Jingshan Hotel Dalian

The people in Dalain, omg, I dont know how they get up in the morning, look in the mirror, and think they can step out in public. Heres some tips of how to fit in in Dalian:

Perm- The perm is IN. Get a short perm, wax it down with excessive wax but with fuzzy bits fraying out everywhere. Maybe like a huge afro waxed down I guess, but shaped like a bob.

Shinny ...

... restaurant and I really couldn't decide what I wanted. Burger or Enchiladas and somehow I had a vision of Randy Hansen telling me to order the Enchiladas. So I did. On the menu it says (all in English of course) that I would get three chicken enchiladas served with rice, beans and tortilla chips. Count the chips in picture. Tortilla chips must be very valuable in China. In case you don't see it, I received three (3 ...

... looked pretty dirty. Smog filled the air, resting on the water like fog. It was stinking hot, I was wearing jeans and sweat was running off me in rivulets. I had my swim suit in my bag, but I balked. 10RMB to use the change rooms, 50RMB for a locker, 10RMB for a shower, all for the dubious pleasure of swimming in water that looked like **** and would indubitably give me a rash. I love the ocean, I love beaches, I love swimming, but I grew up in Perth where the water is ...

... and looked out to see more of the city from this angle. It was a little hazier over here. Since there was nothing else to do here, I headed back down the hill but just as I was getting started to jog I noticed a young Chinese couple in front of me waving me down – pointing to their camera. I started to think they wanted to take a picture of me or with me. That does happen some. But they wanted me to take a picture of them ...

... I was caught off guard. All he said was "relax, you must relax." I almost laughed, but did manage to relax.

Without a doubt, it was one of the most amazing massages I have ever had, head to toe.

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 ...

... hour, so they can create the logo themselves.

There are sometimes when doing something yourself is SO much easier than teaching it, or watching someone else do it, but I persevered, and didn’t change or overcorrect their work.

After school, Daniella and I went on the hunt for t-shirts, using the supervisor’s terrible directions, and the student’s rough estimates of the stall we should look for. Our last piece of advice was not to ...

... 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.

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 ...

... making hay with the technology, but the fact that the US controls and insures its success is hardly acknowledged at any public level. Then there's the dark side of these countries, other than the Chinese food, I mean. US crime, for example: 5 times higher than Italy and 100 times higher than China. Our waistlines define us and our insurance ...

... of our money exchanged. I feel rich now. They give you so much cash back for the cash you handed in! We also went to the University and found out what we are going to be doing. Thursdays we have our culture class from 8-11 am. We will also be working in the writing center to help the students with their papers. I'm not sure which days of the week I'll be working at the writing center. I'll try to post when I find out for sure. I am excited about the ...

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 ...