Dalian Xijiao Holiday Resort

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 ...

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 ...

... 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 ...

... didn’t fess up right at the beginning. She was happy with her massage, but after some comparisons I definitely think I got the more skilled masseuse.

To top off the evening, we headed to Susan’s, one of the only true western restaurants in this part of China. I went all out and ordered an orange Julius and a poutine. It is not quite the same, but a pretty darn close replica, especially for China. The ...

We have all been volunteered to help the school put on an English Festival. I was very reluctant to get too involved in something I had no interest in, because there is a lot of other activities the school does that is more up my alley... but we had no choice.

The most Chinese thing about the whole event was that the slogan was incorrect grammar, for a festival celebrating English. Classic. We will, we will English You! Good lord.

So, when given a ...

... 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 ...

... paint was peeling, but it wasn’t hard to imagine how it would have appeared in days past. There was also a dried out fountain with broken tiles that kids were playing in.

We stopped in a shop with some edible goods, and bought some chocolate and vodka. Neither turned out to be very good... but I guess the price should have been an indication.

When it was time to leave, I was trying to get a photo of the girls in front of the entrance sign ...

... cable car to the other section of the zoo. It was about a twenty minute ride, and we were going up into the fog. We started to think that it might be on top of a mountain and we wouldn't be able to see anything! But then we started to take our decent back to the same level. At this point, we were kind of in a hurry because Alex had to work in a few hours. So we just walked up to anyone who worked there and said "Pan-der bear?" No one ...

... not counting the feathers that arc out 6 feet in some cases. The feathers on the prince's headgear kept rubbing against the scenery and curtains. He couldn't help it, the stage was not big enough for his hat. The performance itself is a stylized, very predictable story. The characters are almost unmistakable as royalty, warriors, army, teachers, laborers. Women were either wives or lovers. The opera starts with a ...

Back in Dalian and everything is so dreary and wet. Oh, and we didn't even have that meeting that we were making sure we were back in time for. ahh well... clean clothes are lovely. Beijing to Dalian: 240Y - 12 hours Some of you have asked about the cost of the trip. From ...