This year, in July, with the help of one of my cousins, I managed go to China.  I can’t say I visited China, because I’ve been in only one big city, Dalian(population of 6mil), but it was one of the greatest travel experiences I had till now.

She(my cousin) was working(in a stunt show) in a big theme park near Dalian,  Kingdom of Discovery. At some point, knowing that I like to travel, she told me(half serious, half joking) that I should go there, because it was lots of fun, it was very cheap, I would meet cool people from USA and Australia(from her team) and  a lot of beautiful girls from the park parade and the dance shows(most of them from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus). And everybody  was partying almost every night.

So, I started telling all of my friends that I will go to China. Most of them did not believe me and even made fun of me(Stuff like “Yeah, right”, “Sure sure, and I am flying to the moon”, etc. ). Their reaction filled me with ambition(I’m kind of stubborn) and I started thinking very serious about going. My cousin assured me that I could live with them in the park’s complex villas(for employees) and even eat at the park cafeteria. I just needed money for the plane and personal expenses.   So I made some massive economies, I got my vista from the Chinese Embassy…

…And on the first of July, I left for China. It was a very long trip(20hours), I had to changed three planes to get to Dalian. I also had the opportunity to visit Amsterdam(I spent 7 hours there – it’s more than enough time to see all the important attractions – but not enough to taste or touch – more like a tease … ).

This hole trip cost me 1200Euro. 800Euro was the plane ticket and 400Euros I spent there. I left with a backpack and I came home with a full luggage.

Great experiece, great experience! I met a lot of new people and made a lot of friends all over the world. I came in close contact with a completly new culture. The fact that I spent most of my time there in semi-touristic and non-touristic areas  made me witness a lot of interesting things, things that you don’t hear or read about in the media.

Here is my own Dalian photo Gallery.

Posted by George as China

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