I like how you approach travel as a learning experience, immersing yourself in the history and engaging with its people. Your willingness to learn and check your own biases, is refreshing. For that, I'm rooting for you and wish you much success on KZitem.
@JackAynsleyTravel
2 ай бұрын
Very kind thank you so much
@alfredchan2771
2 ай бұрын
I am local ppl who haven't been to the monster building🤣I am glad that you enjoy the visit and the women who invited you to visit the flat was so kind😀
@Z_LV7
2 ай бұрын
A hongkonger here! Thatnk you for adressin this! Bless you and your channel, and also, UNDERRATED VIDEO
@cinnamonstar808
Ай бұрын
his people came to the land and failed it. SHAME ON YOU
@Z_LV7
Ай бұрын
@@cinnamonstar808 what do you mean?
@BomberFletch31
2 ай бұрын
I grew up in Hong Kong in the 1980s, and I had absolutely no idea about the walled city back then. It was only a few years ago that I started reading and learning about it. I guess I had been somewhat insulated in a lower middle-class family living in a typical lower middle-class neighbourhood - not rich, by any stretch of the imagination, but we had what we needed. I didn't know much about how the other side lived. I haven't been back to Hong Kong in about 5 years now, but the next time I make it back there, I plan to go and see the walled city park.
@FrenchGlobetrotter
2 ай бұрын
First time discovering your vlog, it's amazing to have a flat tour inside the mysterious monster building!
@rashidofficial4789
2 ай бұрын
Absolutely
@longyinkum6480
2 ай бұрын
Recently, there is a awarded movie called: "Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In" in 2024 which is about the walled city. Quite a lot of people say that it is not bad. Recommended
@S_dott
Ай бұрын
Getting the estate agent to let you see a place to rent was a simple but genius idea. I’ve always had the idea of going to Kowloon and filming this then going to Quarry Bay just as you did but I don’t need to now 😅 all the videos on my channel are about the walled city so this was a treat to watch thanks mate nice video 👌🏼
@lexya2160
2 ай бұрын
That lady was nice to show you inside the building. It’s actually surprising to see that it’s actually not bad inside.
@binkytube
Ай бұрын
Well done! I really enjoyed that!
@Yuusei-brawl
2 ай бұрын
My mom used to live in the walled city and she said it was miserable.6 siblings and 120sqf Well now we live in happy valley and it is super nice.come visit our home Blue pool road 89
@imjody
Ай бұрын
This was great. Thanks for showing us around, Jack! :)
@rachelforrester2333
2 ай бұрын
Really interesting and enjoyable. Thank you xx
@davidbrown-qg8un
2 ай бұрын
Hi Jack, very informative video, I wondered if you could have mentioned Jackie Pullinger, the Christian evangelist who arrived in the walled city in 1968 I believe and still remains in Hong Kong now. She wrote a great book "chasing the dragon " about her ministry to all in the walled city. She was famously interviewed a few times by Alan Whicker the tv globetrotter.
@marioprogamer12345
2 ай бұрын
I’m just a student and never lived or witnessed the walled city in my eyes, but I have watched a TV programme introducing the place, although it’s dense, dark, dirty and dangerous (ok that’s unintentional alliteration 🤣), I’ve heard that the former residents described that the people get along well and it’s very harmonious, they also unite together and stayed strong, but yeah, indeed the living conditions are horrible and unhygienic, they remember when they’re kids they run around in this narrow maze, and get out very quickly to afraid getting lost They had some good memories :)
@HAHA-dm6jv
2 ай бұрын
When I was a high school student in the 70s, my school was located in Kowloon City which was not far away from the walled city. I went to walled city once for lunch with my classmates. The place was crowded and we walked through some narrow corridors. The residents were indeed very harmonious.
@marioprogamer12345
2 ай бұрын
@@HAHA-dm6jv wow, glad to hear that :)
@blacksabbathmatters3365
2 ай бұрын
Another excellent video! Very well done. I hope your woman doesn't get tired of listening to you talk talk talk. Be safe and happy on your travels.
