
So glad you decided to return to Thailand > how many times have You circumnavigated the World now? > on this latest Journey You went East from us to the Eurozone/Greece if I recall.... then continued that direction on into Thailand > now up to China before returning to the West (while still traveling East😜). Our gear is similar...from Kleen Kanteen to shoes & clothes pref... even music tends to lean to genres in my collection > guess it stands to reason being We are of the same gen & also spent formative Years/Youth in Nor Cal/East Bay Area. Good stuff as always Gabriel... looking forward to where Your travels take You after the next break upon returning to the States
The foreign exchange rates sound better at Don Muang than at the main BKK airport, where the rates are much lower than downtown, unless you go to the SuperRich Exchange Bureau in the basement, next to the Air Link train station, where the rates are very good and comparable to down town ! Enjoy Macau 👍🙏
I think you can film in Macao and likely Hong Kong, so I wonder what would happen if you try that on the mainland? I've heard so many good things about Taiwan that visiting there is a priority of mine, before any political tensions arise.
The only issue in mainland China 🇨🇳 is that RU-vid is blocked on your phone or laptop there and that’s a problem if you’re a travel vlogger. However, there are ways of getting around it, by installing a VPN, which bypasses the censors. However, it’s a hit and miss and sometimes it may work or not.
The things is Hong Kong and Macao is not like China itself. They still maintain their colonial vibe etc. If you want real Chinese experience, you need to go to mainland China which is totally safe, unlike what the Western medias portrait.
Despite being a Portuguese colony for over four centuries, the Portuguese language was never widely spoken in Macau 🇲🇴 (less than 3% can speak it) and remained limited to administration and higher education and was spoken primarily by the Portuguese colonists, Macanese people of mixed ancestry (many of whom instead once spoke Macanese Patois), and elites and middle-class people of pure Chinese blood.
Future reference: There's a free shuttle between bkk and dmk, bkk -level 2 gate 3, all you need is an onward ticket. There's a bunch of nice cheap hotels right across the highway from where you standing in the video. The highway walking flyover is out gate 1, terminal 1. 👍 Waiting for Columbus 👍
Free shuttle? Nice. But my flight to BKK was the previous day and I stayed in a hotel near there. So I wouldn't have wanted to take a taxi back to BKK, then wait for the bus to DMK as that would have taken a lot more time.
Are you planning to visit Mars Venus or Jupiter Any of these places in your future plans???????? The views OMG Ha ha ha just kidding my friend Keep up the great job you are doing
Here is a list of the countries that have territorial and border disputes with China- (1) Japan- Parts of the East China Sea, particularly the Senkaku Islands. Also, on occasion, the Ryukyu Islands, on the grounds that the completely independent Kingdom of Ryukyu was once a vassal state of China. The Kingdom of Ryukyu terminated tributary relations with China in 1874. Vietnam :2: China claims large parts of Vietnam on historical precedent (Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644). Also, Macclesfield Bank, Paracel Islands, parts of the South China Sea and the Spratly Islands. India :3: China illegally occupies 38,000 sq km (Aksai Chin) of land in Jammu & Kashmir. It also holds 5,180 km of Indian territory in Pakistan occupied Kashmir under Sino-Pak agreement of 1963. At the heart of Sino-Indian boundary dispute is the issue of Arunachal Pradesh (90,000 sq km), which China describes as "Southern Tibet". Beijing is demanding that at least the Tawang Tract of Arunachal Pradesh, if not the whole of the state, be transferred to China. Nepal :4: China claims parts of Nepal dating back to the Sino-Nepalese War in 1788-1792. China claims they are part of Tibet, therefore part of China. North Korea :5: Baekdu Mountain and Jiandao. China has also on occasion claimed all of North Korea on historical grounds (Yuan Dynasty, 1271-1368). The Philippines :6: Parts of the South China Sea, particularly Scarborough Shoal and the Spratly Islands. Russia :: 160,000 square kilometres still unilaterally claimed by China, despite China signing several agreements. Singapore :: Parts of the South China Sea. South Korea :7: Parts of the East China Sea. China has also on occasion claimed all of South Korea on historical grounds (Yuan Dynasty, 1271-1368). Bhutan :8: Bhutanese enclaves in Tibet, namely Cherkip Gompa, Dho, Dungmar, Gesur, Gezon, Itse Gompa, Khochar, Nyanri, Ringung, Sanmar, Tarchen and Zuthulphuk. Also Kula Kangri and mountainous areas to the west of this peak, plus the western Haa District of Bhutan. Taiwan :9: China claims all of Taiwan, but particular disputes are: Macclesfi eld Bank, Paracel Islands, Scarborough Shoal, parts of the South China Sea and the Spratly Islands. The Paracel Islands, also called Xisha Islands in Vietnamese, is a group of islands in the South China Sea whose sovereignty is disputed among China, Taiwan and Vietnam disputes with Burma. Kazakhstan :10: There are continual unilateral claims by China on Kazakhstan territory, despite new agreements, in China's favour signed every few years. Laos :11: China claims large areas of Laos on historical precedent (China's Yuan Dynasty, 1271-1368). Brunei :12: Over Spratly Islands. The Spratly Islands is a disputed group of more than 750 reefs, islets, atolls, cays, and islands in the South China Sea. About 45 islands are occupied by small numbers of military forces from the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Malaysia. Brunei has also claimed an exclusive economic zone in the southeastern part of the Spratlys encompassing just one area of small islands on Louisa Reef. This has led to escalating tensions. Tajikistan :13: Chinese claims based on historical precedent (Qing Dynasty, 1644-1912). Cambodia :14: China has, on occasion, claimed parts of Cambodia on historical precedent (China's Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644). Indonesia :15: Parts of the South China Sea. Kyrgyzstan :16: China claims the majority of Kyrgyzstan on the grounds that it was unfairly forced to cede the territory (which it had formerly conquered) to Russia in the 19th century. Malaysia :17: Over Parts of the South China Sea, particularly the Spratly Islands. Mongolia :18: China claims all of Mongolia on historical precedent (Yuan Dynasty, 1271-1368). In fact, Mongolia, under Genghis Khan, occupied China. Afghanistan :19: Afghan province of Bandakhshan (despite a bilateral treaty of 1963, China still encroaches on Afghan territory). Russia :20: 160,000 square kilometers still unilaterally claimed by China, despite China signing several agreements.
You are actually referring to all the border disputes of ROC or what some people call Taiwan, as many of the disputes have long been settled under PRC.