Taxi drivers don't use their brakes very often which scared us to death. We took a bus once going to the Polar Ocean Park but ended up taking a taxi after it took us to a scenic route but not to our intended destination. The beer was awesome, specially the free ones we got from the Beer Museum. The structures are great because of the European influence - if not for the locals, it's as if you left China and got transported to Germany.
The beaches were so-so; having been to the great ones in the Phils (note: white sand) and all. We didn't get to swim though as the water's not swim-friendly coz of the weather (16-23c).
Overall it was a fun but helluva tiring trip.
We also went to China's Naval Museum where we saw naval ships and a SUBMARINE!!
TRAVEL SITE: "Qingdao, located in the southeast part of Shandong Province, is a beautiful seaside city with clear air and enchanting sea view. This city, bordered by the Yellow Sea on two sides, has the largest bathing beach in Asia and produces the mellow Qingdao Beer. To the east of Qingdao, a short distance across the Yellow Sea, lie Korea and Japan, making the city an important port for international trade."
"For thirty three years, up to 1949, Qingdao was a colony of Germany and Japan. Thus, Qingdao has a great deal of European architecture. This foreign architecture -a remnant of the colonial past- now beautifies this seaside city."
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