Qingdao

Since a few days I'm in Qingdao and celebrate with locals and tourists their marvelous beer festival. It's a bit like the Oktoberfest in Germany, fun but on the pricey side.
Fortunately there are alternatives how one can spend his time. For instance they do sell fresh draft beer on the streets which they directly pour from the tap into plastic bags.
The drinking then takes either some skill, a glass or a straw. And for snacks on the side, one can chew on a crispy deep fried scorpion. They are still alive when sold as you can see in this video and are cooked right on the street. I also put the same video on flickr where it might have slightly better resolution.

Beijing sights

as most of you might know, I'm not much of a sightseeing kinda guy.

Especially not the tourist attractions and so called 'must sees'. Nevertheless, I got my lazy ass out to Tiananmen square and the forbidden city and made you some pictures to look at. Don't complain that they all look hazy and stuff, the fog is not my fault :)
So, now go and check out my flickr link. There might even be a little video.

China massive!

Yesterday I finally got on my way. I was planning to get some sleep on the plane and avoid the whole jet lag hassle, but the free movies lured me into staying awake the whole flight. Not a wise decision.
Anyways, Beijing looks amazing.
I will put some pictures up soonish, stay tuned.