V-inn Hotel Xiamen

... 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>

Our guide Nancy has been telling us that they grow the biggest bananas in ZhangZhou, indicating around 14" long. This we have to see but locally at Fuyu Lou they are not able to obtain them. Short bananas rule. And before we can get back to ZhangZhou we have some more Tulou to visit. <br><br>We head back towards the coast after our chosen breakfast of congee and fruit - although he still finds some bread for us to try despite the fact we are trying to eat a bit less! The ...

... it has sandy beaches) but it's getting dark as we arrive so I content myself with the hotel pool which is huge and rather functional than fancy, and where I have to buy a swim hat in order to go in!<br><br>There are a lot of expensive shops and (presumably) wealthy Chinese around as there are many seafood restaurants where you pick your fish or shellfish and they cook a meal for you - nothing is in English so you have to guess and we ended up with a very nice but very expensive meal ...

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... 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 ...

... highest point. On the way we stopped to gaze over at Taiwan, visible across the sea, and the many cargo ships passing. We stopped at an aviary and saw many exotic birds and a tree with giant prickly fruit hanging from it. At the highest point we had great view over the island, the sea and the red houses below. It was quite windy but showed us how small the island is because we could see the sea all around us. Back at the hostel we found we had been moved rooms without ...

... travel in any large group, let alone a group of Chinese people who forget you don't speak Chinese. You just really never feel like you know what is going on, when you are supposed to meet, it's all just kind of a mystery. So Roman waited till a couple of days before the trip (this is cheaper in China) they give a discount for seats not sold instead of making you pay more for the seat. Anyway, he booked our airfare and hotel for around 10,000Y ...

It's a beautiful sunny day. About time too. Yoong took the opportunity to wash the rest of our clothes as it is easier to dry them here than back in City Garden, where you can't open the windows without filling out lengthy forms in triplicate. After the hotel's weird breakfast of rice porridge, egg, tasteless white buns, soy milk, good grain bread with jam and luke-warm coffee, we went out for a walk, heading off in a new direction. Everywhere ...