Express By Holiday Inn City Center Dalian

Ok, I did it, I ate some western food. I still haven't eaten at McDonalds or KFC yet. KFC is everywhere. I wonder if they were the first American chain to come to China. McDonalds are prolific as well. No, my roommate and his friends wanted to go out for a western meal and we headed down to a place called "The Real Eddies" Not sure of the story behind the name. But here goes - Eddie was trained as a cook/chef in the ...

... behind me were ok since they would honk to let me know they wanted to be where I was. But one time I looked up and saw a car coming toward me &#8211; IN MY LANE!!! I had to go around him but check first that I didn&#8217;t pull into the path of a car screaming down the road. Finally, I made it to the beach and then I rode on the sidewalk as much as possible. I know, I know &#8211; I am a chicken.<br><br>The view was still clear, but by now the sun was getting lower in the sky so I had ...

... rather ironic and confusing symbolism, but perhaps memory fails: please do comment on this if you know about such biological matters. In Yantai I'm staying in paradoxically the cheapest but nicest hotel of my current trip. And I've just had a divine bowl of fish-and-pickled-cabbage soup. The restaurant was small and very scruffy, but the food was glorious, and the place was filled with a charming, down-to-earth family simplicity. So all is well.

... to make me burst some internal organs. It was starting to bulge in an unseemly manner having acquired about 4 fat books, cds, a pair of high heels, a handbag and fluffy Australian animal toys for Tie Shifu's daughters (care of my Mum). After the burst zipper incident at Huashan, I decided emergency offloading was necessary. I found a China Post (not difficult since they are just about everywhere in most Chinese cities, just like China Mobile, unless of course you are ...

... I was caught off guard. All he said was "relax, you must relax." I almost laughed, but did manage to relax.<br><br>Without a doubt, it was one of the most amazing massages I have ever had, head to toe.<br><br>Unbeknownst to me, Kirsty had called ahead and specifically requested one of the fellows who is particularly well skilled at targeting troubled areas, and is also blind. I felt guilty after when she told me, and ...

... ripped off like foreigners always are... bargain hard.<br><br>Finding the &#8216;mall&#8217; itself wasn&#8217;t too ************ce we went through the doors&#8212;it was like entering a giant, six storey flea market. We wandered, and wandered, and finally came across some stalls that offered clothing, but none had plain t-shirts. After what felt like hours, but was probably closer to one, we found a place that had a few options... We explained we wanted 15 black ...

... would have felt was bang on. One student said: "If this had been real life I would have jumped from the building." The dejected way he said it was pretty funny, but under the circumstances, that is exactly what some people did. <br><br>Certainly some of the students did make money, but there was enough variety that it better demonstrated the result across the nation, rather than for a few individuals. One of the best parts was the first and only person to go ...

... the sobering consideration is the cost, of course, but the bureaucratic and neighborhood challenges are real and considerable, and it is a definitive measure of succes to overcome those issues. Another unavoidable quality of Italy is the food. The climate supports all edible flora - bananas and kiwi to potatos and onions. The coastline is greater ...

... but there are a surprising number of large department type buildngs and hotels that are vacant with no signs of life. Some apparently vacant for years. I'm curious if they are publicly owned buildkings or private, will find out more about it. The railroad follows the contour of the peninsula. That is part of the yard passing in the foreground, extends to the railroad station about a mile to the West. Russia ...

Philip's log, stardate 0901 mark 07, to the nearest decimal place...So here we are, my first travel logue entry. We're in Datong right now, in a little net cafe near the train station. we arrived here at 10am this morning. right first things first, ill tell you from the start - ok so we left Dalian on friday night. there were 7 of us in all - me, my brother alan, katie, kama, nate, bai ling (kama and nate's 4 (?) year old daughter) and gerhardt(?). we took the over night ...