People Told Me This Was China’s Biggest Slum… Until I Arrived 🇨🇳
Everyone warned us not to come here. They called it China’s biggest slum, a place tourists never see.
But once we stepped inside, what we found was nothing like we expected.
Join us as we explore one of China’s most misunderstood neighborhoods, meet the people who call it home, and discover why first impressions don’t always tell the full story.
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June 2026 | Vlog 622 | Guangzhou, China
Road to Every Province in China: 21/34 so far
When we finally started our adventure
17/07/2021.
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Hello and welcome to our channel,
We are Reanne and Ben living in Portsmouth, England. We have been together from the age of 15.
We brought our first house together at 23, got married at 25 and Reanne started her own business at 27.
We have been wanting to travel the world so
The day has finally come we have sold our business and and our house to explore as much of the world Full Time.
We created this YouTube channel to share our adventure with everyone who wants to explore but don’t know how. Let us know what you think of our channel so leave a comment we’d love to hear from you x
Join us on our adventures
Buy us a beer and I will toast to you on the next video. Cheers 🍻
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/OTWD
________
For business inquiries, email
dridger@icloud.com
_________
Hello and welcome to our channel,
We are Reanne and Ben living in Portsmouth, England. We have been together from the age of 15.
We brought our first house together at 23, got married at 25 and Reanne started her own business at 27.
We have been wanting to travel the world so
The day has finally come we have sold our business and and our house to explore as much of the world Full Time.
We created this YouTube channel to share our adventure with everyone who wants to explore but don’t know how. Let us know what you think of our channel so leave a comment we’d love to hear from you x
Join us on our adventures
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What’s one thing YouTubers don’t show about China that you’d like us to explore? 🇨🇳 Drop your ideas below—we might make a video about it! 👇
Simply wonderful! Thank you for your hard work and talent! 👅💋
Many old towns in China have narrow alleys and outdated buildings. There is nothing surprising about it.
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This is just an old part of a big city, an urban village. And the landlords or landowners there are millionaires if not even billionaires…
In many cities across Guangdong, there are urban villages like this. They used to be rural areas, but as Guangdong's economy developed earlier than other parts of China and cities expanded, these villages became part of the urban landscape. Many people from other provinces came to work here and needed affordable housing, so the villagers took out loans to build rental buildings for migrants. Since the villagers' plots of land were all adjacent, they tried to build as large as possible to make the most of the land, which resulted in very narrow gaps between buildings. These urban villages have provided cheap accommodation for many low-income people. In the past, urban villages were quite chaotic, with crime rates higher than in other areas. Over the past 20 years, most of these villages have been demolished and redeveloped, with landlords receiving huge compensation and achieving financial freedom. However, some urban villages still remain, and now their management has become much more standardized. Cities still need these urban villages—if they were all turned into apartment blocks, many low-income people would have to move to the distant suburbs.
哈哈哈，我们之前的仓库就是在石牌，办公是在边上的岗顶！