Xiamen Jiahu Hotel

... 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!

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 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

i am going on anouther long train ...

... province. Here on the other side of the country, on the green, southeastern coast, across the street from me, the entire uniformed staff of a restaurant is gathered out front shouting slogans in unison about customer service as their manager expounds the virtues of efficiency. This is common practice at many businesses, especially restaurants before dinnertime. Walking home, I pass through Wenta Lu, my daily market for dinner ...

... 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 ...

... language markers and boards to prevent a non-Chinese person from either bursting the bladder, or not being able to get home, or not being able to eat (my version of the 3 possible tourist emergencies!) The boat takes a round around the island (an excelletn tourism idea!) before berthing thus giving views like these - Gulang yu is very un-Chinese in my ...

... while we in North America are fixated on the "tanned" look, Asian women seek the pale complexions of those of us who have never seen the sun. Look around, and everywhere there are brightly coloured umbrellas marching along the sidewalks and wheeling down the streets on bicycles and carts. In China, sunbathing is definitely not a sport of choice and most often the beaches are sparsely populated, especially at mid-day ...

... from Shaowu which surprised me. ACCOMMODATION: We were met by some 'You Stay You Stay' peoples and when we got one down to a price we were happy with we ventured off for a look. All was well so we ended up staying at the Yingxiang Guest House which is just down the road from the Train Station. When you leave the station you will have Wallmart on ...