{"id":2057,"date":"2026-04-29T07:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T07:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/99chinatravel.com\/?p=2057"},"modified":"2026-04-29T07:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T07:00:08","slug":"first-day-in-china-%f0%9f%87%a8%f0%9f%87%b3-honestly-we-didnt-expect-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/99chinatravel.com\/?p=2057","title":{"rendered":"First Day in CHINA \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3 | Honestly\u2026 We Didn\u2019t Expect This"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z5KjFqiSE64\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to Day 1 of our China adventure in Chengdu.<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc49 Free China Guide Book PDF with all our tips, tricks, best hotels, places to visit and more. https:\/\/bit.ly\/TSChinaGuide<\/p>\n<p>AD Thank you to Pandaville for sponsoring this video. Pandaville specialise in exclusive small group family travel and offers unique experiences. They arrange everything, flights, accommodation, activities and transport check them out here: https:\/\/bit.ly\/pandaville If you use code \u201cTravelshorts\u201d they are offering a great discount for the first 15 bookings within 12 months of this video being published.<\/p>\n<p>After arriving in Chengdu, we head out to explore the city \u2014 starting with a visit to the historic Wuhou Shrine, followed by an evening at a local night market and the busy shopping district of Chunxi Road.<\/p>\n<p>We also try some street food at Fuqin Night Market.<\/p>\n<p>However, the day doesn\u2019t quite go to plan\u2026 Holly starts to feel unwell, and we have to head back to the hotel for a while. Thankfully she feels much better later, and we\u2019re able to continue exploring.<\/p>\n<p>This video gives you a real, honest look at what your first day in China can be like \u2014 the highs, the challenges, and everything in between.<br \/>\nStay tuned for more daily vlogs from our China Adventure.<\/p>\n<p>________________________<br \/>\nMy China Links:<br \/>\n___<br \/>\nChina Guide Book<br \/>\nTotally FREE guidebook to China<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/bit.ly\/TSChinaGuide<br \/>\n___<br \/>\nPandaville:<br \/>\nWe travelled with Pandaville during our China Adventure, they specialise in exclusive small group family travel and offers unique experiences. 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