Continuing on from part one. Here are the photos from Day 2, which include a trip to the aquarium, a dinosaur park and a small “snack street.”
Day two’s map, for those interested.
Made our way to the Polar World aquarium, which has a strange dinosaur park next to it. We decided to check it out.
Dinosaurs galore!
This was the toilet building; very cool!
Three photos thrown together.
Thats a big dinosaur!
Outside the aquarium, a cool fountain.
Inside…a polar bear!
…and a gazillion Chinese people!
P…p…p…pick up a penguin!
or a few!
Penguin poop!
Quite a bored looking polar wolf.
B with some penguins.
Some of the cool scenery.
Some kind of animal.
Some of the Chinglish signage.
Feeding time!
That’s a big ol’ fish tank!
That’s a big ol’ sea turtle.
That’s a big ol’… SHARK!!!
Was photographing this when…
…I spotted this!
Pretty!
Not so pretty.
Watching one of the shows.
Jesus had a twin; who knew!
False alarm. It’s just people using animals as surf boards. Is that more, or less offensive?!
Some of the crowd meeting the animals. One thing that really impressed me is how they made them wash their hands in a sink of the tank-water before they could touch them. China isn’t hugely into health and safety, especially for non-humans, so… this made me feel a lot better about the place.
Obligatory jumping dolphin photo.
and another.
They can jump HIGH.
I want to be able to swim and produce this kind of wake.
Works for backstroke too!
Then, outside for another show.
More jumping fishies!
These ones even waved goodbye. Dolphins are so over-rated.
Guy on the left; break dancing. Guy on the right; doing sit-ups. Dolphins — so last year.
Vuvuzela training.
Hiding his head in shame.
Amazing how you can read this sign. Then you realise; it’s the worst English evar.
Couldn’t get my head around this snack. Half ice-cream. Half meat. All wrong.
Cool uniforms.
Catchin some hoopz.
Makin a splash!
Weird eyes.
Contrasting buildings.
This European looking building was the german HQ during their control of Qingdao…
This one, wasn’t.
This cool little area roughly translates as “log burning alley” and it was some very tight twisty alleys of restaurants and gift vendors. Quite quaint.
More of the same.
Finally, on the bus on the way back to the hotel I saw this. A little piece of Britain in China. A trip to Wikipedia revealed that B&Q are the largest DIY depot in both the UK and China. In the UK, it’s understandable: They have 331 stores. But in China, they accomplish this feat with only 63 stores, and China is MASSIVE. I guess DIY isn’t very popular in China; after all — labour is so cheap.
Part three coming soon.
P.S: Bye bye England. 🙁 Watched the game in the same place as last time. That entire street of Chinese people can now say, fluently; “THE REF IS TOTALLY BLIND, WHAT THE ****?!!!!”