Jul 9, 2009 - 1st blog entry from China

I will use this journal to keep track of my site-seeing trips and also journal my experience living in a new culture. This weekend I am headed to The Bingyu Valley Scenic Area, located in northern Zhuanghe City, 240 kilometers (149 miles) from Dalian City. ... The resort is renowned as 'Oriental Miniature Switzerland'.I will use this journal to keep track of my site-seeing trips and also journal my experience living in a new culture. This weekend I am headed to The Bingyu Valley Scenic Area, located in northern Zhuanghe City, 240 kilometers (149 miles) from Dalian City. ... The resort is renowned as 'Oriental Miniature Switzerland'....

Jul 19, 2008 - second visit to Dalian

After leaving Seoul, I returned back to Dalian for another set of meetings for the balance of my trip. ... Dalian, a city in the eastern Liaoning Province, is China's northernmost ice-free seaport. ... ), Dalian only started developing in the second half of 19th century. ... Between 1895 and 1955 Dalian was occupied alternatively by the Japanese, Chinese and Russians. ... Due to limited damage suffered during World War II, much of Dalian's architectural heritage has been preserved. ...

Sep 8, 2007 - Shenyang China

I started in Shenyang, China to review the technology for our courses taught at the university. ... Then on the Beijing, and to see UIBE, and the Harley Shop there.I started in Shenyang, China to review the technology for our courses taught at the university. ... Then on the Beijing, and to see UIBE, and the Harley Shop there....

May 28, 2006 - The Great Wall leads to North Korea

I'm staring up at a wall of rock.I'm staring up at a wall of rock....

May 27, 2006 - Stuck in Zhuanghe

A young woman pulls up in a shiny white car, insists that there isn't any bus, and says she'll drive us back to Zhuanghe. ... By the time they return 45 minutes later and we chug back to Zhuanghe, we have missed our connecting bus to Dandong. ... When I ask for a room at a little guesthouse near the Zhuanghe bus depot, we're given a "suite" - a regular twin-bedded room plus a separate parlor outfitted with a doily-topped sofa, two chairs, and a big executive desk with a big executive chair behind it. ... Apparently, not many western tourists overnight in Zhuanghe, even though we're a mere two hours from cosmopolitan Dalian. ...

May 26, 2006 - Sidetrip to "Little Guilin" - The Bingyu Valley

Lynn and I caught an early-morning bus from Dalian north to the town of Zhuanghe, then squeezed into a minibus headed for the Bingyu Valley.Lynn and I caught an early-morning bus from Dalian north to the town of Zhuanghe, then squeezed into a minibus headed for the Bingyu Valley....

May 25, 2006 - Shiny, Happy Dalian

If you want a glimpse of the future of Northeastern China - that is, if you want the sanitized, public relations version of the region's development - visit the Modern Museum in the seaside city of Dalian. ... My favorite exhibit is called "Dalian, A City without Traffic Jams. ... Despite the traffic, the real Dalian is pleasant enough. ... When the going gets tough, it seems, Dalian goes shopping. ...

Oct 22, 2005 - Dalian, China

Here it is the next to last day on the ship, we get off tomorrow morning in Beijing. We took a tour in Dalian today and the guide told us this is a small town by Chinas standards, it is only 6 million people. ... It is a seaside resort and since it is late Oct, things were almost shut down on the beach and amusement park areas.Here it is the next to last day on the ship, we get off tomorrow morning in Beijing. We took a tour in Dalian today and the guide told us this is a small town by Chinas standards, it is only 6 million people. ... It is a seaside resort and since it is late Oct, things were almost shut down on the beach and amusement park areas....