January 12, 2012
Laoshan Mountain or Mount Lao (Shan means mountain) is a the most visited mountain in the east coast of China. Its rocks are shaped by ancient glaciers and it is one of the places that gave birth to Taoism. On the road up to the entrance of the mountain you can see some sculptures and ...
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January 6, 2012
To talk about common days in China is to talk about something new and different. Every day you can discover new things. For the Chinese people these things may be ordinary and just part of their daily routines. In this post I share some images I took here in China in 2011. Click on a ...
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October 20, 2011
I think most of the people like to stand in the top of hill and be amazed by unique views you can get from there. The viewpoint may be outdoors or indoors in a nice restaurant with the city literally below our feet. Qingdao is a city with several viewpoints along its beaches. During my ...
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October 10, 2011
Would you like to see Qingdao from the top? I went to the TV tower and even though it was during a cloudy day I was able to enjoy the view. The tower viewpoint room was interesting. There were some artifacts and decorations designed to be optical illusions or mental puzzles. There was, for example, ...
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September 24, 2011
This time I would like to share with you my experience visiting a Buddhist temple in Qingdao, China. There were several people, but I didn’t see any Westerner. I also believe I was the only one with a camera (except for the ones built-in in cellphones), thus I first hesitated to take pictures. I didn’t ...
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September 15, 2011
The May Fourth Square with its May Wind sculpture in front of the beach in Qingdao is a major highlight in the city. The square is located between building complexes east and west, at the north is the city office and at the south the ocean. Click on any image to enlarge. The ...
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September 14, 2011
About 125 miles (200 km) from Changle, the small county I live in, there is coastal city called Qingdao, which has become one of my top places in the world to live in for longer periods. Qingdao has some German influence in her architecture due to previous occupation (I’ll share pictures of it in the next ...
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