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Xiamen Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Xiamen, China
the first time is always special
... anything, since I thought the items didn't look like they would last for long (they were inexpensive, though). Before leaving for Xiamen for the flight back to Manila, we went to a shop selling jade for more shopping (I wasn't in to jewelry ...
Not a lot to report today....
Like the title says, not a lot to report about today. Another walk around the lake in the morning, where I saw a couple of elderly people doing their Tai Chi, and then into the office. Didn't go out for lunch today, and was working on my talk most of ...
Xiamen, a pretty colonial city
... inside. Or maybe they did not have Western toilets at home and hadn't learned how to use a Western toilet!? I came to Xiamen on a Chinese holiday and discovered that almost all of the hostels and hotels in tourist destination cities get booked up during ...
Hmm Chinese sleeper buses
So we finally arrived into Xiamen after a 12 hour adventure from Hong Kong by bus. What can I say it was an experience and a half!!! Started with a sketchy idea of where to get the bus, then a trip round the city to pick up more people then finally ...
The Tea Shop
... of Xiamen so far. It has to be, without a doubt, the tea shop. This particular tea shop is in the international dorm at Xiamen University. The tea shop has a particular atmosphere. The lights are low, the walls are wooden, and the music is smooth. To top ...
Xiamen Day2: "On the Waterfront"
The second day in Xiamen was as beautiful as the first. Xiamen's tropical environment was a welcome relief from the chilly weather I had been living through in Nanjing and Kaifeng. Of course, nothing compares to Wisconsin winters. But, without real heat ...
Amazing Hakka tulous in Yongding area
... World War. We asked Catherine whether it was the same with the generation that suffered during the formation of present China and the cultural revolution. So she told us her family's history. Her grandfather was high ...
Tulou--up early, bed late
Made it to the lobby by 7:10—if you can believe it! Of course, when I got there, bleary eyed and half delirious, the receptionist tells me they are running late—boo! Bus comes at 735 (not that I'm counting and could have slept for an extra ...
Life in Xiamen
... been feeling a little cold coming my way. So I went to one of the pharmacy's right outside the gates of Xiamen University where I got Chinese cold medicine which is to help prevent you from getting sick. This has been helping tremendously so I ...
A carless, motorbikeless, rickshawless utopia
Xiamen is one of China's five original Special Economic Zones. That means that back in the early 1980s, it was given "special" laws and regulations for its economy. "Special" here is a euphemism which means that it was cleaved off from the ...
Xiamen
... Zheng Cheng-Gong who fought Dutch colonialists and recovered the island of Taiwan for Chinese people. From the top of this rock we saw bustling fishing boats in the harbor and in the distance the island of Quemoy belonging to Taiwan, or Nationalist ...
Mandarin 101
The holidays are over.The first was Mid Autumn Festival; we celebrated by splitting a moon cake. National week is also over. National week is like Independence Day, it celebrates the Communist Party take over in the 1940's. Because the holidays ...
love the air con as it is 40 + outside
hi all i am in a place called xiamen now which took 24 houres to get hear it was a realy good train everybody was super nice and some people spook english i got chating to an english teacher that wonted me to marry her daughter which was also on the train ...
Gulangyu island of Xiamen
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 ...
xiamen in china
... nbsp; Xiamen worldwide Marathon,one inside the two major marathon ranges of competition in China co-organized by Xiamen Municipal federal government and chinese language program Athletic Association,is listed with worldwide Marathons and ...
A dream entitled "what the fuck happen"
So like fuck capitalization and proper grammar for this post because I have 3 minutes before I need to run out the door for the bus. Oh shit. 2 now. literally my first dream here was about HSAC going on another DC trip and our van freaking turned into a ...
The less complain,the more happy life
If we really want to be happy, why do we act like such babies? We can claim to be proactive in our life by settings goals and going after what we want. But if we’re always whining and complaining all the time, are we really ...
Venice in the East - Xiamen and Gualngyu
The tale of two Islands , the bigger one is called Xiamen , the small one is called Gulangyu . In general we may call them Xiamen as well. ...
Gulangyu
... to Gulangyu and spending the afternoon at the beach, got a lot of looks and photo's, dont think sunbathing has taken off in China and 2 white guys on a beach was very much a rareity! Thurs- 31st- Spent the morning and lunchtime walking around taking in ...
Xiamen Day3: "Farewell My Concubine"!!
... She was a half-Thai, half-American US student studying Chinese in Beijing. We had a short conversation about being in China and having Chinese people mistakenly speak ridiculously fast and complex Chinese to you before they realize that the stupid smile ...
new AFC Wimbledon Kits 2012/2014,
The new Wimbledon 2012/2014 home kit is primarily blue in colour, with the Tempest Sports logo in white. Wimbledon’s new 12/14 away top reminds one of Brazil’s strip as the club have opted for a striking yellow coloured shirt with a white and ...
A day on the island
... with the Taiwanese, although looking at the history of the place it is more that the Taiwanese are descended from the people of Xiamen as are many others around South East Asia. Naturally the British over ran the place during the Opium war I say naturally ...
Food, friends and fun
... to the bed. The evening was leisure time so people headed in different directions, some folks headed to the beautiful Xiamen university, other header for different activities in the resort, I choose the group that headed out to eat. One of ...
Hallo Hallo Hallo
Wow this week went by fast! Time is speeding up now that we are in a regular routine. We have been starting class at 8am and going until about 3pm…it reminds me of high school. I miss the days of regular college…getting out of school by ...
Trip with the Loverman - Xia Men
Wanted to visit the ke jia tu lou, but of course need to go to Xia Men first. Gu Lang Yu is a beautiful place. I love it. Also Xia Men is full of sea food. I had a great time ...
The Train to Xiamen
... beds after mine, however, a mother and daughter shared the bed across from mine. Below me, there were two university students from Xiamen (one of whom I later befriended, but that's a story for another blog). And above me a young couple slept across from ...
I love Fujian
Alright, friends. I am in Xiamen with my trusty sidekick (Mom). We made it all the way here without getting lost, robbed or sick. We took the train this morning from Hangzhou amid snow. Yes, that's right. It was snowing this morning in Hangzhou. The train ...
Girls vs HKA
The TIS girls won their game against HKA 2-0 (25-15, 25-23). Up next the boys play HKA and the girls will play the 2nd place team in the playoffs at ...
INTERNET! FINALLY!
FINALLY got internet after 5 days...I seriously can't remember the last time I went without internet this long. Besides the fact that my Facebook, Netflix, Hulu, and Youtube bookmarks are mocking me, the web has pretty much been the same as it is in the ...