Dalian Shopping

Tip of the Day: Shopping, Shopping and more Shopping

Achievement of the day: Got in & out of the ant's nest


We are getting there! We have started with the ‘overUSprices’ but we have finally found a place where things are given away. (so to speak). It is the ‘things’ market. Chinese call everything ‘things’. Anyway it is an old 5 story building my guess is has 70,000 SF each floor. It has hundreds of small shops selling everything like houseware, cloths, bags, carpets, electronics. Each section is selling different category. Shoes- off course how can I forget the 185 yuan Adidas for Udi that took us 20 minutes to negotiate. Initial asking was 285 yuan.I have found out I was born Chinese --- I discovered I negotiate better than they do.(or maybe I only think that way) Quality so so but prices are at China levels. Then we went to the underground shopping mall. This is a sight to see. It has probably ten story all underground. We got lost. It is huge! we got in and couldn’t find the way out. Thousands of small shops. We got in one way and found ourselves outside on the street in complete different location. We are still trying to figure out how big this place is. Even the locals having hard time to map the place. Dalian has freezing temp in the winter so it is all underground – amazing. I was feeling like an ant. 10,000 ants all buying ‘things’. How about 100 stores one next to each other all selling cell phones?? Or shoes?? Or bags?? Or Clair’s ??

We will be there again I promise. Some part of our family like bags and Adi is coming here next month.......