Dalian Things to Do

- beautiful flower displays
- amusement park
- sky train to top of communication hill
- alpine slide

There is a great market (fresh seafood, veggies/fruit, cheap import items like cereal, taco shells, mozzerella cheese, shortening, etc) underneath , entrance to the left of the main gates. To get to the import store, go down two flights, turn right, go to the end of the aisle, last store on the right

- two blocks by two blocks
- each block has walkway, with grass and a huge flower bed, all in red flowers in the center of each block. You can not walk on the grass anywhere in Dalian, unless you are the guy who cuts the grass
- social gathering place for locals, especiall in the summer evenings
- large dancing water fountain
- kite flying
- badminton

A huge BEAUTIFUL square popular with locals. It has a museum, Convention Center, small amusement park, beautiful park area with huge fountain diplays and statues. Rent a bicycle for 2 or 3 or walk for hours. the huge fireworks display at Spring Festival in February, the Beer Festival in August, any big events are held here.

This beach is as its name describes. It is very popular with locals. To get there you take the GO train (new/modern, but you may have to stand on weekends) from the station at Dongbei and Shugang a the Xiangiujao Flyover. Cost is about 10 RMB. It takes about 50 minutes. Take a picnic lunch. Interesting architecture (college nearby) Ride takes you thru the industrial zone - not a great view. The beach has many different areas. There is a tour bus, I forget the price but not too bad, you can get off at any stop and then climb back on whenever you are ready to go to the next area. Empty during the week. It is not the "Eastern Hawaii" as one sign suggests but still worth a visit.

Dalian is situated on the famous Yellow Sea which lies between north China and the Korean Peninsula... This part of the Yellow Sea is sometimes referred to in Western cartography as the "Gulf of Korea" or "Korean Bay"... The fishing industry is very active here and there are also some nice beaches as well as endless massive lush green hills...

Here is a photo of Elva posing next to the sea...

While I did all the strenuous work of stopping those two giant crabs from tearing each other to shreds, Elva just sat around on this giant seashell, looking pretty... Manchuria was a savage, barbaric land, filled with horrifying overgrown mutants... Had the Chinese been testing nuclear devices in the nearby forbidden zone of Lushun...? Quite possibly, but if so, Elva wasn't talking...

I was exhausted from the strain of separating the two battling crabs, and the sun's midsummer indifference, so when Elva pointed out this gargantuan tree in the distance, I decided it was the perfect time to go and get some shade... I began to notice a trend... Things were bigger here...

Another large square of Dalian, People's Square, reminds me very much of Merdeka Square in Kuala Lumpur... There are broad flat fields of green grass which you are not allowed to walk on just like at Merdeka Square... People's Square also has gorgeous red flowers decorating it as seen in the photo of Elva shown here...