De Yuan Tai Hotel Qingdao

... views are spectacular, and somehow it also has the glimse of lifestyle from a big city. Thus to say, mixture of everything.

Definitely worth the visit, and the coldness...


Hightlights of visits:
. The Protestant Church(基督教堂 )
. Jiaozhou Governor's Hall (提督府), office building of former German governors [Gouverneurspalast] and former municipal government

... down the hills, we finally settled on a slightly outward hill...it's only 3:30pm and the sun is already preparing for the day-off......Point to note for the sunset fans, you gotta start early for that in Qing Dao. By 4:30pm the whole sunset process is done and we went for some city sightseeing, christmas trees and decos are all around already, nice lights there.

... 26041;知郤原來 ; / 不必盼蓬萊 ; / 已是埋藏心 ;內 / 蓬萊就是愛 ;
Listen to it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N9TxBTq -wQ


Highlights of visit:
. Penglai Tourism-Vacation Area (蓬莱旅游ॷ 0;假区)
. Penglai ge (蓬莱阁)
. The Eight Immortals (八仙)

... out the driver turned on the highest temperate possible and for once, someone can't stand it and shout aloud so we didn't end up with heart burnt....yikes.

Finally arrived at Yan Tai at 6ish pm..Quickly checkin to a chain hotel, it's just RMB188 per night, superbly cheap. Can't expect lux settings, but good and neat enough for a quick stay.

... br>.. Kang Youwei (康有为)
.. Wen Yiduo (闻一多)
.. Wang Tongzhao (王统照)
.. Laoshe (舒庆春，ढ 3;老舍)
.. Hong Shen (洪深)
.. Shen Congwen (沈从文)
.. Liang Shiqiu (梁实秋)
.. Duanmu Hongliang (端木蕻良)

... suis alle a la playa, et je me suis assis sur un banc, sachant fort bien que ca invitait le danger et les occasions. Donc 2 secondes plus tard un coiffeur de cheveux vient sasseoir a cote de moi et me parle. On discute de la vie au Canada et en Chine, on me pause des questions a laquelle je repond trop franchement (Ne faites jamais ca).

Je leur ai parler de notre igloo nationale ou le parlement siege, de la gouverneur generale qui mange le ...

... and everything is beer themed, even the dustbins, manhole covers and benches. Alongside the street are several chilled out beer-gardens and restaurants. Unfortunately we were a bit too late to visit the brewery, so we just went for dinner straight away. In the evening we took a bus to Su Ru's sister's house in the suburbs, where I spent the night with the family. The sister and her husband live in a very elegant apartment and I even had my own room and ...

The last day in China. The last day of the port before the last country. It's getting more and more bittersweet. But not worrying about it yet. Not yet. We woke up after sleeping restlessly in our fairly uncomfortable dorm beds. I had had such high hopes, after the boards we'd slept on in the hotel in Beijing. It had looked comfortable and soft, but we were sleeping on the box springs. But that didn't stop me from absolutely loving the hostel experience. I got in the ...

... all the signs were "brought to you in part by American Express", and the star bucks in the heart of the city. I have seen more star bucks on this voyage then I ever have back home. Trying to escape the star bucks we finally meet up with the rest of our group and went to the palaces in the center of the city. We played in the bamboo and took pictures in giant pots on the outskirts of the city. Chinese tourists were everywhere and every few steps I took I had to stop and wait for ...

... shower. The train journey was not too bad. Somehow we ended up having 5 people in our 4 berth compartment, but they seemed alright, and thankfully huik-free. Considering it was a 19hr journey, it passed pretty fast. Had quite an entertaining evening learning Chinese card-games with some kids in the next compartment, and teaching them western card-games. Great practice for learning counting by the way. We didn't have to wait long in Qingdao for ...