Gulangyu Island Xiamen

During Spring Festival I went on vacation with my friend Greta to Xiamen. We stayed for five days.
On our first three nights in Xiamen, we stayed at the Home Inn near Xiamen University. It was an okay hotel. The bed at the hotel felt like I was sleeping on rock, but it was clean and warm. The hotel was in the center of the city, so Greta and …

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we finally head to GU LANG YU (鼓浪屿). WHEES. when we reached the jetty... the queues were... ... comparable to those that we saw at the train station :( probably cause it was summer vacation & it was the weekends... making this attraction a super popular destination for the chinese! (i didn't really see a lot of foreigners) …

Off of the northern coast of Xiamen lies a small island, Gulangyu. The 2 square kilometer island houses about 20,000 people. Gulangyu was home to 13 consulates that influenced the island’s Victorian architecture. It is a domestic tourist spot so many people advised that I visit it.

Yili took all the girls to the island for the …

... for your meal? Summary: We are having fun. We finally are adjusted to the time change. We spent the whole time on Gulangyu Island which is known for its architecture and beauty. It was SUPER HOT...perhaps the only thing worse than a farmer's tan is ...

... ;s uncle who then took us to buy our tickets for the train ride home (for  February 2), and to go visit Gulangyu Island. Are guide showed us many places and took me to the top of Sunlight Rock. We had a wonderful time. Later in the ...

... to lean on :D  During the week while I was at work my family got a chance to go on a tour of Xiamen... The went to Gulangyu Island, The Walking street, Nanputuo Temple, and the stone engravers village.  I was so jealous they got to ...

... dòng​tiān - "Gulangyu—a Paradise"). We walked up the winding stairs to Sunlight Rock, taking in the views of Gulangyu island and Xiamen. It was a bit of a climb. At the top we had a terrific 360º view of the island. (For some reason, ...

... The older people here speak the same unintelligible dialect (Min-Nan, or Taiwanese) that my mom does. We visited idyllic Gulangyu Island filled with 19th century European style villas lining its narrow walks. Climbed to the top of the ...

Gulangyu island is always visible and inviting while walking on the boulevard of Xiamen, It is five to ten minutes away by ferry and has only electric cars. We take one around the island to get an idea of where is what. We have ...

... city an ideal offer more comfortable, along using the instead many historical sites, some beaches and playground areas, and Gulangyu Island that is certainly a pedestrian only place will be the highlights of holiday in the direction of city. ...

... from Chaozhou and his girlfriend for the weekend. It is a large city about 100km off the Taiwan coast and has a small island, Gulangyu Island. We stayed on the island in a hotel. They are known for their seafood and all the restaurants have fish tanks ...

This afternoon Yining and I went over to Gulangyu island, five minute ferry ride from Xiamen. It's a huge tourist hot-spot, so we waited until the afternoon so it would be cooler, and there would be less tourists. Even so, the ferry was packed to ...

... longer then usual with many many many many pictures. So here we go!     As a group, went to go explore Gulangyu Island (鼓浪屿) which is located across from the main Xiamen island which we are on. We rode a 10min ferry to ...