Passing through Dalian
I’ve just wrapped up a week in Dalian (大连市) and I can tell you it’s been nice. Staying with friends, I’ve had access to the internet long enough to upload a lot of photos that have been waiting for such an occassion. Here’s a view from the 29th floor apartment I’ve been staying:
It’s reputation as a beautiful city is accurate with lush green trees lining every street. The seafood reputation comes from being surrounded by water on three sides and you can find an endless strip of fresh-seafood bbq in the downtown core. One of the things I particularly enjoyed was the variety of foreign foods here. My hometown of Vancouver, Canada has restaurants serving food from all over the globe, but the university district of Tianjin offers very little foreign food compared to what I am used to. Two of the most memorable meals I’ve enjoyed here have been Japanese teppanyaki with and Korean hwe (회) which is Korean-style sashimi.
In a couple hours I’ll be heading back to Tianjin to meet Ryan for his last day in China. In two days he’ll board a plane and return to Kamloops while I board another train for Nanchang (南昌市). The lucky guy has been travelling around south-western China for a couple weeks with our friends and I’ve heard that seeing the China outside Tianjin has really changed his perspective of the country — I can’t wait to get some of his travel stories. In Nanchang, I need to renew my visa and find an apartment. The staff at Nanchang University have been very friendly and helpful so far, which gives me much to look forward too.