@JackAynsleyTravel
2 ай бұрын
Haha thanks for the kind words!
@justsaying6092
Ай бұрын
This was quite interesting and informative. Thank you.
@dunkierookie970
2 ай бұрын
Poor Paige, does Jack ever take you to fancy touristy places of interest?😂 Jokes aside, another interesting "off the beaten track" travel vlog👍
@SO-rq3pm
2 ай бұрын
Well done for visiting the site of Kowloon Walled City! Its history is indeed very interesting. It was once called "the deregulated by the three" - "three" means the Chinese, British and HongKong governments. None of the three authorities governed that tiny place (back in the first half of 19th centeury the north of Boundary Street in Kowloon, inclu. the Walled City did not belong to Britain yet, despite that it was the de facto administrator and ruler). In theory it remained to be the Chinese emperor's territory until 1898 when Britain took over the whole of Kowloon and New Territories (i.e. the city of HongKong as everybody knows ever since).
@Peacfull
2 күн бұрын
what a beautiful rain mate 1:28 love it. sitting right now in dry sahara, you wont believe it how much rain is needed here
@SO-rq3pm
2 ай бұрын
Wow, couldn't beiieve you've got the chance to go and see the cramped apartment inside! Majority of locals don't event have the chance. Good job!
@richard1701able
2 ай бұрын
mate, I'm glad you had a lovely holiday, but that's not the dark side of Hong Kong. That apartment was luxury compared to some places I've been in. You should come up to some of the villages and meet the locals.
@dertythegrower
24 күн бұрын
need a update video with this guy
@fafnir-santpoon84
2 ай бұрын
I love HONGKONG as being my birth place, and thankyou soo much letting me know the dark side of the past, even Jack's parents lived in HONGKONG for some time too, anyway, you guys have fun there
@Nicola_78399
2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this video it’s very interesting to see what life is like and what it use to be like in Hong Kong. Keep up the great work. Love you both ❤❤
@ericlo6370
2 ай бұрын
When I waas a kid, I used walk past the outside of the Kowloon City but never realise the seediness of it. You should watched the new HK movie Twilight of the Warriors : Walled In , it's about what is happening inside this Kowloon City which is a really fascinating! And yes, flats in HK are very very small in average. The one you viewed is relatively modest in size!
@Shahil._.26
2 ай бұрын
I really love u both seeing together,you both are adorable together,stay blessed 💫
@stevostonko
2 ай бұрын
Great video what camera do you use? Great quality
@paulclancy4221
2 ай бұрын
Excellent video guys. That apartment you went into was surprizingly nice.
@samchoi9084
Ай бұрын
i was from HK, but moved away at a young age. I enjoyed this video and your dedication to continue the tour despite the torrential rain fall.
@julieli9934
2 ай бұрын
A very good movie named Twilight of the warriors: walled is playing in HK.
@Rogapol
2 ай бұрын
Excellent presentation. With all my trips back to HK I never knew about the jail or the walled city park, I may have even been to the actual walled city.
@1210MIKES
22 күн бұрын
Yes 🙌🏼 awesome I watch loads of these kinda vids but a Geordie wearing the home colours cmon ❤ love it great vid too
@jamielew
2 ай бұрын
A very informative and eye-opening video to watch. Thanks for taking the time to show us the other way of living. Mad!
@marioprogamer12345
2 ай бұрын
1:50 I’ve cycled here (there’s a cycling track) for over 10 times, usually come here on a Sunday if me and my brother feel like having fun It’s very cool that I can be faster than the cars on Carpenter Road when I’m going down the slope 🤣
@cherylvisconti
Ай бұрын
Your wife is a really good travel partner to you❤❤I enjoyed this video so much. Thanks for sharing. -Texas
@judyhinojosa6751
Ай бұрын
Very good video need seen Hong Kong . Learning a lot. There is some pretty part of Hong Kong . Thank you😊
@kinmantai2095
2 ай бұрын
this flat is good have a separate kitchen and toilet and 3 bed room, market value may be around 5000000 hkd,the poor family(3 people) will live in a sub-divided unit (150 sq ft include toilet and sleeping area ,no kitchen,have to cook on the floor) , normal people(family of 3) will be living in a 2 bedroom flat 300-400 sq ft and pay 30 year mortgage
@RsRs-o4r
Ай бұрын
16:12 I once was walking along the footpath under this building, and about 3ft-4ft behind me, a plant pot smashed of the floor, was so lucky will never forget that
@LLBP.
