Qingdao:
Updates of Interest From My Chinese Home Town

I went to Qingdao stalking out bars and researchers and queeyas. I also went to relax.

For others interested in relaxing in Qingdao, I discovered that Qingdao has a youth hostel that just opened last month. It's part of a new chain called "Hosteling Internawional." Must be a Chinese take on that whole hosteling international fad. Or it has something to do with Chinese copyright law finally being loosely enforced. If you're a backpacker or other traveler interested in going to Qingdao, check out the flickr posts for surrounding road signs. I'm too lazy to transcribe. Except for the sign, the hostel looked like a great place to stay.

Development Zone Revisited

I also went on a whirlwind tour of the ol' Development Zone, which has fascinated me since I hopped on a plane to Chiner 3 years ago.

I interviewed people at the Development Zone museum, talked with the family of the Villa restaurant at my old school, and went swimming in the ocean at golden beach. I only have pictures for half the trip because my battery died and I forgot to bring the spare.

I realize I was much free-er without all this technological baggage. All for you, gentle public!

Wandering

Most of the time I just wandered around looking at pretty old German buildings. Oh, and the whole uploading pictures to flickr thing, which takes a long time since flickr is so blasted slow.

The Qingdao International Beer Festival was also going on. The logo is a different kind of drinking bird. Since this is the year of the chicken, this little dear on the right is what you get.