I can't believe you can do THIS at The Great Wall of China! (含中文字幕)

I absolutely love visiting The Great Wall and each section is so different and unique. I was totally shocked when I found out you could paddleboard at The Great Wall of China - isn't that amazing! This area is called Huanghuacheng and is the only lakeside Great Wall in Beijing. There was so much to do here it was such a great day out.
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[@frankie2022]

Never knew before that there was a lake in the Great Wall that you could do water sports. Nico's SUP boarding is fantastic.

[@Nicofilms]

I know it’s so cool right?! It was so much fun I’ve never done it before!

[@williamedwardhackman4695]

Paddling boating by the Great Wall of China that's great.

[@Nicofilms]

It was so much fun!

[@sainte7406]

I’m learning mandarin to study abroad and teach in China! I hope I can do it, and get to see the Great Wall ! 🇨🇳 ♥️

[@Konamakona]

加油！

[@sainte7406]

@@Konamakona 谢谢 ！😊

[@user-no7iu7tq7z]

欢迎来到中国

[@Nicofilms]

That’s awesome I hope you get the chance too!

[@4362-n4v]

加油

[@RayRay-uw6ms]

China's full of surprises! Glad you found this one!

[@Nicofilms]

Thanks a lot!

[@yinhoukhor7109]

The lake is an interesting find!

[@Nicofilms]

Yeah it’s a great spot!

[@smetchaupeter516]

I like the new take of this Vlog. Seeing more of Jake and his interaction with the audience seems cool and engaging.

[@Nicofilms]

He prefers to be behind the camera but I think it’s more fun to see us together.

[@GeorgeLouVideo]

You folks just added more dimension to the Great Wall. I had no idea about the lake! Must try!

[@Nicofilms]

Thanks!! So cool right!

[@kats_journey_east]

Jealous😍😭I haven’t gone paddle boarding in years

[@Nicofilms]

It was our first time, it was really fun!

[@RespectOthers1]

Going to the Great Wall was a great call! :D

[@Nicofilms]

It’s always a great call! I love visiting the different parts it always takes my breath away.

[@hcjet]

this place is called "Huanghua Cheng Water Great Wall/黄花城水长城", located in Huairou, Beijing (C844+5R Changping District, Beijing, China)

[@FalloutConspiracy]

This was fun to watch. Very chill and relaxed.

[@Nicofilms]

I’m pleased you enjoyed it!

[@mitchelllee3503]

Never been to that part of the Wall, but it seems so much fun.

[@Nicofilms]

Yeah it really was!

[@dragonfly02490]

Nice video. I didn't know that there's a lake that cut through the Great Wall. This video is fun to watch. We got to experience your trip vicariously. Good to watch during Covid time when people can't travel.

[@Nicofilms]

Thanks a lot I’m pleased you enjoyed it! Yeah it’s a really cool section.

[@richardong6640]

Climbing the Great Wall is so exhausting! Can you imagine building it?

[@Nicofilms]

Hahaha I know right! It’s so amazing it takes my breath away every time we go!

[@kenstaroz1536]

Thanks Nico. It’s great to have a different mix of videos. The relax and unscripted style does have its appeal as we could appreciate that you guys are really having fun and that comes thru well in the video. The mood is uplifting and yes lakeside Great Wall definitely is going to be my must visit site. Cheers 🍻

[@Nicofilms]

Awesome I’m pleased you liked it! It was certainly a much easier video to make as we hadn’t planned it at all. Hopefully we’ll find some more fun things to do vlogs about!

[@alex.andreyev]

I love the "Dad Zoom" parts hahaha😀

[@Nicofilms]

Pleased you like it!

[@Diesel735]

Cheeze sandwich for lunch at the Great Wall of China. Very interesting !

[@Nicofilms]

Need to take a packed lunch just in case.

[@Diesel735]

@@Nicofilms That works....... Should try peanut butter and jam.

[@Dunewarrior00]

This was an amazing vid. Hope in the future you guys aren't as rushed due to the organized fun thing, but I guess thats just the nature of these tour groups. Thanks again for showing us this part of China!

