Qingdao has turned out to be a very beautiful city, quite vibrant. And there's blue sky! Actual blue sky! Not like around my school where it's so polluted the sky is more of a grey/blue than actual blue.
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We spent the day wandering along the shore (the Yellow Sea), along the Qingdao port which is supposed to be the biggest port in China and is among the biggest in the world.
There were many stalls, all of which were selling the same sea paraphernalia, and all of which were desperately trying to get us to buy something from their stand.
At one point we saw three men in speedos swimming in the Yellow Sea. It was approximately 0°C. Absolutely nuts.
According to the Lonely Planet Guide we were dragging around with us everywhere, there was a Germ Warfare Base worth visiting. On our walk we thought we saw it off in the distance and decided to check it out.
After walking for about 45 minutes we came to a really steep hill that was off the beaten track, but we were determined to finish this adventure we'd started. So, up the mini-cliff we went.
Once at the top we realized we were in a residential area and that it most certainly was not the Warfare Base as we were expecting. Or any tourist attraction at all, for that matter.
Eventually we found what could have been a store or a restaurant or something. We figured we'd go in and ask for directions in our very broken Chinese.
We started down the hill and when we were about 5 metres from the driveway entrance, 4 or 5 dogs came out of nowhere barking their heads off. We all simultaneously - and in about 2 seconds - swore every curse word we've ever heard and ran back up the hill with the dogs chasing after us. One of them actually managed to get a hold of the New Zealander's jeans.
Cute? I think not.
Along the main drag was St. Michael's Cathedral.
At night we checked out a bar called The New York Bar. Live entertainment, foreign beer, fun posters, Western food? Yes, please.
2 comments:
Good ol' David Hasslehoff, yep he's the first person I think of when someone says "New York" bar.
From a church to a bar in one day,
I like how you roll lol
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