{"id":910,"date":"2025-12-11T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/99chinatravel.com\/?p=910"},"modified":"2025-12-11T08:00:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:00:58","slug":"my-british-dad-was-skeptical-about-china-then-he-saw-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/99chinatravel.com\/?p=910","title":{"rendered":"My British Dad Was Skeptical About China\u2026 Then He Saw It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KRwgga2CkLU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I took my British dad to China for the first time\u2026 and it completely changed everything.<br \/>\nHe arrived skeptical, worried, and expecting the worst. What he saw instead shocked him \u2014 the culture, the safety, the people, the FOOD, and the side of China he never knew existed.<\/p>\n<p>In this video, we travel to China together and capture his real reactions as he discovers what life here is actually like. From the first moments at the airport to the streets of Beijing and beyond\u2026 this trip did not go how he expected.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3 This is the China you\u2019ve never seen.<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 And this is how it changed my dad\u2019s mind forever.<\/p>\n<p>If you love to see new places from all over the world and everything in between make sure you smash subscribe and like this video is really helps us out! <\/p>\n<p>For daily update follow us on our social:<br \/>\n*Insta*<br \/>\n@OTWD_yt<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/accounts\/login\/?next=\/otwd_yt\/<\/p>\n<p>*Facebook*<br \/>\nOn Tour With Dridgers<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/m.facebook.com\/ontourwithdridgers\/<\/p>\n<p>*TikTok*<br \/>\n@otwd_travel<\/p>\n<p>September 2025 | Vlog 559 | Beijing, China<\/p>\n<p>13\/34 Province<\/p>\n<p>When we finally started our adventure<br \/>\n17\/07\/2021.<\/p>\n<p>Buy us a beer and I will toast to you on the next video. Cheers \ud83c\udf7b <\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.buymeacoffee.com\/OTWD<br \/>\n________<\/p>\n<p>For business inquiries, email<br \/>\ndridger@icloud.com<br \/>\n_________<\/p>\n<p>Hello and welcome to our channel,<\/p>\n<p>We are Reanne and Ben living in Portsmouth, England. We have been together from the age of 15.<br \/>\nWe brought our first house together at 23, got married at 25 and Reanne started her own business at 27.<br \/>\nWe have been wanting to travel the world so<br \/>\nThe day has finally come we have sold our business and and our house to explore as much of the world Full Time. <\/p>\n<p>We created this YouTube channel to share our adventure with everyone who wants to explore but don\u2019t know how. 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