[@Nicofilms]

Yeah definitely that’s what happens when you do group tours but it was still a really fun day!

[@syncmaster915n]

Great, fun outing of yours! I heard about the Water Great Wall (水长城) and that there was a river running underneath the Great Wall. Now the river has become a lake. Things change fast in China.

[@andrewjlow]

That is a nice way to cool off after climbing the wall! I am glad you both had a great time! :)

[@Nicofilms]

Yeah it was perfect! So refreshing!

[@user-nx8vo3gu7z]

Love these relaxing chill style of videos! Keep them coming!

[@Nicofilms]

Pleased you enjoyed it!

[@Gemashero795]

Greatwall is remarkable.

[@mfkkkkkk4674]

The Great Wall is an ancient defense project with the longest construction time and the largest quantity in China and the world. Since the seventh and eighth centuries BC, it has been continuously built for more than 2000 years. It is distributed on the vast land in northern and central China, with a total length of more than 50000 kilometers. It was built by different states and then connected together. In Chinese, when the Chinese call the "Great Wall" not the Great Wall, but the ten thousand mile long wall, this may be a modest name. In China, he represents people's pursuit of peace. Of course, there were also useless criticisms of the Great Wall among the ancient Chinese. He also warned future generations that only through unity and reunification can China truly resist foreign enemies

[@parsayousefi9767]

It was incredibly awesome and enjoyable to watch your Great wall paddle board vlog and I heighly want you to make some vloges such as this one again please

[@Nicofilms]

Great! I’m pleased you enjoyed it!

[@gennval]

Cool trip the wall and the water fun ... seems very nice ... i liked the guard house ... good job guys nice video!

[@Nicofilms]

Thanks a lot!

[@madmanjshum]

Hahaha Really Nico! SD card full the minute you fell in? What a fun day you guys had. Cheers

[@Nicofilms]

I know 🤦‍♀️ I need to remember it format it next time 🤣

[@sargiedelosangeles8507]

Loved this chill vlog and this couple! ❤ Thanks for touring us around at Lakeside Greatwall! 😊

[@Nicofilms]

Thank you very much!

[@cheese-df1yx]

really great 👍 video! love the great wall. not been there for more than 10 years. will visit again!

[@1adamgarcia2003]

such a beautiful place, I wish I could visit before I die.

[@Nicofilms]

I hope you get the chance

[@Nicofilms]

I hope you get the chance.

[@itchyfeetwilltravelk5122]

Cool.. I like this type of vlog, . Just like tagging along with you..

[@Nicofilms]

Thanks a lot! I’m pleased you liked it!

[@dexterthiam3675]

Love this type of video! Please make more of these type! :)

[@kevinchen7903]

Love this kind of video

[@mac_chen]

I am so jealous of it. I never visit the great wall as a Chinese.

[@Nicofilms]

Whaaaat! We’ve been so many times we love exploring the different parts.

[@frankgao6138]

Thank you for sharing.

[@teongbengang9515]

Beautiful

[@user-mhgu6om9mj2t]

Awesome video Nico

[@Nicofilms]

Thank you!

[@zekariastedla728]

Nice tnx

[@yaziwo2477]

like all styles of your videos!!

[@Nicofilms]

Awesome!!

[@jennyohara4011]

You have such high class videos, amazing when i look back at what you 2 have done..LOOK forward to your future vids so much!

[@Nicofilms]

Thank you very much that is very kind!

[@bombomu2]

Its wonderful place amazing adventure.

[@chiarahelfrich3024]

The amount of mosquito bites on Nico‘s leg, OMG I am feeling for you girl!!

[@catfish9868]

You have special eyes.

[@Nicofilms]

I know! They absolutely love me 😭 the day before was when we made two podcasts with Amy (Blondie in China) by the canal and I think they all just attacked me.

[@WORLDPEACE2628]

another fun video to watch!

[@catfish9868]

Agree

[@Nicofilms]

Thank you!

[@ahkoy973]

Great video...