Ай бұрын
That was awesome. Ill never get a chance to go. Thanks for the trip. ❤
@arpitvlog246
2 ай бұрын
I am watch your all videos... really good 🎉🎉
@kennethwong8160
2 ай бұрын
There is a recent movie about the Kowloon Walled City which is called that you may check this in (it is even premiere worldwide including UK). The property agent lady was so kind to show you how the flat interior looks like. And welcome to the typical HK rain weather by the way (the rain is quite different to the UK isn't it)
@patmitch272
2 ай бұрын
It's like the weather in Newcastle atm haha great video I never knew this existed in hong
@JackAynsleyTravel
2 ай бұрын
It was hard to persevere with this video as I squelched around in my sodden trainers but Im glad it turned out alright haha
@Benya9400
29 күн бұрын
I'm an American-Briton who grew up with the best of both worlds in the U.S and U.K, I'm also of Middle Eastern and Eastern European descent on my Dad's side, whereas I'm a mix of English,Scottish and Welsh on my late American born Mom's side. I spend a lot of time in the Middle East(Western Asia) actually, I was recently just over there for a period of almost three months and will soon be returning for another almost two months primarily for personnel family related reasons etc. My late Mom visited Hong Kong and mainland China way back in the 1980's when it was all a completely different world to what it is now along with various other neighbouring nations within the region etc. I've long wanted to visit not only Hong Kong but mainland China and some of it's regional neighbours for as long as I can remember really. Anyway I see you're a Geordie and NUFC fan huh? I'm a big Liverpool fan with a big soft spot for Scottish football(my team in the SPL is Glasgow Rangers). The opposition supporters I seem to have the best bond with are by far Geordies, class acts all round and by far some of the nicest people I've ever met after Scousers and Glaswegians in my opinion. There's a British born KZitemr originally from Manchester based in HK called Sam and his channel is called "Hong Kong hoods" unfortunately he supports MUFC but he's a great guy! I do KZitem myself actually and I'll leave you with this pal, the South China morning post has a video on their YT channel about the old walled city where they speak to former residents etc, whereas across the water in Japan there is an arcade where the old walled city has been masterfully recreated, they've even gone as far to import trash(rubbish) from Hong Kong!
@lee1207lee
2 ай бұрын
thank you for the very good sharing 👍🏼
@soulbchan2020
2 ай бұрын
she is not showing you a better one, this apartment is average. Dont judge by the look of the building, its just very old skool HK style due to the super high population here. You will find many similar buildings in HK.. Interior is not that bad as you think it would be.
@InkDropFalls
Ай бұрын
well done getting show of one the flats ....perspective viewers really wanted to see ....KUDOS on doing that .....very surprising ....whole place is overwhelmingly dystopian and some how it has a charm about it i like ......
@rashidofficial4789
2 ай бұрын
Jack now should make vlog about England specially Your City 😊
@hermesliteratus882
2 ай бұрын
He wouldn't want to do that.
@rashidofficial4789
2 ай бұрын
@@hermesliteratus882 why? For security purpose?
@maureenlas4367
Ай бұрын
So very interesting ! This was great!❤
@JackAynsleyTravel
Ай бұрын
Thank you so much 😁
@Bruceybonus2008
2 ай бұрын
gotta remember 7.5 million people here and space is at a premium, a hell of lot of new flats are being built starting at 200sqft upwards. Want a house, its gonna cost ya 16 grand a month sterling upwards!, even 200sq ft in a new built aprtment complex is gonna be well north of 1000 quid a month. hk is utter nuts, but been my home for 10+ years, still fab tho
@taotao98103
2 ай бұрын
Believe it or not, the whole 7.5 mill people only occupied 30% of the HK available land.
