Yesterday, due to airline-related issues, I arrived at the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center just in time for … the sunset. Problems aside, it’s a gorgeous facility that - I’m told - will be opened up to the people of Qingdao after the... ...full story at Shanghai Scrap
from Shanghai Scrap on Thu, Aug 21 2008
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