China - Dalian

First trip to Northeast part of China. It's going to be a week short trip visiting Dalian factory with 2 other colleagues. Flew alone via Xiamen Airlines and it was a dread, transit, waiting, squeezy plane.

Reached Dalian in the evening and thankful company arranged a chauffeur to pick me up directly to the dinner place. Had I would say the best quality steamboat of my life. The chicken is literately the most tender steamboat chicken ever eaten and even better than Hai Di Lao.

Shangri-La Hotel was luxurious, fantastic room.

Day 2 (Tuesday):

Headed down early for hotel breakfast, not enough sleep. But the breakfast food was not too bad.

A long and tiring day spent visiting and understanding the Da Lian factory. After work, followed one of the manager for some local restaurant, which was alright. Finally some free time at night to roam around Da Lian city centre, and snapped some pictures.

Day 3 (Wednesday): Full day of factory assessment, forgettable day. Da Lian team treated dinner again, and this time was at Peking Duck restaurant. Learnt a new way to eat Peking Duck, dip in sugar.

Day 4 (Thursday): Full day of assessment again, tiring and forgettable day, but assessment finally concluded. Had to entertain Dalian colleagues for BBQ dinner again, but the food was really good.

Day 5 (Friday): Had to go office for half-day of wrap up session. Finally was able to conclude in the afternoon at about 3+pm. Finally, time to explore streets of Dalian!

By following our driver's recommendation, I took a 'casual stroll' towards the coast. The stroll turned our not so casual as it was around a 45 minute walk and I was definitely under-dressed. The wind was gushing so strong at the coast.

Paid a visit to the fake Venice which was alright and then had KFC dinner before hailing a cab back to the hotel. Almost died from the cold, should have wore a jacket.