@dertythegrower
24 күн бұрын
like nyc, criminal city only criminals and wallstreet stock market criminals can afford
@noneintel2119
2 ай бұрын
When I was living in Kowloon I did not know such place.
@abdullahsaif9225
Ай бұрын
Nice velog brother 🥰
@dicky-duck6632
2 ай бұрын
36:16 "just CASUALLY wash his hands afterwards" you are such a good storyteller🤣🤣
@meganc243
Ай бұрын
I can just imagine the feeling of the energy there..if ur sensitive to that kind of thing.*shivers*.there are video games based on this place.. history is fascinating..thanks for showing us ☺️
@sheripacori2097
2 ай бұрын
Very interesting. They could make a horror movie in that building.
@patscott2577
Ай бұрын
Great presenting very interesting
@waikinchan1856
2 ай бұрын
Can't deny that some areas are miserable!
@abdrakhmanulmeken
2 ай бұрын
Waiting video from Kazakhstan 🇰🇿
@elizabethalam9228
Ай бұрын
I live & work in Hong Kong, arrived 24 years ago. The prison - when it was still active was opposite my office building. The big tree in the prison courtyard has always been there. It is referred to as the hanging tree. When the area was being converted advice was requested on Feng Shui - cutting the tree down. It was advised against for several reasons and that’s why it remains. There are some great bars and restaurants in the former prison building.
@JackAynsleyTravel
Ай бұрын
Great insight thank you Elizabeth!
@elizabethalam9228
Ай бұрын
You’re welcome
@dertythegrower
24 күн бұрын
ha what job... 😅 lady of night?
@SFFFrank-xy8bm
2 ай бұрын
38:08 The name You mentioned Charles Bronson remind me of Tom Hardy😂, who is my favourite English movie star!😂He starred the movie ,love it!BTW,😊I'm so glad you came to Hong Kong.❤I wish you a pleasant journey!
@Peter421
Ай бұрын
honestly love when a foreigner recounts the living conditions of a place they've never been to
@brianwarrener8203
Ай бұрын
WOW, I don't normally watch stuff like this, but I saw ya TOON shirt so give it a watch, I've got to say I enjoyed your video, you don't hear about stuff like this from china so it was a nice surprise
@Worldofourown2024
Ай бұрын
I wondered by small apartments in big buildings are called mansions. I stayed in a hostel up in Chungking Mansions that's centrally located easy for tourists, but a very most compact sort of living in very small tight rooms. It's a most urban sort of city full of people. Thanks for showing what I didn't see nor know about.
@li_tsz_fung
2 ай бұрын
I think I heard a resident of "Monster building" talking about their living condition online. She personally don't like people calling this "Monster building". It's just an old community without fancy renovation. But it's just very normal community. They live their live here. Not a crime scene, not a slum.
@li_tsz_fung
2 ай бұрын
Also, it wasn't really a "British built affordable hosing project". It's built by private company, probably Local Hong Kong company. But yes, housing was very affordable at that time. People with a stable income used to be able to save up and buy those in such a central location.
@dertythegrower
24 күн бұрын
@@li_tsz_fung you dont even know... you admit that yourself, so, why should we believe that? You said probably, meaning you admit you do not know. Bye now.
@dertythegrower
24 күн бұрын
it is a slum also... its documented in history, he said it
@taotao98103
2 ай бұрын
There's nothing traggic about the Walled City. Basically back in 1860 when the Empire took over Kowloon as well, the Chinese kingdom didn't want to give up the Walled City, and the Empired respected that, but then the Chinese kingdom was overthrown, and then no one controlled the city until early 1990s.
@goodhj
2 ай бұрын
Welcome to HK❤ Nice to see a Geordie in town
@ibsarshah7854
2 ай бұрын
Well this a very interesting video...amazing...
