A Trip to Yantai

Apr 2, 2026·Photography·Read in Chinese

The gear was mostly a Xiaomi 17 and a Nikon Z fc, and I will only put photos here: video would blow through the site's bandwidth (there was a time I wished I could run my own server), and it is all 4K and 8K high-bitrate footage.

I went on a weekday, in the low season. Hard to believe there were sea-view rooms for 200 a night, every night. Three days of it, starting at Yantai Hill and following the coast all the way to Yangma Island.

Oh sea, you are entirely water~

Next time I plan to go back to Qingdao.

Red-tiled roofs of old Yantai with the city towers behindTwo seagulls perched on a wooden post beside a webcamThe sea at dusk beside the coastal walkwaySnorkellers swimming in the seaA spotted seal resting on the sandSeals basking on the rocks at the water's edgeA seagull flying low over the wavesThe sea-view room with a bed beside the windowA rocky shore beside a wooden boardwalkRocks and seaweed under the clear waterTwo rails running into the seaLayered rocks along the shorelineA spotted seal swimming in a poolA wishing rack hung with wooden tags and fish bonesA stone wall with red ribbons and coins above a wishing poolAn empty seafront promenade in the early morning

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