DAY 13

The day kicked off with a visit to the Golden Beach. Anglia wasn’t sure why the organizers brought us to the beach when a theme park was just across the road. Speaking of the theme park, it looked like a mock of Disney Land with a name like Discovery Land.











Obviously the place was very windy and my unprotected eyes started to water. Nonetheless, I had a nice walk along the beach and spotted a few people fishing. Is it possible to fish in such shallow water?







Once bored of the beach, many started to rent bikes while some attempted to fly a kite. Our lecturer joined in the fun too; he was able to get the kite to stay in the air for a record of 5 seconds.


Next was lunch and to everybody’s horror surprise, it was held in the same restaurant as last week. Thankfully there were new dishes though curiously I didn’t eat as much as the previous week.








After fuelling our stomachs, we headed to Dalian Niuqi Qi Jing which is basically a horse ranch for policewomen where we were supposed to be able to watch a performance. Ridiculously today is Labour Day, a major public holiday in this country, so the staff had the day off. The substitute entertainment were watching an officer train a horse, visiting the barn, taking pictures with a friendly horse and of course going crazy over dandelions.


There was also a rather temperamental Chow Chow which looked lonely.




Horses are often said to be majestic creatures but it seems that they can be silly creatures too.








Next destination was Dalian Sightseeing Tower which is insanely tall plus it is located on a soaring peak. I am semi-phobic of high places but ironically I love the view from such places.






Way below the sightseeing hall was a gallery of coins, insects and butterflies. I found an old Indonesian coin being displayed and suddenly missed my home country.



Outside the tower, a jumping fever started to spread. It felt good to jump while looking at the city way below.



Last stop for the day was the Olympic Square and by then the jumping fever was still going on. The Olympic rings reminded me of onion rings; I was hungry already.


For the first time in 2 weeks, my group of 7 friends and myself had something other than Chinese food; McDonald’s. I had the McSpicy which was not spicy at all, at least to my standard. Singapore’s version is way hotter. Even so I tried to savor the rare Western taste by eating the burger slowly. I want more already.