Lotus Garden Hotel Dalian

... jackets are IN too! Find the puffiest, brightest, shiniest jacket ever to be cool. But its even better if its bright purple! In Dalian, purple is the hottest color right now, your nothing without purple in your wardrobe!!

Fur! Fur is so hot right now. If your not wearing your puffy shinny jacket, your wearing the mangiest, ugliest colored fur you can find! Make sure ...

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 ...

... watch for glare as I took the pictures. I took the pictures of my favorite picture taking spot in Kai fa qu – The UFO mountain – and then decided to ride to the top. Jason’s bike is a mountain bike so I had the climbing gears and they were definitely needed. I climbed up the side of Mt. Crumpit, I rode with my load to the tiptop to dump it. Oh, sorry, that's another story. Back to my bike ride. I did ride to the top and took some pictures. I wasn’t quite to the ...

... for me. She replied that if I did that I might lose my booking. I hung up, muttering to myself "and what a bloody great shame that would be!" The people hanging out by our gate looked at me wide-eyed in disbelief. I assume this was because of the whole “foreigner speaking Chinese on telephone” thing rather than the “foreigner completely losing her cool in public” thing, but I could be mistaken.

Take off from Ningbo was delayed yet ...

... come up with the most accurate adjectives... like a little kids room, meets misprinted fabrics, meets dim lighting and an attempt at cozy. We stepped in and I howled with laughter.

On the two little cots that were side by side, lay little cotton pjs, which we changed into and waited for our masseuse. When the gentlemen came in, they introduced themselves and started by placing warm pillows on our stomachs and ...

... ripped off like foreigners always are... bargain hard.

Finding the ‘mall’ itself wasn’t too ************ce we went through the doors—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 ...

... br>Before we arrived in China, the one thing we were told was that it was really hard to get the students actively involved in the class—that they remained stoic, sombre, and serious. That was NOT our experience. With very little prompting, students were up, out of their seats and rapidly trading, wheeling and dealing.

One student I watched kept making deals right before whatever stock he sold went up by hundreds of dollars, groaning at his misfortune ...

... the bowling alley.

After dinner, we walked there, and met our other teammates. Justin, Kathryn, and I would be joined by Patrick and Peter and a few other people who would act as spares here and there. (No pun intended.)

I did alright, bowled over 100 both games, just... but we ended up playing a third game and just horsed around. I discovered that I am more accurate left-handed, and Justin can get a strike ...

... tickets go on sale 10 days prior to the actual travel time the ticket is purchased for. In the summer, they sell out quickly for a seated ticket, usually in hours, or a day or two, depending on what day of the week the train ticket is for. You can always buy a ticket the day the train leaves, but it will be a "standing only" ticket. After having to stand last weekend on the train to Golden Pebble Tourist Trap- er... Beach, Miao and ...

... geklappt hat...bye frank Ach ja, mi hat nach 3 monaten Arbeitssuche endlich einen Job so wies aussieht...dumm**weise auf ein** insel, welche voll ironisch Changhai heisst :) ...voll kalt da...weiss net ob ich da hin muss....Hund begraben und so..bye Frank 07.10.04, back in dalian und in qingdao meine kam**a docking station v**gessen....grrrr qingdao war von 1898 bis 1. WK deutsch....fadenschei***** anlass die **mordung zwei** misionare...geblieben sind bis heute 3 Kirchen ...