Metropark Hotel Xiamen

Xiamen was a typical Chinese city. It was not very interesting really. About the only exciting thing that happened took place in a local department store. We were on the third floor looking for a few things that we needed back on the ship, and Cub couldn't find a bathroom. We must have asked a half dozen store clerks and none ...

... is very welcome.<br><br>Low rise Gulang Yu is a complete contrast to Xiamen and looks a bit like a peninsular on the French mediterranean until you get close. There are many crumbling colonial mansions including an (ex) British consulate and similar for the US. Some of the buildings are lived in and some are in disrepair. All the roads are paved and all the greenery is manicured, and all the rocks have steps carved into them. The Chinese head straight for the highest point on ...

... 1493;&#1512; &#1497;&#1502;&#1502;&#1492; &#1506;&#1494;&#1489;&#1514;&#1497; &#1488;&#1514; &#1492;&#1488;&#1497;, &#1500;&#1488; &#1500;&#1508;&#1504;&#1497; &#1513;&#1505;&#1497;&#1497;&#1512;&#15 14;&#1497; &#1489;&#1493; &#1506;&#1493;&#1491; &#1499;&#1502;&#1492; &#1508;&#1506;&#1502;&#1497;&#1501;, &#1492;&#1493;&#1500;&#1498; &#1500;&#1500;&#1488; &#1502;&#1508;&#1492; &#1489;&#1502;&#1513;&#1506;&#1493;&#15 00;&#1497;&#1493; &#1492;&#1502;&#1508;&#1493 ...

... 1493;&#1489;&#1497;&#1514;&#1497;&#15 14;. &#1502;&#1494;&#1499;&#1497;&#1512;&#14 92; &#1500;&#1497; &#1502;&#1488;&#1493;&#1491; &#1488;&#1514; &#1514;&#1500; &#1488;&#1489;&#1497;&#1489;.<br>&#1513 ;'&#1497;&#1488;&#1502;&#1503; &#1492;&#1497;&#1488; &#1506;&#1497;&#1512; &#1513;&#1504;&#1508;&#1514;&#1495;&#14 92; &#1500;&#1502;&#1505;&#1495;&#1512; &#1506;&#1501; &#1494;&#1512;&#1497;&#1501; &#1489;&#1514;&#1495;&#1497;&#1500;&#15 14; &#1513;&#1504;&#1493;&#1514; &#1492;&#1502;&#1488 ...

... 36825;&#26679;&#23601;&#20250 ;&#24456;&#24555;&#30340;&#20174;&#2370 7;&#20869;&#21040;&#36798;&#32724;&#234 33;&#12290;<br><br>&#26681;&#25454;&#24 066;&#25919;&#24220;&#30340;&#35268;&#2 1010;&#65292;&#20197;&#21518;&#32724;&# 23433;&#20250;&#25104;&#20026;&#21478;& #22806;&#19968;&#20010;&#20013;&#24515; &#12290;

... we'd had enough. Wandered around the back of the island, lovely park, through very quaint and moving little cemetery and back down to ferry terminal. This time we had it sussed out and knew it would be RMB8 each to get back. What we didn't know was that if we sat upstairs it was another 1 each so when we were approached by a lady with tickets we had no idea what she was asking for and walked away. Wow!, we got back RMB2 of the 800+ we were scammed in Shanghai J . Bumped in to Chris ...

... and put it on my bed, but when I came back I had a nice pile of ironed laundry, carefully folded, and she refused a tip and I barely managed to force a few Yuan into her pocket. This was the first time in my life that I arrived at the airport without even knowing the name of my airline. The abbreviation was one I had never heard, and when I asked, Shandong Airways didn't really give me a clew. I was just hoping it's not one of those blacklisted airlines with planes ...

... besluttede at se lidt på øen. Og de kinesiske turister. Den er ikke særlig stor så det er nemt at gå rundt på det meste af den. Vejret var ikke fremragende, men det var en god tur og vi fik set en del. Der er ingen biler på øen udover nogle små åbne turistbusser de kinesiske turister bliver kørt rundt i så på den måde er atmosfæren meget afslappet. Der var dog proppet med store grupper af kinesere som alle fulgte ...

... long distance bus station, walk over to Bay No: 8 and jump on Bus No: 816. It will take you directly to the Long Distance Bus Station near the water. My original plan was to catch local buses back from Quanzhou to Zhangzhou to Zhangping to Yong'an etc all the way to Shaowu (for example). This was until I met a girl with beautiful eyes on a hill side and spent too much time in Xiamen. Too late now mate! So, this morning I arrived in Xiamen went ...