The Real Life of Uyghurs in China 🇨🇳 (Urumqi, Xinjiang)

Urumqi, Xinjiang, China - Jack and Paige take a further look into the everyday life of Uyghurs living in Xinjiang.

On our mission to delve into the life of Uyghurs in Urumqi, we spent the day exploring local neighbourhoods. Our adventure began with lunch at a cosy local restaurant where we enjoy Laghman, a hand-pulled noodle dish, and Polo, a fragrant rice pilaf. After our meal, we hit the streets to sample Uyghur hand-churned ice cream and refresh ourselves with freshly squeezed pomegranate juice from street vendors. We find a man selling snakes for medicinal services before venturing deeper into the neighbourhood, where we encountered incredibly warm and hospitable locals. A Lamb BBQ restaurant owner welcomes us into his family-run establishment, offering us free Lamb Skewers while taking about his family and their business. Continuing our exploration, we stumbled upon a local barber shop. Jack decided to get a Uyghur makeover, enjoying the unique experience surrounded by chirping birds. We rewarded the skilled barber and had the pleasure of meeting his family, who greeted us with smiles and warm conversation.

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Time Stamps
00:00 - Sneak Peak
00:26 - Trying Traditional Uyghur Food 🍜
09:28 - Hand-made Ice Cream 🍦
12:45 - Medicinal Snakes 🐍
15:29 - Fresh Pomegranate Juice 🥤
20:44 - Exploring A Uyghur Neighbourhood 🏠
22:17 - Local Vendor Gives Us Lamb BBQ 🐑
35:00 - Getting a Uyghur Makeover with Reward💈
45:34 - Meeting The Family 🧑🏻‍👩🏼‍👧🏻

[lainfonet]

Once you understand why some countries cannot find genocide in Gaza, then you immediately understand why they can find genocide in Xinjiang.

[frankiewang]

We appreciate u sweet couple show the reality of China especially the minorities ❤❤❤

[ozahmed]

Your vlogs are getting better and better.

[lvwasqj]

China is developing very well and the Chinese people are also very friendly, so don't believe all the negative reports from the West，welcome to China❤

[yueyong]

Xinjiang is definitely worth a visit, with beautiful natural scenery, unforgettable food, and sincere and kind people everywhere.

[ralphsong]

What a blessing to watch Jack and Paige in this hot weather 🎉 visit Qeshqer Paige gonna love it 🥰

[Mennion]

Great video
You can't wake people who are pretending to be sleeping

[jurrasicpig]

I was not surprised when the barber took care of your mustache, but when he trimmed your nose hair, I was like, wow! what a treat, lol

[Damon-Woo]

Your video shows your personality, you are a kind, non-judgmental person, thank you, God bless you.

[lewislane]

Thank you for showing the real version of Xinjiang.

[No_Rice_No_Power]

We normally use a spoon in the left hand and chopsticks in right simultaneously. They work together like a knife and fork, so, instead of lifting the plate with the noodles and eating with just chopsticks- use the spoon to aid the noodles along with the chopsticks. 😊Fantastic video as always.

[JohnnysCafe_]

Well done to you both, showing people what life in Xinjiang is like and how the peoples live 👍👍👍

[sybehhr]

Jack looks like the local after having his hair cut. Love to watch your videos 😊

[danniuk]

Many many recent yt videos out there from westerners taking advantage of the transit visa, but yours definately come on top with such an interesting spin and your efforts put into communicating with the locals really pay off so well done, keep it up guys!

[hannah-ehfn]

love these videos in china, everybody is so hospitable and friendly. Haircut looks great too! You & Paige are my favourite channel on YouTube and give a fantastic insight into world travel❤

[dongwu]

Thanks for the truth! I rode in Xinjiang in the previous two summer vacations. I was quarantined due to the epidemic once. However, I will go there again this summer because Xinjiang is so big and I haven’t finished riding in southern Xinjiang.

[Esther-jhqf]

IF you have time, you can visit Qeshqer City (喀什市), which is more west. Xinjiang is famous for beautiful steppes, mountains, and all kinds of landscapes.

[DannyChean]

Wonerful trip! I'd wager a lot of local people mistakened you two for uyghurs. :D

[bbya-]

I love how you communicate with the locals when you’re in a new city! Welcome to China and keep exploring more of us❤

[dunkierookie]

Your facial expressions and reactions are very funny (in a positive way) especially when lost in translation. That 34-hour train ride in China vlog really tickles my funny bone😂

Btw, good pronunciation for a tonal language like Chinese, which proves to be very challenging for westerners.

Keep producing good content!