Blogs from Dalian, Liaoning, China, Asia - page 14

I can hardly believe that I have cycled so much in 7days'holiday. From Qingdao(where my university is)to Dalian(a coastal city in northeast China),and I also passed the city of Yantai(145mailes away from Qingdao). Today I have come back to my university ,and I have eventurally believed that it 's true !I have survived !I have made it!I have come back! I used hesitated a lot before ,because my racing bike has gone.For sure someone will lend me a bike ,but I didn't think I can borrow a bike which can last so long time .However one of my friends made up his mind to join in this trip,and this is his first trip in China .I did not wanna let him down,so I have come . I biked to Dalian with a cycling club in ... read more

Bing Yu Gou doesn't mean 'Ice Fish Dog' as my initial attempt at translation went. The trouble is no Chinese person has yet to tell me what it does mean. It's become an obsession for me. The most convincing answer I've had so far is 'Ice Mountain River', with the name conjuring up (in Chinese minds anyway) images of idyllic scenery and fresh mountain streams. Many locations in China have been given such a name to attract the tourists. Bing Yu Gou is apparently very 'haoting', nice-sounding, which was enough to appease me. It's also known as 'Little Guilin', Guilin being on the backpackers trail in Southern China, though I've only seen photos so it's difficult for me to comment. . The first 20 minutes there were perfect. After entering through the East Gate we boarded ... read more

For those of you who I haven't been in touch with, yes I'm back in Dalian. I've been back here since December 2006 studying chinese with a bit of teaching on the side. It's not really been "travelling" as such, but here are a few photos from this year. Nothing too exciting I'm afraid.... read more

UPDATE ON MY TRAVEL BLOG plus a NEW VIDEO!!! Hi everyone, First, just want to let you know that travelblog.org suffered a memory failure, and the guy (yes, the ONE guy) that runs travelblog.org did not properly have his backup mechanisms in place, so all of my former travel blogs have been wiped out. I am back blogging here though, because while this site was down I investigated the alternatives and they all suck. So here we are... THE GOOD NEWS IS, Since I use YOUTUBE to host/broadcast my videos, the only content I lost was the text of my blogs and the pictures I had uploaded. So, if you did not get a chance to view all of my China videos, or if you want to RE-view them or forward them to other people that ... read more

Here is the movie of my class field trip. My Chinese class took a field trip on Friday to Dalian's Labor Park. Made a video of the day. It's about 13 minutes long, and it shows the beauty of the park and all the different things people go to the park to do. Met some Americans from Missouri that had lived in Dalian for 5 months or so, and they love it here. They are at the end of the movie. ... read more