@hamburgermcgrath3493
2 ай бұрын
Guy spends 20 mins telling everyone how hellish the people of Hong Kong have it, only to go to a house and show us a space most people in Newcastle could only dream of.
@bonghungk7544
Ай бұрын
He’s a drama queen making sensationalist statements.
@sahotamarie71
Ай бұрын
Had to watch again, brilliant, eat your heart out Bald, million views at least
@siuchen7140
2 ай бұрын
Very interesting video ❤
@JackAynsleyTravel
2 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@rajiv802
2 ай бұрын
Brother, I am from Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. Brother, I would request you to come to my city. The biggest fair Maha Kumbh is going to be held in my city in January. Please come.
@DianneLiebenthal
Ай бұрын
I wish you would introduce the woman following you who gave you her umbrella.
@JackAynsleyTravel
Ай бұрын
My apologies haha, this is the first video which has gained traction with a lot of new followers watching for the first time and so I often forget to explain these things. It's my wife, we travel together in every video :)
@deathbyteabag6381
2 ай бұрын
Kind of made me laugh that you didnt introduce yourself to the real estate agent until you were finished exploring the unit 🤣🤣
@davidwong2543
2 ай бұрын
Thats one of the largest apartment in the monster building. Sometimes it will be divided into several mini apartments and rented to several families. Would you think HK$14000 (Around USD 1800) per month a good value?😊
@abdullahsaif9225
Ай бұрын
Big fan brother from Pakistan 🇵🇰
@Extravaganza50667
2 ай бұрын
How rare that the leasing agent let u see the flat even u just a tourist…
@jimwhite1756
2 ай бұрын
Jackie pulliger mbe was a famous brit who lived and worked in the walled city
@90taetaeya
Ай бұрын
I have lived in both Hong Kong and Singapore and I’d choose Singapore hands down. Towns and housing is planned to ensure there is a park and green space 10mins from anywhere u live. Trees line the footpaths and effort to plant greenery is everywhere. Housing blocks are intentionally built to ensure space between each block. Also renting is ensured that Hong Kong’s infamous cage homes will never happen in Singapore.
@robertmorgans3266
Ай бұрын
SG is all man-made. Nothing natural. HK has amazing country parks, hiking and beaches, if you ever got out of the City.
@SO-rq3pm
2 ай бұрын
01:50 "no dogs allowed... funny that 30 years ago everything was allowed" - spot on!
@stevendaniel8126
Ай бұрын
What is so horrible, is that there are areas like this all around the world. They still exist....
@Erwin_AMS
Ай бұрын
Its strange but when i look up your reference about Disneyland with the Death Penalty , by William Gibson. It is said it is an article, not a book and about about Singapore. Is there a link you can produce with a reference to the book please?
@JackAynsleyTravel
Ай бұрын
My apologies, you're right it was actually one of Gibson's essays that he wrote this in. Although the essay is about Singapore, he talks about his experience flying to Hong Kong from Changi Airport. I've taken the extract here for you: So I avoided eye contact, straightened my tie, and assumed the position that would eventually get me on the Cathay Pacific's flight to Hong Kong. In Hong Kong I'd seen huge matte black butterflies flapping around the customs hall, nobody paying them the least attention. I'd caught a glimpse of the Walled City of Kowloon, too. Maybe I could catch another, before the future comes to tear it down. Traditionally the home of pork-butchers, unlicensed denturists, and dealers in heroin, the Walled City still stands at the foot of a runway, awaiting demolition. Some kind of profound embarrassment to modern China, its clearance has long been made a condition of the looming change of hands. Hive of dream. Those mismatched, uncalculated windows. How they seemed to absorb all the frantic activity of Kai Tak airport, sucking in energy like a black hole. I was ready for something like that … I loosened my tie, clearing Singapore airspace.
@RsRs-o4r
Ай бұрын
Went a few years ago was class ! Toon army!
@samsamkit8984
2 ай бұрын
This monster building is the background of moive name (Transformer) in hk.
@Shahil._.26
2 ай бұрын
Hey love from INDIA 🇮🇳
@JackAynsleyTravel
2 ай бұрын
First India video is live on our channel now! We're back in INDIA!
