2023 Shandong Self-Drive Day 6 (Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay Bridge, Olympic Sailing Center, Badaguan, Zhanqiao Pier)
Keywords: Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay Bridge, Olympic Sailing Center, Badaguan, Zhanqiao Pier
Day 6 of the Shandong trip: Because the Naval Museum requires online booking and their mini program was extremely difficult to access, we ended up booking for tomorrow at 11 a.m. Today we visited Olympic Sailing Center, Zhanqiao Pier, Badaguan, and other sights. There were so many points that we basically just ticked them off briefly.
This year, tourism in Weihai, Qingdao, and across Shandong has been incredibly popular. Everywhere you go, there are huge crowds, and my photos are full of people. I remembered that my last visit to Qingdao was 10 years ago, and I hadn't been on the cross-sea bridge then, so today I deliberately detoured via the Jiaozhou Bay Bridge to the Olympic Sailing Center, to experience firsthand the splendor of our country's infrastructure frenzy!
View from the hotel window – the ocean!
Breakfast!!!!
After breakfast, we set off and detoured via the cross-sea bridge to the Olympic Sailing Center. From a distance, you feel the bridge's majesty, like a long dragon winding through green mountains and clear waters.
Saw the sign for Olympic Sailing Center – 36 km to go.
Jiaozhou Bay Bridge: opened in 2011, total length 42.23 km.
The weather wasn't great today, visibility was low, but through the haze I could still sense the bridge stretching to the distant horizon, an elegant scene of sky, sea, and bridge merging as one – stunning.
When we were almost off the bridge, we spotted two dopey seagulls!
We parked underground at Hisense Plaza opposite the Olympic Sailing Center. After coming up, I was afraid I wouldn't find the spot, so I took a 'mark' photo as a note.
Marking again – go in here to find the car!
Qingdao Welcomes You!
The street sign is so fresh, so Qingdao!
The giant Olympic torch!
Over there is May Fourth Square!
I want to be a torchbearer!
Getting ready to board a cruise boat.
This is the Blue Ocean Pearl cruise boat we're about to take.
We were super lucky to get a window booth on the lower deck. My little sister is seriously studying the Shandong tourist map.
Luckily we're inside the cabin, so no way to do the classic pose.
Sailboats dotted on the sea!
Little Liu Xiaoqi is gazing at the beautiful view outside!
A lone sail, a distant shadow fading into blue – perhaps?
Up to the third deck.
On the third deck.
Secret shot of a certain classmate!
Ah, the Five Rings, you're one ring more than four; ah, the Five Rings, you're one ring less than six!
Olympic Sailing Center mini train!
A young person's first sip of Moutai!
Taking a photo toward the urban area.
The mini train is coming.
Torch Square + May Fourth Square!
Mutual trust, mutual benefit, win-win cooperation!
Lover's Dam Style Street!
Why no arms spread wide!
Lover's Dam breakwater.
A very forced group photo.
Lover's Dam Lighthouse!
Lover's Dam Lighthouse!
That signature pose again – even without an umbrella, does that hand still have to stretch out?
People who allow coffee drinkers to get rich first – I can get behind that.
Heading to the parking lot to find the car, but seems we're already lost.
Can't find the mark I made before.
Left the Olympic Sailing Center and arrived at Badaguan.
Fill our tummies first!
Introduction to Badaguan Scenic Area.
No. 12 Hangu Pass Road, the residence of Chiang Ching-kuo and his wife – together with Huashi Villa, a father-and-son pair of buildings facing each other from afar.
What's the meaning of this sculpture?
Zhi Wang: snacks and cold drinks!
The trees in Badaguan are thriving, lush and green!
Restroom on Juyong Pass Road!
Continuing on to Huashi Villa.
Core socialist values.
Garage Coffee – not open.
Visitors queuing to enter Huashi Villa, need a separate ticket.
The little garden inside Huashi Villa.
No. 2 Bathing Beach.
A long boardwalk stretching into the middle of the sea.
Feeling the coolness by the seaside.
The water is so clear.
Sure enough, the same pose again.
I also have a signature pose.
Why no arms spread wide.
Waving hello, getting ready to move to another reef.
Climbing onto the farthest reef.
Princess Building, also requires a separate ticket.
Leaving Badaguan, heading to Zhanqiao Pier, passing by Ocean University of China.
Qingdao Art Museum.
Red House: Qingdao's most beautiful Jugendstil building, the German pharmacy located at No. 33 Guangxi Road, commonly called 'Red House' by locals. Built in 1905, architect Curt Rothkegel, floor area about 1,939 square meters.
Arrived at Zhongshan Road, Zhanqiao Pier is just ahead.
All people, everywhere.
Let's look from another angle.
Distant view of the Naval Museum – we'll visit tomorrow.
The sign for Zhanqiao Pier and Huilan Pavilion.
Made a temporary stop here.
Qingdao Concert Hall.
After exploring Zhanqiao Pier, we're ready to head back near the hotel for dinner, passing by Qingdao Railway Station.
Eating here tonight: Lü's Geda Soup, highly rated locally.
Fresh, massive seafood.
Full and satisfied, heading back.
What are you doing – why are you messing with a traffic cone?
Sitting on a stone bollard for a while.
Hotel lobby's claw machine.
Listen to the excitement!!!
There's a highlight – find it yourself.
If the lid weren't unopened, I would almost believe it: I can play the piano!
Colors exactly opposite.
Going to the gym for a workout.
Ready to lift weights?
Hotel lobby, like a starry sky.
Hotel lobby, like a starry sky.
Returning to the room, ready to sleep.
Beer yeast bread – truly enormous.
Pyramid stacking, ready to sleep now.
