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the Eastern Beginning of the Great Wall-Hushan Great Wall
Published: February 10th 2013Asia » China » Liaoning » Dandong
February 10th 2013
I went to the Eastern Beginning of the Great Wall on Oct. 3 of 2012. Hushan - 'Tiger Mountain' in English, is so named because the two towering peaks are like two tiger ears pricking up into the sky. It covers an area of four square kilometers (1.54 square miles) and its main peak measures 146.3 meters (1,080 feet). In history, the mountain was always regarded as an important fortress because it guarded the safety of Dandong City in Liaoning Provience and is the eastern gate way to China. So logic dictated that a section of Great Wall along Hushan Mountain be built to take up the commanding heights.The Hushan Great Wall, lying on the Yalu River, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Dandong City, Liaoning Province, and facing North Korea across the river, was built to ... read more
DALIAN - delicious seafood, a sad seaside and a calligraphy lesson at McDonalds
Published: February 24th 2013Asia » China » Liaoning » Dalian
January 21st 2013
Another night in the train. We arrived in Dalian around 11am. Because of its nice seaside, good fish restaurants and a lot of green space in the city, Dalian is supposed to be the most liveable city in the whole of China. Finding the hostel was easy because the city is not too big. The start was a little disappointing because even though we changed the dates for our stay in the hostel 2 days in advance, the owner was not willing, to give as at least a little refund back. Nothing. Anyway, we started with some pretty good seafood and strolled around town afterwards. The weather was good and the city really felt different in comparison to all the other chinese cities I have been to so far. It was more relaxed and due to ... read more
December 27th 2012
this information comes from wikipedia. For those unfimiliar I normally post a brief history of the place i went to before posting whaat I did and what I saw during the time i was there. So enjoy. Dalian is a major city and seaport in the south of Liaoning province, Northeast China. It is surrounded by the waters of the Yellow Sea to the east and the Bohai Sea to the west and south. Across the Bohai Sea to the south lies the Shandong peninsula. Holding sub-provincial admini... read more
November 6th 2012
We had the pleasure of making a weekend trip to Qianshan Mountain. It is in Northeast China about 20 kilometers away from Anshan City. We were with a group from work. Qianshan ( Mountain of A Thousand Peaks) because its peaks interweave one another nearly amount to one thousand. It is the sacred land of Buddhism and Taoism with Buddhist and Taoist temples and monasteries. The scenery was beauiful with many paved foot paths that climb steeply up the hillsides through thick forest. These foot paths lead past, Steele, honouring the dead, small shrines, pagodas and temples. These are active temples to this day. Cable cars to several of the scenic peaks, them more climbing after that. I have to say I did not make it all the way to the top, there is over 1000 ... read more
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Hanging out with the locals- Nightlife Shenyang
Published: October 19th 2012Asia » China » Liaoning » Shenyang
October 19th 2012
Went out for the first time at night on a weekend to experience the night life in downtown Shenyang. Had a lot of fun and the locals were very friendly. It was amazing to see the locals organize and perform on the sidewalks. Hope you enjoy the pictures.... read more
September 25th 2012
Shopping in Shenyang. This is only one of the shopping areas. Over 300 stores. The cars, the bikes,the carts, the buses, the people, the people, OH MY!!!!... read more
End of the school year and bits and pieces of june in Dalian
Published: August 30th 2012Asia » China » Liaoning » Dalian » Jinshitan
August 30th 2012
End of the school year The school year 2011-2012 went pretty fast. I started the year teaching Kindergarten which I absolutely love and is one of my favorite ages and grades to teach, but in December a new teacher teaching grade 1 decided to leave in the middle of the year and I step up and ask to move up and I got promoted to teach grade 1 from January to June. If I had a blast teaching Kindergarten, you can´t imagine how much I enjoyed, loved and the fun I had teaching grade 1, plus I taught with an amazing teacher and friend Agnes Franklin. The last weeks of school in June went pretty fast and were super busy, between teaching, assessing, meetings and social gatherings I practically had no time off. It felt good ... read more
August 19th 2012
My last stop on my 7 week journey brought me to Dalian, a beautiful port city in the northeast of China about an hour flight from Beijing. I had originally planned to meet my Chinese friend Junting here in her hometown, but as I mentioned in my other post, she is still stuck in the United States working out her visa issues. Despite this, Junting went above and beyond to see that I had a great stay in Dalian after I told her I still wanted to visit. She put me up with her really nice and funny parents at her gorgeous home, made sure her English speaking cousins and friends would be around so I could communicate (her parents don't speak any English) and planned for great sightseeing adventures and dining experiences that I enjoyed ... read more
August 3rd 2012
The last day at DUT! We had our presentations ceremony this morning. Each class made a PowerPoint and talked about their experience. Our classes was just lots and lots of photos - a picture says a thousand words afterall. Matt, Jack and I presented with Lil doing her best to screw up the PowerPoint operation! We were then all presented with our certificates and marks from our classes. It was a really nice touch and I am very happy to have a momento to show what we have learnt! We then took loads of photos and exchanged email addresses before going to a big lunch togethe As it was Simons birthday we all said happy birthday in various languages. The teachers got him the traditional long noodle that you have to eat in one go to ... read more
