Behind Bars in Lvshun Prison
Thanks to Dalian’s proximity to Russia (in relative terms, anyway!) and its history which I won’t even claim to know anything about, there remains quite a lot of Soviet influence […]
Category Archives: China
A Day at the North Korean Border in Dandong
For reasons unknown to me (and many), I’m fascinated by North Korea. I think it’s the secrecy; the fact that it’s so difficult to see and to understand, which makes […]
Supporting My Local Team With Hamsik, Carrasco, Rafa and Co!
Well that didn’t take long, did it? I mentioned a while ago that one of the few things I actually knew about Dalian before taking my job here was that […]
First Impressions of Dalian
Another year, another home! Ok, that makes me sound like part of the travelling community, but you get what I mean. Avid readers of this blog (they do exist, I […]
Time to Duran-go
As New Order once put it: I used to think that the day would never come. As it happens though, the day is here and today I’m leaving Durango and […]
200 Posts of Rambling Northerner!
It recently dawned on me that I’ve been writing this blog for quite a while now – just over four years in fact – since I left home for a […]
My Trans-Siberian Railway Adventure: Part One – Beijing to Ulaanbaatar
For many years now, one of my long-term bucket list items has been to ride the Trans-Siberian railway. It’s an ambition that has surprised a few people. Why on earth […]
My Beijing Bushtucker Trial
Before we start, I’m going to tell you a bit about an episode of Father Ted called “Flight Into Terror”. I won’t go into too much detail, but Ted, Dougal […]
2014 in Review: My Top Five Travel Highlights
Well that was fun, wasn’t it? 2014 really was an absolute belter for me. Although the end of 2013 was by far the worst period of my short life to date and […]
Completing Bucket List Item #42: Visit The Great Wall of China
Since I started compiling my bucket list a few years ago, visiting China and more specifically The Great Wall has been one of my priorities. You could say I was […]
