Currently away in Dandong 丹东 doing a bit of sight-seeing and generally relaxing.  It’s good to go somewhere new and this place makes a welcome change, however if I thought Changchun was hot and humid then you have to come here!  It’s running at over 90% humidity – things just don’t dry – and the heat is constantly over 30C.  But this aside, it’s a very interesting place, somewhat poorer than Changchun yet considerably cleaner and less chaotic. 

The first thing that I noticed was the amount of bicycles on the streets and the lack of private cars; I could cross the street without having to dangerously weave in and out the oncoming traffic. 

The other thing was the bilingual signage, pretty much everything is in Korean first, Chinese second.  Of course this is because Dandong is on the North Korean frontier; only the yalu jiang separates it from the other side.

Anyway will write more later when I have more time, there is still much to see.