Riding the narrow alleys of Old Beijing (含中文字幕)

[@JohnThomasAbroad]

Ice dip for the win! 👍🏻 This was such a chill video. Loved it.

[@Nicofilms]

Hahaha I think the ice dip will be pretty ‘chill’ too haha

[@JohnThomasAbroad]

@@Nicofilms 😂😂

[@johnfoo1959]

It's amazing to see how China still willing to preserve Hutong in Beijing despite its never-ending modern development. In many other countries, hutongs if there are any, will be totally wiped out to give way for modern high-rise buildings or other form of development. Can't help thinking also what is it like if there are hutongs in US. These are best places for drug addicts, homelessness and gang members and also there will be garbage everywhere. China is truly out of this world.

[@omni3670]

This was pretty interesting. Hutong is not just a place but a close-knit community peppered with interesting gems, nooks and corners. Dom is so knowledgeable about it all and from the looks of it, a familiar figure to hutong residents speaking their language hehehe.....Bravo for the ride around. Go for the winter dip you guys! Go for the winter dip and let us know!

[@Nicofilms]

Thanks a lot and it sure is! Haha if we do it we will for sure make a film about it!

[@Way827]

I remember those places from 2016. Temple of Heaven is also great. And White Cloud Temple. Ba Da Chu park in the outskirts as good too with a great temple up a hill. :) The weather looks good and clear.

[@nileshbhattacharya2526]

Beautiful Beijing. Greetings from India ❤️ ....

[@hocheesiong6636]

mahjong is a very addictive game. once you know how to play it you dont want to stop

[@Tararsupport]

I will be there one day

[@xichen9459]

of course you will！！！welcome to Beijing

[@Tararsupport]

@@xichen9459 thanks

[@王谷歌-g7p]

buy me dinner，i'll show you around haha

[@sjfbrkdnjrkdkajdjoajfok-2]

Love the way of Nico’s clipping, relaxing, interesting and representing the core of the Hutong cultural base.

[@Nicofilms]

Thanks a lot!

[@indoman6799]

I love hutong. Stayed there a few days and it was full of exciting experiences

[@petercua6158]

That's a personal tour, love it. Going thru the narrow streets with ebike, stop over at lovely places & eat, two thumbs up.👍👍

[@Nicofilms]

Thanks a lot it was awesome!

[@jadecummings8093]

Hey there good to see you miss and that's a good choice to go around the capital! How are you? I hope you're staying safe in China and I wished you all the best for the season.

[@Nicofilms]

Yes it was perfect! Thanks a lot. Yes we have been on a few recent adventures here in China but now it is getting too cold. Happy holidays to you too!

[@richarddwann773]

He is so 北京通“s 北京通，so cute the way he rides moto moto. 😄👏

[@kevinchen7903]

Such a cool tour guide Will get in contact with him if we ever get the chance to go to Beijing

[@Nicofilms]

You should it was lots of fun!

[@yangyun4412]

The houses in Hutong are very expensive, and their owners are really really rich

[@johnli6782]

Thank you. It is really a beautiful tour!

[@RespectOthers1]

I like how you prioritised the three items in the video title! :D

[@sunshinesun121]

Majong is a "Brain exercise" for OLDIES. Proven to help prevent "degradationof Brain" due to excessive thinking. . Many Old Folks home , neighbours, etc encourage playing Majong in their FREE time.

[@Thumtwiddler]

Man, this brought me back, used to spend half my life in this area, cycling around, god it was an easy life back then, 'work' 16 hours per week, cycle around and chill for the rest. Miss my easy laowai life haha. Sweet memories. Beijing wo ai ni, or rather Gu Lou wo ai ni. The drum and bell tower area has declined though, there used to be cool atmospheric shops and bars around the square rather than just wall.

[@Nicofilms]

Thanks for sharing haha sounds like a much easier life than I have at work haha

[@Thumtwiddler]

@@Nicofilms Yes, it was probably too easy really but nice for a while :-) Keep up the good work.

[@hangzeng1491]

At first, when you two came out in front of the camera and both riding niu e-bikes, I thought this video must be an ad for that brand, however, in the last minute, it turned out to be an ad for guide Dom. Looking forward to seeing your dip in ice water hahaha...