[@wildcat5625]

It’s good to see you back Nico. I had been to the Great Wall 2009, but had not been in this part of it. The lake look beautiful and refreshing after a sweaty climbing on the Wall. Now you have returned, please continue to send us more interesting videos. Thanks Nico.

[@Nicofilms]

See me back? Returned? Where from? 🤣 I’m here every week posting a video on a Monday at 9pm. I guess you’ve not been watching 😭😉

[@user-zj8cf3fq8e]

Hey, that paddle boarding looks really fun!

[@Nicofilms]

It was super fun! Such a great day.

[@Alonebe]

Falling into the water ... that's my favorite part 😏

[@Tube4mj]

Loved your video. I have never been a fan of organized group tours. We usually hire our own van, guide and driver, so this is what we did when we went to the Great Wall. Looking forward to doing it again, after seeing your video and this part of the wall. Beautiful landscape and scenery. Thank you for sharing.

[@Nicofilms]

Yes we aren’t either as they feel so rushed but because of the activity we thought it might be easier and it was good choice we had a really fun day.

[@kelvinyschun]

Awesome... i want to go

[@gang7401]

Ur a beauty Nico 😁👍🏻

[@catfish9868]

Agree

[@Nicofilms]

Thank you very much!

[@davidmar867]

This was neat, paddle boarding at the great wall, haven't seen this one. Do unique travels and food and people will come and watch.

[@Nicofilms]

Yeah I didn’t know you could do this is was a really cool experience!

[@meganmcculloch4803]

Wow, had to do a double take there at Jack, there is a foreigner/chinese football team in our city that my boyfriend plays in and they also wear the Nigerian strip haha. Great video, you look at natural at paddle boarding Nico!

[@Nicofilms]

Hahaha it’s such a nice strip! Thanks I really enjoyed it, once I got the hang of it!

[@mikewang7955]

There are several Great Wall spots near Beijing , this one has a lost section down the lake.

[@Nicofilms]

Yes it’s great there are so many sections to go!

[@Crom21]

the attraction I like the most. because of its history.

[@JennieBlinkXoldier]

wow!

[@leekimwah]

Love this video. Please do more of this kind of videos. PS: You should shout out to DJI for a DJI Pocket camera too.

[@Nicofilms]

Hahaha we’ll take anything! Is that waterproof?

[@Nicofilms]

Awesome I’ll try it next time haha

[@louisethonvison4669]

Hi Nico! It seems to be a lovely trip😍. I remember that you were talking about making a trip to Gansu province or a rural part of China . Did you make it? Hope no, so you can bring me there 🤗🤗

[@Nicofilms]

Haha yes we did we are going to release the videos soon (once we’ve edited them).

[@STRATLOB]

will be at the great wall this weekend

[@Nicofilms]

Awesome! Which part?

[@STRATLOB]

@@Nicofilms my 4th visit was at the Badaling south side for a day out fitness walk

[@azzym1995]

love the Nigeria soccer kit

[@ranulfdoswell]

It looks like this is actually the Xishuiyu Lake. I heard lots of noises from this lake as I walked past en-route from Huanghuacheng Lake along the well restored section to Zhuandaokou, and then over the extremely crumbly section from there to Shihuyucun. The only westerner I met all day was a Polish guy I met on the second bus (from Beijing by public transport, you need to change bus in a random city about 60km from here), and the rest of the walk I saw maybe 15 Chinese hikers in total. I found this section so much more relaxing and picturesque compared to the really famous area at Badaling, where there are so many tourists, it just feels crowded and loud all the time. At the time, there didn't seem very much going on in Huanghuacheng lake (which is a few km east of here), just a dam and some fishing, but you could hear a lot of noises from the lake you were at, but the wall at that point is too high up to see down to what was there.

[@ranulfdoswell]

Oh, and if you travel from Beijing by bus, it's two buses each way that cost 12元 each if you have credit on a Beijing travelcard, or 24元 each otherwise, so it's substantially cheaper to do that as a day trip by public transport compared to a guided tour.

[@Nicofilms]

Thanks for all these detailed tips I’m sure people will find it very helpful!

