Changchun

From Shengyang, we took a fast train (2 hours) to Changchun, where Jilin University is located, and it was the capital of Manchu puppet country  established by the Japanese.

 

Day 7,

     Fast train ...

   marching attendants...

     train station!

    Our four stars hotel.

    It was raining....

     Town Center at night!

 

Day 8, this is a long drive to Chiayin (11 hours), each way

on the way ...

   gas station attendants.

   welcome to another province.

    sign to the museum..

..      sign pole

  .

         garbage cans

 

Day 9, JiaYin  there is a dinosaur park right outside the hotel

    Just outside the gate

 

They have collected 265 dinosaurs in the world with as much specifics as they possibly have, they made models of all of them. And placed every one of them according to the continents they belong in the yard, you can walk around to read about each of them. The following are some samples:

Then, they have a hundred metters long model with 14 experts (live sizes) standing or working in the front:

   our host, Mr. Sun was one of them.

  gate of the museum.

   the big one

  inside door

The place that they found the big one was preserved on the side of the river with dinosaur location concreted into the wall:

There was another site we went to see, but it was too much water to get to the original site to observe anything:

The walk along the Black Dragon River was well decorated, it is a good place to go:

 

 

 

Day 10, drive back to Changchun with another long day:

   left dinosaur country

   wood ears are drying on the streets.

 

   Bullet train is under construction

   Our lunch place on the road.

   toll booth

   items were selling in every hotel room.

 

 

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