[@Nicofilms]

Damn maybe we should have got in touch for the sponsor haha

[@aveer6030]

We want Jack to come in front of the camera more often. :D

[@jennyohara4011]

Jack only fronts up when he has forgotten or broken something!

[@squarepeg1023]

@@jennyohara4011 haha very true!

[@Nicofilms]

He’s shy haha if he’s in front of the camera then the filming isn’t as good as he isn’t behind the camera haha

[@jennyohara4011]

@@Nicofilms You are a great team, that;s all that matters

[@Nicofilms]

@@jennyohara4011 Thank you very much! Teamwork makes the dreamwork!

[@InesTessa]

I loooooved this episode. This captures exactly what I love about the hutongs and why I love Beijing!

[@Nicofilms]

Aww thank you so much! Have you done one of Dom’s tours? They are really fun!

[@InesTessa]

@@Nicofilms I'd love to do one! Just need to figure out childcare for a day off haha

[@Nicofilms]

@@InesTessa haha fingers crossed for you!

[@dunwallghost7315]

Those og swimmers are there everyday, really admire their spirit. Even for beijing locals, not many has tried swimming in 后海😂 life in old beijing has it's vitality. Is that 石雀胡同 near 簋街 in the end? I think I been there once for christmas market event, had a nice mulled wine with lot of people on rooftop. that was before the covid. Time flies...

[@Nicofilms]

Yeah I know I think I’m going to make a fool of myself in front of them haha yeah it’s such a lovely place!

[@vamosprachina]

I want to join you guys in the swimming! 😍

[@Nicofilms]

Maybe we should get a group involved haha

[@danielvarney5372]

Awesome vid, love from Shenyang ❤️

[@yingxu7908]

I love your video Nico

[@Nicofilms]

Thank you!!

[@randomname931]

I now finally know why they have that step at the front door! Even my chinese wife didn't know.

[@peipeiinHK]

Nice content indeed !

[@sherryguysher7040]

Pretty authentic Chinese life

[@tailstraveladventures79]

So awesome!

[@Nicofilms]

Thank you!

[@jjohn1388]

look forward to majiong tutorial!

[@humgarchaun]

😎thanks for the video❤

[@alvinphk]

Definitely will love to see both of you do the ice dip.☺️ Dear Nico, may I know if you speak Mandarin? I am very amazed to see if how you live so comfortably with the local as a foreigner to the country. Yes, the Chinese in China are definitely very friendly people.🥰

[@yourenodaisy2391]

Now I love the hunting too

[@evens1262]

A very nice video!

[@xichen9459]

我以前我住在胡同里。新文化街！非常宝贵的记忆！！非常宝贵！哈哈哈。。

[@vailewalders1395]

At the beginning of your video with the toilets that don't look like "proper" toilets but perhaps they are proper, it reminds me of when I was in Indonesia a number of years ago, I was in modern Department store, it had escalators, I don't remember if it had AC or not, I do remember I wasn't hot, I went to the Ladies Room, I opened a stall there was an opening in the floor but no toilet as in toilets that I know of and am used to, I thought it was out of order, I opened each stall same thing no "toilet" just an opening in the floor, there was an attendant little lady holding a rag in the Ladies Room, she didn't speak English, I motioned at her like "Where are the toilets?" she motioned back at me telling me to squat, I had packages, a purse, a dress, high heels, and pantyhose, it was awkward but I managed, the little lady attendant when I was finished she cleaned top of the area where I squatted with her rag, I later asked people about it, they said the toilets I'm used to aren't designed properly, physiologically, anatomically, physically for going to the bathroom, we are meant to squat

[@Nicofilms]

Yeah it’s very common here in Asia, I don’t have a problem with it but I know some people find it quite strange coming from the west. The only thing I struggled with was when I had a knee injury we had to make sure to go to places without squat toilets as I couldn’t mend down. Usually there is a choice in more modern places.

[@vailewalders1395]

@@Nicofilms Ouch didn't think of that not everyone can squat

[@rorschachgotnicemask9449]

YOU ARE GOING TO DO IT

[@Nicofilms]

🤦‍♀️

[@recuerdo5845]

Motorbikes are cool...!

