... few European tourists though. This is very much a local tourist scene.
I am writing this in the grounds of the XiamenMuseum, yet another stately building with a mildly interesting display of cultural artifacts, more stone art, a couple of organs, ...
... on the open deck above us. First crashes were before 5 and then on and off for next hour and a bit. We sailed in to Xiamen and watched from our window and were docked at just after 6, an hour early. Surprised Al with my brekkie of fruit, yoghurt and ...
... with lots of colonial buildings and old european embassies, but not much to do unless you are really into piano museums and want to buy some rubbish souvenirs, the interesting architecture seems to be falling apart which is a shame as ...
... money. We agreed to meet again at 3 pm. And had a rest in the hotel.
In the afternoon, we visited the Piano Museum, with its very impressive collection of old pianos, all apparently donated by a Chinese collector who migrated to Australia. There was a ...
... Grund so heißt, entspannte auf der anderen Seite der Insel am Strand und besuchte auf dem Rückweg das Piano- und Kalligrafie-Museum, die sich in wunderschönen Parkanlagen befinden. Da es erst 18 Uhr war als ich in Xiamen wieder festen Boden unter den ...
... Kong. And at the airport I did something incredibly stupid. Having gone through countless security checks at metro's, train stations, museums and other tourist attractions in the last couple of weeks, I had completely forgotten about the pocket knife ...
... and one I would recommend. ************************************************** Here's my run down. I boarded the bus in Xiamen at 8:50am and arrived in Yongding at 12:30pm. It was an easy drive, no bad roads as ...
Xiamen (sha-men)China March 27
Today we had a short visit to the smaller city of Xiamen. This city has about 2 million people living in it. It is a seaside town with a long history and again, many modern high rise buildings. We visited a museum ...
... what is takes and if your lucky like me your guide might even meet you later that evening for a nice walk and chat around Xiamen.
I always question having a guide, mainly as I can't usually afford one but here it was a nice treat. ...
... nbsp; So I needed to see if I would want to work/live here. Met some older expats on the the mainland of Xiamen that really liked being there. I really liked the island of Gulangyu. Its mostly a touristy-place. Called Piano Island ...