Qi'E Xiamen Hotel

... understand what we needed. They took us from one aisle to the other showing us everything from toilet paper to toilet bowl cleaner and still no one knew what we meant. Finally, while leaving the store, we found one, but it was definitely a close call. The people were very sweet, but definitely new to the tourist trade.<br>

... and good views.<br><br>Just a word on environmental issues - China has a reputation for being the Bad Boy of the environment but we have been amazed how conscious they seem to be - it's generally very clean (but they have an army of cleaners), there is good use of low energy light bulbs and in most places they have recycling and non-recyclying bins. The toilets are mostly clean and the people mostly friendly - China has come a long way in 10 years. Apart from the driving.<br><br>

After a 3 hour drive along the coast into Fujian province, we arrive in another Special Economic Zone - Xiamen. This one's a little different in that it was previously the treaty port of Amoy and there is a small island offshore called Gulang Yu which was a colonial concession<br><br>The drive to Xiamen is a good one and crosses a series of mountain ranges and rivers that run down to the South China Sea. Some of these are limestone and many are uplifted plutonic granite, in great pink ...

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I knew before that China is not a tropical country but it got a little too cold for me. I was having breakfast in my lovely Hangzhou hostel, but everytime someone opened the door, a cold gust of wind was blowing in, giving me a chill down to the bone. The forecast didn't promise anything good either. Daytime temperatures were predicted just above the single digits, and nighttime much colder, and the night falls early in eastern China. The wind made it all even more obvious ...

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... has around 90 something pianos in it. The guides also get very excited about their pianos! We wound our way through the little streets and made our way to 'Sun Light Rock'. It is said (said our guide) that if you haven't climbed Sun Light Rock you haven't been to Xiamen. Also known as Diguang Yan, Sunlight Rock is around 93 meters high and is a very easy climb ...

... breakfast. We noticed that nobody else seemed to be given breakfast, and wondered whether it was because we were actually staying three nights without asking for a discount on the list price. Y120 seemed reasonable after Y188 at the other hotel, and we were so pleased we could book for April 1 that we hadn't bothered trying to bargain. We were planning to go to a well-known tourist site, some kind of school outside Xiamen island, but decided to drop in at ...