[@johnkiel1000]

i miss this one i think....

[@yinhoukhor7109]

I can easily see the ghoststoppers being in Ghostbusters.

[@XinyangChen]

526 likes now! Wish I could give more than 1 like. Really enjoyed your video.

[@Nicofilms]

Haha you just want to see me jump in the ice lake 🤣

[@jokerluo2058]

I want to eat some jianbing🌝🌝

[@sayaandyangsaya2756]

Cool! very cool~

[@sichengchen5823]

The little boy was just trying to show you what a bad ghost was like😂

[@Nicofilms]

Bless him I felt so bad his brothers chucked him down the stairs.

[@brunaanele6517]

Hi from Brazil Nico! Going to Beijing in August and would really like to know the adress and name of the O.G. pancakes place. Thanks!

[@supervince110]

For ice dip ;)

[@davienotellin4313]

Hey Nico, since you already did a car commercial, just wondering both of you could get to the various Auto shows there in China, like your fellow country man Oli Barrett who was in the Guangzhou Auto show just recently. Go get them some lucrative $$ contracts!

[@jennyohara4011]

1850 Views just 400 thumbs up

[@sret7880]

Ice Dip dip dip!!!!!

[@realstay1256]

Hi Nico. Have you ever been working in First Leap ?

[@captainaustralia2595]

Hi Nico, have you two tried 羊蝎子 which I was told by my Chinese friend if I ever travel to Beijing I must eat it. What is it do you know?

[@xblcn]

I miss the #tanghulu so much.

[@tc2334]

Living in the hutongs and not having been to lama temple is as bad as being a tourist in Beijing, but not going to see the Forbidden City or the Great Wall. lol

[@Nicofilms]

Hahaha I know it’s embarrassing. But it’s been closed a lot in the past two years and I’m only able to go at weekends which is always busy.

[@tc2334]

@@Nicofilms Fair enough, though. I do also highly suggest the Great Leap in the hutongs, not far from Shichahai. The bartender there is callled Liang. He's very sweet and also quite the character. ^_^

[@Nicofilms]

@@tc2334 Thanks! We went straight back there after we finished the tour haha

[@LaowaiDaveJCP]

Already 1k likes! Hahaha get ready u two

[@Nicofilms]

Ohhh sh** haha

[@veiking]

2K likes and Nico&Jack will take a dip in winter😂😂

[@ggmm]

I think we should have a roast duck

[@eddiegerahty3454]

助力每一个梦想

[@wynn3077]

Good. Nice to find a blogger that isn't political.

[@Tararsupport]

There are not any bike 🚲 thieves

[@SuhandiWijaya]

When you lift 850 million people out of poverty, and it's a society-driven culture, people tend to not do that.

[@danieltan4284]

Hey Nico, did you ever think about having an offline fan meeting, coz im sure many of your fans like me would love to meet u and Jack in person

[@Nicofilms]

Yeah we have, but we need to make a video pretty much every weekend to release on KZbin each week. So it doesn’t leave us with much time 🤣🤦‍♀️ hopefully next year we can try to organise something though.

[@csong4809]

Personally, I like Jian Bing Guo zi with crispy content more.

[@user-wei80]

Come on 2000 likes!

[@Nicofilms]

🤣

[@fionaz4404]

I almost forgot to hit on the Like button until you reminded me saying we will do the ice water dip if the video gets 2K Likes. 🙂

[@anemometry]

guys hit the likes

[@Nicofilms]

🤪

[@lyx124]

Come on we need 2k likes!!!

[@fongjason8871]

Waiting for 2000 likes

[@ray295]

Oh, that drunk.....

[@lydialee468]

2000likes？hahaha that‘s easy

[@luffybourauman5524]

需要2000个赞是吗？我把朋友都叫来。

[@randomname931]

1300 likes as of this comment!

[@suneast7394]

Xcelen speed Unlik othrs, dis hv No sense of rush Eyes feel gd Heart prety calm Bonus fr d sing drunk BJGer A- Wud hv gven star But d street ovrchrg charctr Kinda stain a bit d mood of d vid