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Recently came across a honey seller on Guanxiang Shan, in the neighbourhood of the Old Observatory Hostel.
One of the more popular seashore parks in Qingdao is the Sculpture Park in Laoshan district.
Vicky Song becomes the first Chinese woman to circumnavigate the globe as Qingdao Clipper sails into London.
Check out Huangxian Lu, off Daxue Lu near Strong Ale Works and Ocean University. There is a spate of cafes, hostels, and bars in this area. It is…
Seen around Qingdao: Big Buddha nested in a man made cave near Tuandao in the Badaxia area (aka Xi Zhen).
Yesterday a friend took us out to Laoshan – here are the doors in the village near the coast.
Recently Camphor Press sent in a couple of excerpts from their recently publication Aviator of Tsingtao.
Dragon Boat Festival is on the fifth day of the fifth month on the Chinese Lunar Calendar.
Check out Time Capsule in Qingdao, a vintage shop with cool stuff from the 50’s through the 80’s.
Check out these photos showing Beach Number 1 in Qingdao, taken in the morning and the afternoon from the same spot.
Check out a before and after comparison of Qingdao photos, h/t Da Wei.
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek exhibition about the end of the German colony of Tsingtao.
Qingdao was a popular hang out for authors in the 1930’s, including Yu Dafu, who visited in 1934.
A set of images showing Qingdao (Tsingtau) from when the city was being built by kuli and administered by representatives of Germany.
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Aviator of Tsingtao: Part Two. Excerpt courtesy of Camphor Press.
John Ross, author of Formosan Odyssey and You Don’t Know China, shares insight about Gunther Plüschow.
A sunflower in downtown Qingdao springs up in the shadow of the Holiday Inn on Xuzhou Lu.
Check out a photo of the Expo front taken from the Bin Hai Highway in Laoshan, Qingdao.
Amanda demonstrates the perfect form for using chopsticks during a dinner in Badaguan, Qingdao.
Only in Qingdao can one go to the beach in March, in a coat, and dig in the sand.
Qingdao’s collection of turn of the century architecture gives evidence that it was once a German concession/colony on the Yellow Sea.
Check out a photo of the ocean in Langyatai, part of Qingdao in former Jiaonan district.
Laowai gets free ride on old minibuses in Qingdao. Nice sandals.
Strong Ale brews better beer in Qingdao at La Villa on Hong Kong Road.
Old Jimo Lu in Old Town Qingdao, circa 1992, courtesy Derek Walter.
When in Qingdao one is never far from the coast. Check out photos of Qingdao’s coast.
Qingdao Adventures reports on skiing and snowboarding conditions in Shandong and further north.
A series of photos taken around Qingdao of various modes of transport, including a Lada taxi and a jeep at the 1st beer fest.
Check out an aerial view of Qingdao on a fly over shot taken from a plane coming into Qingdao.
A series of images from Qingdao photographer Elena’s visit to the Sculpture Museum in Laoshan district.
A couple of then and now images of Qingdao: Former Strand Hotel and Post Office/Postal Museum.