[@leiyue1411]

It is a reservoir which submerges a pass through great wall

[@dunwallghost7315]

ahh man this makes me miss summer a lot 😢

[@Nicofilms]

Hahaha yeah it changed very quickly 😂

[@jungexiong5665]

cool，and I still waiting for the video of yellow mountain（黄山）

[@Nicofilms]

You will have to wait a while as we’ve not been yet 🤣🙈

[@hangzeng1491]

​@@Nicofilms Since winter's coming, if you've got the plan to visit Yellow mountain, do choose the sunny day after snow to get on top. When you see the breathtaking view, you'll definitely understand why.

[@jungexiong5665]

@@Nicofilms wow🤣

[@Zp-ue9iv]

I have been to the Great Wall. The wall must be very very Long. I didn't have a chance to see a lake.

[@Nicofilms]

Yes it’s huge, it depends which section you go to. This is the only one with a lake I think.

[@Crowbot3K]

Super fun vid! Gives one a better idea of how and where to experience the Great Wall. The banter was charming, lol

[@Nicofilms]

Thanks a lot!

[@charleszhao6149]

水长城，我前一阵刚去过

[@banja1470]

So steep. I hope your knees are ok Nico 😃

[@Nicofilms]

Hahaha yeah it was pretty hard but I managed!

[@hunainagha573]

Great video! can you let us know how one can get there. You mentioned you guys went with a tour company. Can you tell the name

[@hcjet]

this place is called "Huanghua Cheng Water Great Wall/黄花城水长城", located in Huairou, Beijing (C844+5R Changping District, Beijing, China)

[@Nicofilms]

As GFT said its called Huanghuacheng we went with a company called FCN that do trips from Beijing to various places.

[@FalloutConspiracy]

Is the overcast from urban pollution or is that a natural weather pattern (fog)?

[@kstdance]

Wow didn't think this place existed at all! What's the shortest route to where you are ? Can we skip all the hike ? 🤣

[@Nicofilms]

So cool right! The hike is very short only like 30 minutes or something I’m not sure if you can skip it but there might be a slightly easier route.

[@jt5041]

Happy ❤️👍👍♥️😍😍♥️

[@recuerdo5845]

what is river doing over there?

[@hq4820]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@choiklu]

please be more descriptive of the trip. I dont think even the local BJ would know this place. what are the tour and this part of the GW name?

[@leiyue1411]

黄花城水长城

[@choiklu]

@@leiyue1411 xie xie, I m oversea Chinese, I can read but cant write, haha

[@Nicofilms]

The name of the area is in the description of the video, Huanghuacheng the Lakeside Great Wall. The company we went with were called FCN which does tours from Beijing to various places.

[@markwang2111]

👍

[@davidseyes7436]

👍👍👍👍😍😍😍😍😍

[@zentonhallon5694]

Those British accent sounded like the Great Woo

[@cccb2878]

Did you feed the bears？

[@vailewalders1395]

I like all your videos relaxed and scripted, whoopsie you got pixelated did you have a wardrobe malfunction LOL, was the glass bridge slippery

[@Nicofilms]

Pleased you like them all! Haha yeah the life jacket was a bit tight. No it wasn’t too bad but it was pretty dry.

[@sycojems763]

😍😍

[@user-xz3jt5cf4x]

Beijing is cold now when did you made this video

[@Nicofilms]

In September before it got cold.

[@qake2021]

👍👍👍👏👏👏

[@edie930]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@chelu9820]

Wearing the Nigerian jersey😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝

[@user-kx6oi9gp6o]

where is it?

[@Nicofilms]

Huanghuacheng the information is in the bio 🤗

[@hangzeng1491]

司马台长城

[@leiyue1411]

比司马台近

[@sabinthopra6257]

But why there is dam?

[@syncmaster915n]

to make a reservoir?

[@lordlee6473]

What’s up with the knee brace? Oh, sore knee.

[@Nicofilms]

Yeah I dislocated my knee and had surgery a while ago and it’s still suffering.

[@lyx124]

This is definitely not a recent trip 😖

[@Nicofilms]

We went at the start of September so not that long ago.

[@user-ft3mc3kx4i]

一句都听不懂🤣