Let's begin with life in Dalian. Since my wife got landed immigrant visas for her and her daughter from Citizenship and Immigration Canada, our life here was clearly coming to an end. Her mind during the month of July and August was focused on her return to Vancouver to continue her quest of Canadian citizenship and a separate (from him) participation in the Canada Pension Plan.

For my wife and daughter the other priority was getting to Canada in time for the new school year and Kelly's registration at a BC high school. So Yuan spent lots of time on the Internet researching rental properties in Vancouver with a view to finding a home close to a good high school.

With one thing and another Yuan decided to leave Dalian on August 20 last.

By then I had to come to terms with the prospect of staying in Dalian until late December 2005 and so live without the pleasure and joy of Yuan's company for 4 months. After telling her that I felt I couldn't do that. I resolved to split the difference by leaving Dalian to return to Vancouver no later than 2005 October 30.

In the meantime I decided to visit more of Shandong Province. So on Aug 21 I took the night ferry to Yantai. During the next two days I visited Penglai and Weihai. Photos below show some of the scenery I saw. Unfortunately I erased a 256MB flash drive by mistake and lost about 200 photos of this visit, especially the Penglai part.