Wan Heng Holiday 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 ...

... tortilla chips with the meal. The enchiladas were pretty good.

Now part of the reason I don't eat western food is the price. Let me give you an example. On my way home from school I have found two places where I especially like to eat. I can get a bowl of noodles in hot soup for 6 yuan. Or I can stop at the kiosk and get a serving of fried rice or fried noodles for 3 - 5 yuan. Remember 7 yuan = $1. My ...

... 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 – IN MY LANE!!! I had to go around him but check first that I didn’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 – I am a chicken.

The view was still clear, but by now the sun was getting lower in the sky so I had ...

... of the country.

The next morning, I packed my bag, set out and caught a bus on to Dandong. I didn’t know anything about Dandong except that it was on the border with North Korea and thus intriguing. Much to my amusement, Mum sent me a message warning me not to accidentally wander across the border. I know I am vague but I was a little concerned that other people thought I was vague to the point that I might actually be capable of crossing into North Korea unawares!

... our faces, necks and shoulders. It was heaven.

It wasn’t until he started moving to my arms, that I realized that my masseuse may be blind, as he had to 'look’ around with his fingers to find the part of my arm he was looking for. At one other point, when he started to massage my arm, he let my hand fall in his lap—and I instantly tensed—not because I was in an inappropriate place, but more ...

... and got the price down to Y60. So we agreed, and the shop keeper started running around to gather them all up.

All the places around us were closing, so we felt relieved and accomplished that we were getting the shirts. We had to open each one individually, because many of the first ones he gave us were navy blue, not black, so we had to keep a close eye on him.

Once all fifteen were amassed, we handed over the money—and he started ...

... in that first class was the super smart student who always has all the right answers in class. He was so dejected by not having all the rules, and not succeeding like some of the other students, but it was fun to tease and use him as an example of the many proud people who were left to fend for their lives in any way they could.

I think it was a great lesson. And we successfully repeated it many more times throughout the day, and in other classes...

Ashley

... phrases in all his considerable advertising. Kids in China wear clothes with English words. "Monkey looks", "my house", "here's Johnny" are some of the ones I saw on the way home today. Nike logos never looked so worn out. There was a story in the paper about a lady who bought a jacket that said "love here". She didn't know what it meant when ...

... the other girls broght some pastries that they got at the resteraunt. I wish that I could have had some. They looked really good! Sunday, we went to Church and met several new people. In the afternoon we went to Olympic square with Kayla and Chris, two teachers (not much older than us) from MSU. It was really neat seeing the sights there on the bay. After we were done with our walk we took a taxi (four girls in the backseat...) and went to New Mart to ...

... to get our bags from the bag place we left them earlier. after that it was our turn to catch our 10pm train and settle into the middle bunks. so we arrived in shenyang the next morning at 5am with plans (and tickets ) to catch the 5pm train later that day to datong. upon exiting shenyang station (still dark) we spotted the golden arches nearby and made a bee-line for 'em. al needed his coffee fill (4 coffees to be exact - he really takes advantage of their refill service ...