@Shahil._.26
2 ай бұрын
@@JackAynsleyTravel I have seen ,I can't miss that ,love to see you both in india back ,must visit kota of Rajasthan
@trueKENTUCKY
Ай бұрын
it was freedom and i am tired of pretending it wasn't
@rdallas81
Ай бұрын
Nice!
@wattsinaname6975
Ай бұрын
24:33 looks like a damn prison hallway!
@jliu0707
2 ай бұрын
I was fully expecting to see a US project alike inside, full of drugs and crimes, only to find out the apt is rather decent. :) Nonetheless, why didn't the HK government spend some money to rebuild the place and improve people's quality of living??? Thank you for sharing this side of the city
@JackAynsleyTravel
2 ай бұрын
Its a difficult problem I'm sure. One note about the apartment we visited, this is a full empty suite which the buyer could then subdivide into múltiple tiny apartments or even a dormitary/Cage home
@marioprogamer12345
2 ай бұрын
Indeed.
@mgill1996
11 күн бұрын
14,000 HKD?? Jesus Christ, that's pricey.
@zhongguono1
2 ай бұрын
好大的雨😂
@Danchris345
2 ай бұрын
Really interesting
@rlam905
2 ай бұрын
I learned about the dark side of Hong Kong in the movie Bloodsport.
@JackAynsleyTravel
2 ай бұрын
That’s a great film
@rdallas81
Ай бұрын
Once you walk through the narrow corridors, it's time to protect your nuts guys! Classic!
@Kellyvlog-o1v
2 ай бұрын
This is very very nic interesting video beause i like raining
@kielwilson9734
Ай бұрын
Apartment didn’t seem to bad at all! I’ve seen worst lofts in Los Angeles, Ca, USA hahah that’s probably a plush one tho
@RM-ti8nf
Ай бұрын
Gosh this was interesting but the swinging camera back and around and back was too much for my eyes and i felt sea sick 😂 If you were to just keep the camera on one thing for longer than 10 seconds, this would've been a top watch.
@JackAynsleyTravel
Ай бұрын
Haha sorry!
@rdallas81
Ай бұрын
Please! You're so soft- How do you survive at all?😂😂😂😂
@stars-are-us
Ай бұрын
Looks extremely DANGEROUS... lots of places for crime to occur.
@taotao98103
2 ай бұрын
How come you only mentioned brothels, casinos, opium dens, and dog meat stalls? Did you see that they had a lot of various types of factories and unlicensed dentists too? The dentists were actually licensed dentists in Mainland China who couldn't get a license in HK. So they are not scary dark alley kangaroo dentists.
@bonghungk7544
2 ай бұрын
He’s just being a drama 🎭 queen 👸
@Chapa-pa-pa
25 күн бұрын
I thought Britain was the government of Hong Kong. How come the sign said there was no government, run by triads.
@mgill1996
11 күн бұрын
I guess the Kowloon Walled City was terra nullius?
@carine4318
Ай бұрын
Typhoon season then HKG has changed a lot over the years
@larryjohnwong
2 ай бұрын
Fun fact: Ho Chi Minh, the infamous founder of the Communist Party of Vietnam, was once jailed in Victoria Prison (Tai Kwun)
@JackAynsleyTravel
2 ай бұрын
I didn't know that! Very interesting
@Sammispratt48
2 ай бұрын
Hey guys, did you get the chance to read my suggestion about where to go next? It was going from Morocco all along the north coast of Africa ending in Egypt 🇪🇬. I can just imagine the interesting things that you and Paige can get up to in the souks of Morocco to the pyramids of Giza. Enjoy from Scotland 🏴
@JackAynsleyTravel
2 ай бұрын
Its a great idea but alegría and libya visas are really hard to get for UK citizens. Something we can look to do in the future tho no doubt mate
@fatdoi003
2 ай бұрын
HK is one of few most capitalist cities in the world..... top 10 billionaires there most made their fortunes in HK real estate
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