In Qingdao the European buildings take on a rather German style (as they should, it used to be a German Treaty Port).

Catherine poses in non-regulation headgear aboard the Luda class destroyer at Qingdao Navel Museum.

Self in the forward torpedo room of the Romeo class sub at Qingdao Navel Museum.

Queue to get aboard the Romeo class boat at Qingdao Navel Museum. Yep, it’s a half hour wait on a black hull in summer sunshine.

Self atop a T-34/85 at Qingdao Navel Museum. It was bouncing off this tank that killed my old camera.

How the other half live. Due to a hassle with our original booking at the Harvest Hotel in Huangdao we had to get a suite instead of a room. This is the bathroom.

And this is the bed. Just out of the frame is a TV that's as wide as the bed, and they had BBC!

Shell animals (shellimals?) at one of the shops near Golden Sand Beach.

Apparently the beaches on Phoenix Island (not really an island, just a peninsula) are not as crowded as in Qingdao proper. Still a few too many people for my liking.

Just up the coast, however, there's suddenly no one.

A bird in a tree at Golden Sand Beach. Just trying the zoom again.

Lawnmower support vehicles at a park near Golden Sand Beach.