Post And Telecom 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.

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... belts and feeding through the machines. Minimal manpowers.

We spent pretty much the entire afternoon on the coach. A funny incident, as we are all getting into deep naps during the bus trip, suddenly I was woke up by intensive heat, like burning fire, really hot-like-hell, it's winter and I can't get rid of any more clothes from my body ...

... such a wonderful guy he spoke little English but I knew enough to get us by and he knew exactly where to take me for the hotel price I was willing to pay.

Zhongshan Lu Mall is the main road that runs through the old part of Qingdao City.

And found just down from the large Mc Donalds sing and down the hilly Tianjin Lu (across Henan Lu) is what I named Sea Food and Beer Square. The square is ...

... It was clearly our Olympic moment, a fantastic effort by "our Olympic team". One of those days that defines my job and why I love it. Like the host nation, its people and the world athletes competing here in China, I too can say, "I am proud to be a part of the Olympics". Thank you to the 2008 Olympic Sailing production team, you all deserve a gold medal for today's efforts! cblinc Qingdao, China Sunday August 17, 2008.

... but about 2.5 hours from Ji'nan we visited the beautiful old village of Zhujiayu. We strolled around here for hours and enjoyed ourselves very much and took a lot of pictures. The next day we woke up early and took a bus to Tai'an, found a hotel, dropped our stuff there and took another bus to Qufu. Qufu is the birthplace of Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher. The entry fee was again quite hefty (Y150) for a regular ticket. The sights consisted of three areas: the ...

Despite its German upbringing, Qingdao is still as much of a Chinese city as any other. The North Dumpling restaurant tried to rip me off when it changed the price on their menu for beef dumplings, after I had ordered and eaten them. I found out when the change came back a few quai short. I argued vehmently against the way they did their addition. At least like many other Chinese cities of some size, it still has that high-class dining refuge called McDonald's. After ...

... last name, that it wasn't important, his name is just Mike, and that's it. Mike. A solid American name. Sterling adjusted his tie in the reflection of the car window, smoothed his eyebrows. Practiced his smile. The factory was lit up, bright, clean, purring like a cat who has just finished his bath. There was a stage erected on one side of the factory, a thin red carpet coating the floor and rounding the curves out. A table. A banner in Chinese ...

... of for developing countries like China. Another example of this re-signification of meaning is the Playboy name brand. In America, Playboy is synonymous with naked women and Hugh Hefner, a mansion, a grotto, and more naked women. Here "Playboy" is not an adult entertainment business but a fine clothing empire. It uses its recognizable image (the bunny silhouette) but re-manufactures the meanings associated. Not naked women, nice shoes. Not belt's ...