Dalian Archives - Ryan McLaughlin

Dalian vs. Suzhou

Despite the combative title, it’s rather tough to A-B the two places I’ve spent the most time with in China. They are both supported and mired by a number of attributes that make them both rather unique places to live. Last week Maggie and I grabbed a flight out of PVG and made our annual …

September 30, 2009

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Chinese cities with beautiful women, I seem to know how to pick ’em

Before moving to Dalian in 2005 I spent a good amount of time on the Internet researching the place to see if it was the type of city I’d like to live in. Looking back on what I read, it was the typical “Dalian is a beautiful sea-side city” tourist crap that I would hear …

September 2, 2009

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A Son of Dalian

I’ve just returned from 5 days offline and out of Suzhou – two things I’m generally quite adverse to subjecting myself to. It was rather refreshing. As the last time I got my visa in Suzhou the woman told us in no uncertain terms not to come back, Mags and I knew we’d be heading …

October 14, 2008

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vLog.05: Dalian Tour

Ok, I know this is cheating a little bit. I got a bit carried away in my geekdom today and made a little video tour of Dalian with Google Earth (and a bit of video ripping software as Iâ€™ve not got the $400 to get the Pro version). Good news is you wont have to …

June 21, 2006

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Da Hei Shan å¤§é»‘å±±

Last week, as I’ve mentioned, was May Holiday. This is a very popular time for people in China to travel – as many have a week long vacation. The “many” however did not include Maggie. As I didn’t really feel like trekkin’ around China on my own, and am still slaving over this new Web …

May 9, 2006

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