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Qingdao Slideshow
Qingdao
Travel Blogs from Qingdao, China
Are Flights Ever On-Time Anymore?
... plane, and our flight from Nanjing to Qingdao was quick -- a little over an hour -- and uncomplicated. From the airport in Qingdao, we took another taxi to our hostel, which again was about an hour from the airport, and we finally arrived sometime ...
Part 1: Getting to the Former German Colony
... sober too long to lose their minds. The imperialist ghost which haunts my narrative is not being subtle today. I came into Qingdao very early. I caught the night bus from Nanjing. Instead of seats, the night bus has bunk beds that, although narrow, ...
Shandong Coastal Motorcycle Tour
... town, stopping only a few times to eat or refuel. They covered good distance traveling on the highway, but highway laws in China ban motorcycles on the expressway. For this reason they decided to exit at a toll booth. With Jordan as the lead motorcycle ...
Sonne, Strand und Bier
... Hause. Schließlich musste ich in nicht mal 4 Stunden Tutorium halten. Das folgende Wochenende wollte ich nach Qingdao. Am Freitagabend waren wir aber noch vom deutschen Verein unserer Uni zu einer Mitgliederversammlung eingeladen. Natürlich standen ...
Some Observations about China
... touch glasses during a toast, one shows respect by touching lower on the glass. Most of the streets in Qingdao are named after cities in China (Hong Kong Road is the main business street. Others include, Weihei Rd, Fuzhou rod?etc. there are ...
First Day in Qingdao
... the German architecture Qingdao is famous for. The city is built in the hills and cliffs surrounding the sea, and the European style buildings make for quaint, distinctive neighborhoods. Qingdao is a good city to walk in. ...
Suis-je vraiment encore en Chine?
... un carrefour important pour le reseau ferroviaire en Chine. Faque en gros ca m'a pris un bon 24 heures me rendre a destination. Qingdao est une ville portuaire d'environ 2-3 millions d'habitants (pff! C'est un pet!) situee a peu pres entre Beijing et ...
Part 3: History
... French, English and American schools. In terms of eduction, the Germans established preperatory schools in China, which fed two technical colleges they built, in Qingdao and Shanghai. There they taught Western science to appreciative Chinese; who, by the ...
Food food food!
... 'Lao Wei' at me, which literally translates as 'Old Foreigner'. One other thing I forgot to mention about China (this happens everywhere) is that all children until they are properly toilet trained, have crotch-less trousers, and their parents ...
Afscheid Charlotte - heading for Qingdao
... de laatste avond van "the beer festival" aan de andere kant van de stad. Dit is een jaarlijks evenement in Qingdao, bekend in heel China, waar je haar verleden als Duitse vrijhandelszone nog kan merken. Opmerkelijk, inderdaad, hoe goed die chinezen (geen ...
Dagje Qingdao
... beginnen we de dag met geld wisselen, een ander hotel te nemen en het vervoer naar Beijing te regelen voor morgenavond. Qingdao is een voormalige duitse vrijhandelszone. De foto is hiervan het bewijs (resto met inscriptie "fish with chinese sauer ...
Natuurpark Laoshan + vertrek naar Beijing
... keer zien we een blauwe hemel in China. Heel de dag zonnig. Zeer bevorderlijk voor het zomer- en vakantiegevoel. De bus uit Qingdao zet ons af op een verlaten plaats waar niemand Engels spreekt en op het eerste zicht niets te doen is. Een chinees met ...
Silly China
... we were a bit homesick, because he took us to a bar that looked just like 10 downing street! We then moved on to Qingdao to where the sailing Olympics were held, another crazy town with beautiful beaches and crazy locals swimming in the sea and playing ...
crash course in chinese tours
the food in qingdao is quite good. last night, diana, justin, leah and i wandered around shopping st. and beer st. on shopping st., diana was complaining about how hungry she was so we stopped at this place that had a really long line. turned out they ...
Changement de decor
Une petite balade en train tue tout le spleen, me voila Qingdao, BEER-CITY! 6 heures de train, dans un train qui fait 200 km-h cest bien. Et Qingdao est mieux! Bravant linconnu, je suis parti en train hier matin avec les cryptiques informations pour me ...
Ecouler les jours heureux!
Il est difficile de raconter ses aventures, quand tout est si relaxe ici. L'ambiance est decontractee, je nai pas rebu de biere bien sur. On ma dit qua long terme ca joue sur le moral par contre (L'ambiance et pas la biere). Je perds lentement la ...
tsingtao
... is the first day on our gymboree group trip. apparently, every year, the whole wuxi center travels to an exotic locale in china. this year, they chose qingdao. so we met at 4 this morning to make our 8 o'clock plane in shanghai. we were supposed to arrive ...
Beer
... sleeping postures.. Lots of entertaiment on the Chinese side too, watching me trying to find a way to sleep too. Qingdao lies at the coast in China. It has a number of beaches and quite a lot of German buildings which makes it a popular holiday resort ...
Migration de morse!
... ils se sont gorges de fruits de mers ou peu importe ce que les morses chinois mangent (Du riz?) arrivent sur les plages a Qingdao et prennent le controle de la place. Les habitants locaux savent mieux que de narguer ces puissantes creatures, et donc garde ...
The latest in Yantai... And trip to Qingdao
... face gurner I've ever seen and Wally's brother who loves to twirl his Chinese girlfriend about! Sam, Ben, Mhairi and I took a trip to Qingdao at the weekend - on the first day it rained, but we still had fun. We ate at a beautiful Italian restaurant - ...
Qingdao
... and the Finn (who is traveling for a long time like me -- I might possibly see him again somewhere in Southeast Asia). I liked Qingdao, and deliberately slowed down my sightseeing just to have an excuse to spend an extra day there -- it's a very pleasant ...
Not for Sale
As soon as we arrived in Quingdao we were told we had to head straight out for dinner as Mr Yow had been preparing food for us all day, whilst we were travelling from Qufu. Feeling a bit confused but intriued we followed anyway and arrived at a small ...
Getting Lost In the Old Streets of Qingdao
This is a top pick! Hey Hey and a Big G'Day toya, I spent a wonderful day wondering Qingdao’s beautiful little cobble stone streets today. It did start a little strangely and I wasted a bit of time as I forgot my map and after leaving St Michael’s Church I ...
Step forward for civilization
... 6 beach, number 1 beach, number 2 beach and number 3 beach. I don't know what happened to number 4 and 5 beach. Qingdao is also a popular destination for wedding couples, who like to have their photos taken on the beach. It was hilarious watching ...
Qingdao
... east coast of China, from where I will take a ferry to Incheon in South Korea and from where Peony will return to southern China. Qingdao is a former German colony (about 100 years ago) and there is still a lot of German architecture and the whole (old ...
Qingdaos Beautiful Boardwalk Adventure
This is a top pick! ... be due to that it was this city that hosted the sailing part of the 2008 Chine Olympics and for those who are planning a trip to China Qingdao is a damn good place to start. Here is the run down the Lonely Planet gives it and I couldn’t agree ...
Cheese, yay!
... which is almost like a real Western city and was a nice break after so many weeks of Yantai. What's the best thing about Qingdao though?? THEY HAVE CHEESE! God Bless Carrefour! Anyway we took the train on Friday afternoon and after a 5 hour journey (thats ...