Random scribblings from a man in Asia
Posted in Places on Oct 19th, 2009
Rizhao is quite a new city. There’s been a village here for a long time but development only really started 20 years ago. As such it hasn’t got any history to offer, only a chance to see what things are like in a small and pleasant coastal town in China. I wanted to check out [...]
Posted in Places on Oct 11th, 2009
Qingdao is a buzzing metropolis by the sea. It was great to escape from the mega-cities of Shanghai and Beijing to the more manageable Qingdao where you could still find heavy traffic and some pollution, but equally totally sidestep them if you wanted. Even though it’s a smaller city by Chinese standards, it is still [...]