Kaifaqu Ansheng-Dalian; Liaoning

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 a 25 min LTR ride away and has lots to see and do, not to mention one of the nicer mountain hikes in Liaoning Province, Da Hei Shan. 

Take the LTR to Kaifaqu station will put you pretty much in the heart of Kaifaqu, a short walk down jinma lu will take you to Anshan. This square is the meeting of the government building, a giant mall called Anshan, McDonald's and mykal mall. To cross the streets there is an underground street way for foot traffic to keep people out of the busy intersections...which is quite important that people stay out of it in China. 

There are a couple movie theatres in close vin org, a xiao chu street, suit tailors, high end stores, walmart, tesco, well pretty much whatever you need. 

Back tracking a bit, back to the train stop, this area, the shops and restaurants/bars before the square is called five colour city. This is the "red light" district of the area, a great old time for expats to hangout! Be weary when travelling through dark alleys alone at night though...common sense really. 

Enjoy the adventure ;)

-C.B.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Income Tax for Foriegners

To begin this, I'll sum up that if you are not necessarily interested in my own personal outlooks and views on things this is what you would like to see and get assitance with if you are an Expat in China who has no idea of how taxation works. http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2015/01/28/paying-foreign-employees-individual-income-tax.html For those of you who appreciate and looked forward to my "Feihua", here it is. I have been in China for four years now, just when I think I understand how things work-I'm wrong (or it changed). Regardless of what it is when you read this, it is this for the time being. Realistically it is not as bad as one may think it to be when comparing the tax process from here to other places such as in the Middle East. Again, the view is from an outsider of that culture and expat community, however it still seems to be a relatively  conversed and ranging topic of positives and negatives. The tax system in China has its benefits as wel...
Read more

大黑山 Big Black Mountain Hike (2014)

Smoggy day :( could be better but I have been trying to do this for far to long and I currently have the opportunity to do so. Seizing the day. Origin point jinshitan, qinggui to kaifaqu. Stopped in kaifaqu, heading to tong shi tai, it is the first stop of the smaller line that stems from kaifaqu station. When getting off the train in kaifaqu, walk to the railway to your right that has the next station sign pointing in the direction your train came from. Get on train. Get off the train and head down stairs, exit off the same way you entered the train. Once you punch out of the station, exit the right side of the building onto dongbei road, a short distance to your left you will see a curve I to the next street which is______ road, go down that road _____ a short distance ahead you will see a hard to notice bus stop, jump onto bus 4, take it till they kick you off. After you get kicked off you will be confused and around what looks to be a street market. Lots of places to get food and w...
Read more

Five countries, Four Weeks Pt.6 "Koh Phi Phi-Bangkok"

Koh Phi Phi was indeed a beautiful island, right from the moment we stepped off  the boat  till the second we got back on to leave. Again, everyone seems to be asking for a dollar here, a dollar there. It becomes regular yet annoying. The island itself is very small but so incredibly easy to get lost on. Every back alley takes you to the same main bays but how far down the bays you are is the tricky part of figuring out your location. We stayed at a shady looking guesthouse called “Oasis Guesthouse” which was not too expensive but certainly didn’t seem all that secure considering the windows were just glass panes and there seemed to be a gecko or two which were always running around. Kyle and I roomed together while Jesse and Krista were sharing a room. I mostly remember from the time spent in that room, Kyle telling me again and again “rather have geckos than anything else…” I looked at him as if he was getting ill. He continued to explain that geckos are two things, faster ...
Read more