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Pro
Great Wall and North Korea proximity
Con
Not much to do in the city but walk along the river.
In a nutshell
Everything I asked for - take the train into town and enjoy a day or two.
Small boat along the back of Tiger Hill and DPRK
DSwede Says: If you venture outside of Dandong to the Tiger Hill section of the Great Wall and to the "One Step" section of the river, you may notice that there are a few small boats tied off.You may barter with the drivers down to ~20RMB depending on the size of your group or your...
ellyse Says: The Museum In Aid of North Korea Against American Aggression costs 10 RMB (not sure if that's student price) for the side museum. That houses a weird assortment of terracotta warriors, some stuff about the Chinese side of the Korean war and the history of unequal peace...
pravit726 Says: The "short bridge", built by the Japanese in the 1920s, used to connect China and North Korea, but was bombed out during the Korean War. Nowadays the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge connects the two, but you can still walk along the (reconstructed) Chinese side and take a look...
pravit726 Says: We paid around 35RMB for two of us to take a speedboat ride across the river to the North Korean side. The driver took us right up to the other side for about 5 minutes, letting us see a North Korean school, some cranes, and boats up close. There were plenty of North Koreans...
Look at North Korea from the riverfront
pravit726 Says: Across the Yalu River is North Korea - as you near the riverfront you'll see a large smokestack in the distance, which is actually in North Korea! It's close enough to make out people walking around on the other side. Walk to the end of the "short bridge", bombed by the...
How to get North Korean Television Reception !!
nmercury64 Says: You are in Dandong. In your hotel, you have probably already clicked through all of the TV channels at least twice to see if you can get the TV station from Sinuiju, North Korea.Well you can't, at least not without making a few "ahem" minor easy-to-make modifications to your...
Confucius Says: It was officially called "The War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid North Korea" and this museum offers the Chinese point of view regarding the Korean War.Located atop Yinghua Mountain, the museum has exhibits outdoors as well as inside.The outdoor exhibition has planes,...
A quick trip across the Yalu on Chinese speedboats
Confucius Says: You've seen North Korea from Yalu River Park. You walked out on the Short Bridge and got a closer look. Now it's time for one of the best highlights of any Dandong trip; a quick speed boat jaunt to North Korea's side of the river for the closest view of the hermit...
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Rising International Zhonglian Hotel
1 Review and 4 Opinions Zhong Lian hotel is as well located as a tourist could hope for. Dandong is not such large city that...
Pyongyang Koryeo Restaurant: Don't Miss the North Korean Dancers!
pravit726 Says: There are several North Korean-operated restaurants in China, and quite a few in Dandong itself! You can recognize them by the North Korean and Chinese flags over the entrance. They are staffed by waitresses from North Korea who put on karaoke dance shows, and offer a...
Confucius Says: There is a brewery in town, if you're the type that likes to sample local beers around the world. The name of the local beer in Dandong is "Yalu River Beer" and I can not confirm if the ingredients actually include any drops of North Korea's territorial waters.The Chinese...
Riverfront area: Romantic Dandong
pravit726 Says: In the evenings plenty of the locals hang out around the riverfront and play hackey sack with shuttlecocks. You can also sit down and watch a movie on a public flatscreen TV. Or take a romantic stroll along the riverfront.
Forgotten: Singing songs at the karaoke box
bubblechooch Says: You must go to karaoke in Dandong! We went to a karaoke box in midnight. Karaoke boxes is different from karaoke bars. You can enjoy singing karaoke with only your friends in the room, so you don't care about other people.The karaoke box normally serve one room each a group...
ellyse Says: Everything can be walked from the train station. At least that's what I did! The location of the Museum is marked wrongly in Lonely Planet (was using the 2002 edition), so buy a map at the train station and figure out the correct spot yourself.
Confucius Says: Did you know it is possible to fly to Dandong from Sanya on Hainan Island? Yes, but only on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The morning flight on China Southern airlines also has two stops, first in Shenzhen and then at Shanghai's Pudong airport before reaching...
"Walking Street": Outdoor pedestrian market
DSwede Says: There is a ~4 block section near the central area called "Walking Street", or at least that's what the translation of the Chinese name is. Ask a local or your hotel what the true Chinese name is, so that you can get a taxi to the area.There are countless shops, ranging from...
No name; just a row of shops and sidewalk vendors: The Dandong Antique Market
Confucius Says: The shops on this street sell Chinese and North Korean stamps, coins, old currency, military medals, as well as many Chinese items of sentimental or nostalgic value relating to the Cultural Revolution or other important eras of modern Chinese history.There are usually...
Helpfulness
When you take a ride across the Yalu River on one of the Chinese speedboats you will be warned not to take photos of the dock workers along the North Korean shore.
They do not appreciate the constant traffic of tourist boats which bring curious spectators within a stone's throw of their vessels.
("Click to enlarge" and you'll see the other comrade reaching for another projectile to hurl at the enemy speedboat from China with a camera toting taunting tourist aboard)
Updated May 25, 2005
Helpfulness
I'm sure there are plenty of areas where you could do this, but the most famous one is "Yibukua"(one step cross), accessible from Hushan Great Wall. I read lots about this place before I went, but my own North Korean border crossing experience proved far more difficult than I had expected. Visit my Hushan page for the whole story and more details on how to get here!
Hushan page
Updated Jan 9, 2007
DSwede Says: In my tours of North Korea, China and more specifically Dandong, it was expressed by several Chinese people that the Chinese sided with North Korea in the Korean War because they were Communist brothers and they were geographical neighbors. However, all the people I spoke to...
Disparity between China and DPRK
DSwede Says: Having visited both China and DPRK, the photo on my Dandong page and this photo I believe give the best visual impression of the disparities between the two countries.I've commented within my North Korean pages how dissimilar the two Korean countries are, but the comparison...
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On the border with North Korea
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A peaceful town with very friendly people
I enjoyed my trip to DanDong even if I had to work. The people were very friendly and very gracious. My host company was a very larg construction company that say to my needs and very mutually...
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