dalian is not a big ah lian

headed for Dalian over the weekend !

thurs overnight train til sunday morn returned in time to run to church! =)

selected photos of 大连之旅.

chey! only after spending so long sorting out photos did JD send us some pretty pro pics!

first train ride on 硬卧 (hard sleeper) carriage.
it's certainly not the dark dirty dingy trains we imagined!
旧上海的味道...
they even play you lullabies and give morning calls...

who needs to fly to Russia?

Russian quarters~

welcome to japan... i mean, dalian!

日本风情街

the long-lost cousin

老虎滩

海底世界

remind us not to be touristy

good company makes all the difference!

Siok Hoon, Siting, Yinjie, and our new friend Junda who didn't mind the "ying sheng yang shuai"!

we actually went in the wrong season - who wants to 吹海风 at 1 or 2 degrees?

but it was a not bad first trip out of beijing!