Xiamen Huamin Hotel

... island - a pinnacle of rock with a cable car. Huge tour groups have matching caps and guides with megaphones. It's a typical Chinese idea of a park - manicured and carved into perfection. There's a lovely notice in tourist office explaining how the artificial rocks and gardens in one place make it "entirely natural". However the island is vehicle free except for electric cars so outside the main tourist area it's quite pleasant and peaceful.

In theory you can swim in the sea ...

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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 lol

anyways i arived in xiaman and the first thing i notested that the temputure had risen to 40 ...

... 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 ...

... ticket was an unbelievable 45 Euro including all taxes, and I got myself a seat for same day departure. It was almost hard to leave, and even so suddenly, because the staff at the hostel treated me so nicely, I felt more like a family member visiting, which may sound unbelievable in a big and busy hostel. When I left, they called me a taxi and even the cleaner was waving bye bye outside. The day before I had asked her to take my laundry out of the dryer when it was ...

... I hithc a ride, take a ferry and bingo - I a in Gulng yu. I found the Chinese habit of speaking loudly a lot - esp. when in groups, comforting was alone and this sound preventled me from feeling like I was alone! I was surprised at the huge number of tourists - nearly all Chinese - China seems to have a huge local tourism industry - but there are sufficient ...

... historic port which boasts excellent scenery, warm ocean currents and everything else a Western tourist could wish for. EVEN....McDonald's and Wal-Mart! Inside these establishments, however, new adventures awaited. What was in those strange looking packages?... unidentifiable sea creatures, seeds and fruits dried for snacking, remedies for mystery illnesses, skin-whitening lotions? Skin-whitening lotions? It seems that ...

... and I was still laying awake and the kid still happily singing. I wasn't too happy but thought 'Hey, I'm on holidays, Rock N Roll! I decided to rise early and sat for bread and fruit. Daniel and Alexa rose soon after and we all gave in and began singing the ABC Song with the kid. We arrived in Xiamen around 11:00am. It actually took thirteen ...