At 8:29 in the evening, captains and crew members on rotation leave come via the ship agency's vehicle to check in.
After having dinner on board, photocopies of their passports, seaman's certificates, and other documents had been sent over by the translator from the ship agency earlier, so the check-in process went very quickly.
Having drifted at sea for eight or nine months, they were not inclined to just go to sleep once on shore.
The captain took his luggage to his room and then earnestly asked the translator from the ship agency to accompany him for a walk, seemingly to buy some Chinese gifts for his family.
But Binjiang was not East Sea; the streets became empty as night fell, and most shops were closed.
The German captain was very disappointed and could only choose some gifts from the small store in the Sailor Club and bought a bottle of beer to stroll with alone.
