Prepare for the squeeze while boarding buses.
by A2002
It is not advisable to use the crowded public buses when travelling with children. The buses will be especially crowded during peak hours, such as during the morning rush to work, evening rush to get home, and during lunch time. It is not that bad during off peak hours. When there's a lot of people, the locals will not hesitate to push one another and squeeze to be the first to get on the buses. Be prepared to be able to stand firm (a bit difficult sometimes) and squeeze up the buses. If you are in front of the crowd, the force will push you up the buses. No such things as manners like in the western world when boarding buses.
Boarding the buses at bus stations is in a more orderly manner. In that case, everyone will have to queue up. There are also many who cut queue. Many locals seems to be satisfied to cut queue even by a couple of people. Many occasions from my experience is that when I reach the end of the queue first, the person behind me will certainly cut in front of me. Perhaps I did not stand very close to the person in front of me, which I am not used to and prefer not to. I prefer to have some breathing space. :-) Whenever there's opportunity to cut queue, many will not hesitate.
Street Vendors
by charbay
After giving your stomach a chance to adjust to the new environment, try this very popular vendors - just make sure the food is cooked in front of you.
Some are there all day but most come out during the evening.
You will find them most commonly outside the big stores like Carrefour, Walmart and any other venue where something is happening that day - BBQ kebobs - almost always lamb or squid, they sprinkle cumin and cayenne on them.
Some places you eat them there as they serve them on metal skewers that they want back, others use wooden skewers.
- Candies fruit on a stick - yum
- Crepe pancake - with an egg, green onions and optional hot dog cooked and then rolled up into a little bundle - not bad
- Hard to find, but I got addicted - (jaw gee leo)
- a small bag of deep fried, thin strips of chicken sprinkled with cumin and cayenne. There is a stall just outside the Beijing Street Market one block up from Huang He Lu
- Avoid the corn on the cob, after sitting, it becomes very starchy tasting
a little culture shock
by ctietbohl
For a first time traveller outside a small town in the USA, Dalian,China is overwhelming. Everything is different in China. Be prepared to be more flexible and more tolerant of other people's customs. People are very friendly and helpful here, but english is not spoken in local restaurants and shops. Most of the time this is not a problem. (see flexible above) For frequent travellers to foreign countries, this city will be easy to navigate. Our hotel has bilingual people to speak to the taxi drivers for you, and also to supply you with cards with instructions to take you back to the hotel written in chinese. One other thought, learn the money exchange rate so that you can do it in your head, or buy an inexpensive calculator
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One of the stopover at Binhai Magic Slope
Building@the end of the Russian Buildings' Block
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