Trip Downtown
Well, we just got back from our adventure downtown. We really are out in the country. It took about an hour to reach downtown Qingdao. Everywhere you look as far as you can see in any direction are high rise apartments, office buildings, etc. under construction. The skyline is covered with cranes. The buildings are all poured concrete.
Jim & Roy (and random Chinese) by sculpture
We went to the seaside – shopping on the pier.
Lighthouse at the seashore
- Down at the seashore
They sell lots and lots of pearls. Very much like going to Mexico and dealing with all the street venders. We hired a van and a driver. What an experience it is to go driving here. A poor pedestrian takes his life in his hands. The most used thing in any vehicle is the horn. We drove back a ways along the seashore. There is a lot of pollution in the city so there is not a lot of visibility. Many many banks. Bank of Communication, Bank of Agriculture, Bank of Construction, Bank of China, etc. The temperature here now is 50 degrees at 5:00 pm but it was very cold and windy at the seashore.
Back to life at the hospital. We have people here receiving stem cells from India, Singapore, Romania, Canada and three from the USA. Jim has done well with the first treatment. His temperature and blood pressure remain normal.
The stem cell wing
The hospital
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