Sheraton Xiamen

... I went round looking for internet but could not find any and the hotel were charging an arm and a leg so this has had to wait 24 hours - but that's another story.

In the morning we wander around the streets and take in the ambience. There is a Chinese residential area as well as the tourist area, although apparently it is hugely expensive to live here. It sounds like a small flat costs well over 100,000 pounds in this coastal part of China and it's hard to imagine how most ...

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... and i could now see the sky as there was low polution leves and it wasent raining like in hangzhou

there is some realy cool stuff here as it was a very important trading port and was also ocupied by the english the french the spanis the dutch and the japanise so there is some realy intresting actecture to see

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... at me. Friendly, but not warm. I have made some tea in my Haers thermos and headed out to the park. The front page of the China Daily shows Tibetan villagers, happy that progress has come and a highway now connects their hamlet with the outside world. The southwestern province recently celebrated Serfs Emancipation Day, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the dissolution of their old form of government and integration as a ...

... lemon or tomato juice should not be used on marbles. These will cause the stone to etch - the surface finish will dull and change texture. Wiping spills immediately and taking caution to use only cleansers specified for stone will help avoid etching your marble. Burning Marble does have the potential to burn, so hot pots and pans should not be set directly on marble countertops. Use trivets, potholders and placemats to protect marble surfaces.

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 ...

... rain outside! Who ever heard of sitting at work with your winter coat, hat & gloves on? Well, they do that in China! On top of that, they complain about how cold it is! HELLO!!!!!????? Ever heard of closing the windows? Geez...so common sense & logic don't exist here when it comes to a lot of things. I didn't say "everything" - just a lot of things. 2. You know how we Americans wait our turn in lines? Oh, not so ...

... Qingdao, but still terribly average. It's amazing how much you come to appreciate our beaches the more you are presented with poor excuses for them. Yeah, I'm a beach snob, but deal with it. Xiamen isn't the most exciting city to be honest - perhaps another Perth likeness. I think 'pleasant' is the word. But like Perth, it's probably a 'live in city' and a place you need to be more than passing through to appreciate its qualities. By the way, how good is being a ...