Friday, July 11, 2008

The foggiest so far




QingDao is certainly a foggy place at this time of year. Here is the Greek Yngling being towed just 15 metres behind the motorboat. This huge city - 8 million people and the 8th largest in China - is warm and humid right now, and we have been getting a lot of fog. We've been getting lot of weed too but the many workers from the Chinese Army and local populace have been doing a really good job to clear it. It looked for a few days as if they had nearly cleared it all away but we came across some really big patches today so it must still be growing.

Things are in the final countdown here to the Olympics. Security is getting tighter and the final tidy up is under way. Everyone is friendly and helpful.