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A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Qingdao, China by TravelPod blogger Kimono titled “Quindao, China Pictures” Kimono’s travel blog entry: “So we got to Quindao China, and we were ported in this shipping yard that took us ten minutes to walk through to get to the city. It was rainy and gray and horrible. So my friends and I esentially got off the boat, went and bought .30 cent beers, drank them, and got back on the boat. The next I left for my trip to Beijing. Here are the pictures!” Read and see more at: www.travelpod.com Photos from this trip: 1. “Quindao…BOOOOO!” 2. “Rainy as ever” 3. “Here is our port/ shipping yard” 4. “Love billboards in other countries” 5. “Finally made it to town” 6. “But there is nothing to do” 7. “So lets drink!” 8. “Walking back” 9. “Getting rid of the evidence” 10. “Still..” 11. “Where is the boat!” 12. “We all needed some hand sanitizer” See this TripWow and more at tripwow.tripadvisor.com
A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Dalian, Biejing, Nanjing, Qingdao, China by TravelPod blogger Nietsreuef titled “China Exit and transportation” Nietsreuef’s travel blog entry: “The China holiday is over. Some overachiever in the party decided that the place would be safer during the Olympics if they got rid of all extraneous foreigners, especially the lowlifes with my type of business visa. So they gave me the boot. Seems like a good time to share China’s transportation methods. This week, ceremonies were held for the opening of the Beijing-Tianjin suburban high speed railway. Shanghai has had one of these in operation for a while, a 30 km line from a European consortium, but this newest train is made in China, 120 kilometers long. It’s highest speed during the test was 394 kilometers an hour, about 260 mph. Those are for show, of course. Most Chinese have no motorized transport. China has about 15 million private vehicles, 1.2 private cars per 100 persons, compared to the US with 175 million cars, almost 60 cars per 100 people. These pictures show the diversity of transportation in China. The majority of people take buses to work. Most trade goods are carried on motorbike or bicycle. Real size trucks are used for construction projects and highway transport, though not many 18 wheelers in China, and certainly no triple trailers. Concrete trucks are about the same size as the US. It is refreshing that cars are so irrelevant in China. Cars are …
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