We’re Dom & Emma, and we live in China 🇨🇳

Always Away is where we share everyday life here: what it’s actually like living in China, the food we eat, the places we explore, and the things that catch us off guard.

Before moving to China, we spent years travelling and living on the road. Now we’re based in Shanghai, filming daily life and travel around China.

If you’re curious about China subscribe!


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Channel Update: ✨Hey! As you know we are awful at being consistent with our uploads haha so we have decided that going forward we will post one video a week and our upload day will be Wednesdays! Our little break from uploading has given me a chance to catch up on editing and get a bit ahead on our videos. 😊

Really excited to share our next two videos, our recent trip to Harbin and Beijing was one of the most memorable we’ve ever done. Our Harbin video will be out next week 🥰🇨🇳

3 days ago | [YT] | 123

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Happy 2026! 💖 Currently sifting through hours of footage from our time Harbin, the coldest city in China. No doubt one of the best trips we've ever had, from sliding down the worlds longest ice slide, to cosplaying as a Russian Princess and eating questionable fried chicken flavoured ice cream. Looking forward to sharing this adventure with you! ✨

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 127

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Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you're all enjoying the holidays 🥰🎄

We spent our Christmas day on the Great Wall of China, absolutely surreal, but freeeezing 😂 This morning we've just arrived in China's coldest city and now it's -25C here 🫣 Can't wait to share the experience with you! Happy New Year!

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 179

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Our attempt at a daily vlogmas was shattered by our weekend road trip 🙈

This weekend we rented a car and drove over 400km from Shanghai to a remote mountain village, before almost running out of fuel… and stumbling across an incredible water forest.

Can’t wait to share this adventure with you!

1 month ago | [YT] | 77

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Our luggage got left behind in Beijing while we changed connecting flights, finally the box while all of our clothes made it back to the Uk 5 days after us! We were sure we’d never see it again 😂

9 months ago | [YT] | 49

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There’s been a delay in uploads because we’re struggling to get internet for more than 10 minutes in our current country! We’ll be back uploading by the end of the week 🤞💕

9 months ago | [YT] | 53

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Our monthly livestream is TODAY over on Patreon - we'll be talking about our experience in yesterday's Bangkok earthquake, along with reflecting on our motorbike series and revealing our upcoming destinations for the rest of the year! ✨

You can watch here: alwaysaway.link/patreonlivemarch

9 months ago | [YT] | 36

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We’ve been so busy with our Touring Thailand series that editing our podcast kept getting put off - So we’ve FINALLY relaunched the Always Away podcast! Please let us know what you'd like to hear us cover 😊🎤

Expect a new episode every Tuesday ✨
This will be available to listen to on all platforms (Spotify, Acast, Apple Music) very soon.

10 months ago | [YT] | 41

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Some of you guys messaged us to ask what happened after our NIGHTMARE airbnb experience which you might have seen on our 4 hour livestream, or our video last week titled 'When everything goes wrong in Thailand', and we did film a follow up in the room we were SUPPOSED to be in,

If you're interested to see what happened the morning after in the other room, you can watch it on our Patreon as a FREE member here!: www.patreon.com/posts/123908319?utm_campaign=posts…

Our next video will be out tomorrow! 🇹🇭

10 months ago | [YT] | 37

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Out of curiosity which style of video do you prefer? We’d love to hear your thoughts - especially as we start this new Thailand series!🇹🇭🏍️

We’re still playing around with editing and filming styles, we like to be as raw as possible but also have fun putting together better quality videos - but we’re wondering what kind of style you prefer? 🤔💖

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