Xiamen Plaza Hotel

Xiamen was a typical Chinese city. It was not very interesting really. About the only exciting thing that happened took place in a local department store. We were on the third floor looking for a few things that we needed back on the ship, and Cub couldn't find a bathroom. We must have asked a half dozen store clerks and none ...

... group seem to have the ubiquitous eggs and cake - rather them than us. We revisit the "King of Tulou" (it was almost dark when we passed by first) - the largest of them all which has over 200 rooms and once had around 600 people living there, now there are only 400. Despite the drop in population it's interesting because they have not turned the inside into a hotel or shopping experience and so it does feel like someone's home (well 400 someones!). We can climb up to ...

... is another concrete jungle and sits on a very rugged coastline so is quite a spectacular jungle. We have a fast drop off at the Ferry Terminal to Gulang Yu; the ferry takes about 5 minutes to cross as it is less than a kilometer. The ferries run 24 hours and are very frequent. As it's Sunday the place is heaving with Chinese tourists - apparently Gulang Yu is very popular with locals. It's continuing very warm and we have regained the humidity as we came back to the coast, so the sea ...

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... stone a bit differently. Soapstone is extremely dense so it repels stains well. To clean, use a damp cloth or sponge with a mild cleanser. Beyond that, you should treat your sink and/or countertop with mineral oil. Soapstone fresh from the quarry is actually a cloudy blue-gray in color. The charcoal color that soapstone is known for comes when the stone is exposed to water, grease and oils. These liquids cause the ...

... apart but I had gone too far to step back now. Hangzhou airport was a surprise too, I expected a dimly lit hall with three airplanes departing daily but it was a huge, busy airport with a very interesting cathedral-shaped roof and could be entered into any airport design contest. Ninety minutes later I was in the deep south, it was warm, no wind, and when I walked around long after dark to get some dinner, wearing a T-Shirt and no jacket, I knew I had done something right.

After basking in the winter warmth of Hong Kong we resolved to store up some 'People's Money' or Renminbi (RMB) and spend our next five day vacation in Anji. That resolve lasted as long as it took to find 760 RMB round-trip flights to the coastal city of Xiamen in China's Fujian Province. As one of the closest mainland cities to Taiwan, Xiamen has reaped some trade benefits and enjoys a prosperous seaside existence ...

... on my ticket for NanPutuoShi read: The South Putuo Temple, which lies in the southeast of the Xiamen Islan, is embraced by the graceful sea and the Wulan Peaks as its back. The Wulan Peaks, rising upon another, enjoys a high reputation for its picturesque Views including deep serene caves and verdant woods. The South Putuo Temple is adjacent in Xiamen Universque and Lujiang River University. Since the last years of Tang Dynasty, there have been monks who inhabited this Place, and ...