Travel Life

It has been one year since I moved to China. I have seen the good, the bad and the ugly. In one year it is always hard to tell how well you really care or know something/someone till you revisit that year one day with a pen and paper.  I landed in China Last September, had a suitcase full of random stuff from home and a ton of clothes for professional attire.  A week in China I had already been well acquainted with other local expats. I was finally carving a niche for myself. Winter comes along, I get incredibly sick, I reevaluate a lot of things and end up meeting the love woman I am dating today.  February was full of adventure and what a learning experience this two year contract has turned out to be. May, I decided to stay in China for another year, get a bonus and try to pay off my student loan. I enjoy my apartment and I'm going to travel to shandong province with my Dear Lily. A lucky man I am. June rolls around, I have officially completed my first contracted year, I have t

Bus four runs two ways, east and west. The predominant and more used route is the westbound. The eastbound takes you through. Pleasant little area near the area where the two routes intersect; this market area is a very narrow street with vendors and numerous amounts of restaurants, it is worth the travel. Although it is not hard to find on foot, nor is it discouragingly far, it is more convienent after a long day of walking to grab the bus. If you see the 1GO grocery shop, you have gone to far, that is where the routes closely intersect. I wrote this post a while back free some how gett no lost and by some how getting lost I mean, I don't know the symbols for the east on the bus that separates it from the one I needed.  The westbound bus will take you from the Qing Guai up to the decathlon, zoo coffee shopping area. This leads to the kaifaqu beach amusement area.  It is pretty much a straight shot down jinma Lu. But I got on the wrong bus and of course it was the last bus running

The Dalian is not the capital city of Liaoning province in DonBei (northeast) China but it certainly is a new sense of urban centralization. Being one of the top beach resort areas in China (specifically the second best in Northeast (Donbei) China; Dalian outweighs Shenyang when it comes to attractions and history.  Dalian had in previous years been occupied by the Japanese during World War 2. Had has since been an area much travelled to to pay respects to the history and reclaim of the area.  There are many areas surrounding Dalian that are just as great the next but the big seller of the "Clothing City" (as it has been called) is the easy access to seafood. Although Dalian is really only known for (in terms of cuisine) is the dried and fresh seafood, it still has some amazing places to eat. No, not Japan amazing, but pretty great food! Outside of Dalian heading towards the North is an outer area (a growing urban core) called Kaifaqu. Although I live in Jinshitan, Kaifaqu is