We spent the day touring the back streets and Chinese alleyways of this China port city which claims to house 6 million people!!! We learned that there is an ‘Old Dalian’ and a ‘New Dalian’. We opted to tour the ‘old’….of course but it still had a fresh and newer look!!
Dalian port serves as both a commercial and military port. We were warned numerous times not to take any pictures in the port area as their are military restrictions on photography…..
Trust we try to abide by these suggestions….as we are here to ‘spread goodwill’ not cause an international ‘scene’:)!!!

We kept a “driver” with us for the day and she would “drop us” at various locations of interest in this megapolis and then come back and ‘fetch us’ a couple of hours
later. It was an excellent way to get an over over view of the city and the culture!!

We loved the Chinese dumplings, prawns, and homemade Chinese noodles!!! It was a beautiful sunny day but our coldest spot yet!!