A 10.30 sleeper from Beijing to Shenyang capital of Liaoning province,arrived at 7.00am and tried to hail 6 taxis without success. None of them would take us to the Shenyang YH, don't know why,maybe language barrier. We ended up walking most of the way. Stayed 3 nights and visited the Imperial Palace,Botanical gardens and on the 3rd day Beiling Park to the North Tomb. We left again by train,early 7am,crossing into Tongue 160 km north in the province of Jilin.One night in a chain cheapy and another train to our main destination for the next 5 days Baihe which is only 200km from Vladivostok. Shenyang is not geared up for the tourists like Beijing, but the sites were the only highlight of our stay there. Oh and the Lao Bian Dumpling Restaurant which has been open
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