Xiamen West Bay Apartment 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.

... top of the 4 rings and get a good look at the overall layout, and also take a peek into the places where people sleep, with four poster type beds where they can sling mossie nets. Cooking is taking place on the ground floor.

Subsequently one of the most interesting visits of our little Tulou tour - to Hegui ancient village. This was an important trading stop on the main road from the coast into the heart of Fujian province and is laid out over a wide flat valley ...

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Low rise Gulang Yu is a complete contrast to Xiamen and looks a bit like a peninsular on the French mediterranean until you get close. There are many crumbling colonial mansions including an (ex) British consulate and similar for the US. Some of the buildings are lived in and some are in disrepair. All the roads are paved and all the greenery is manicured, and all the rocks have steps carved into them. The Chinese head straight for the highest point on ...

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... to oxidize, which darkens the stone color and really brings out its natural beauty. The mineral oil actually expedites oxidation of the stone and a monthly treatment will keep oxidation uniform across the entire surface. Stone Care You take care of your family of course. But you also take care of the material things in your life, like clothes and cars, jewels and tools. Because they're an investment, and a source of pride ...

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 ...

... We touched down in Xiamen to the swaying palms and thanked each other for the wise decision to not dally in the rainy, cold cradle of Zhejiang province. After a couple of bus rides from the airport and a game of hide and seek to find our hostel, we parted with our bags and grubbed down on some food at a backstreet restaurant near Xiamen University, reputedly the most beautiful on display in China. We enjoyed the ...

... it into a Buddhist sacred land. It used to have different names. In the first years of Qing Dynasty, the general Shi Liang provided funds to rebuild the temple, where the Bodhisattva Guanyin was mainly Worshipped, The general thought it was on the south of the Mount Putuo of Zhejiang Province, hence gave the Temple its present name, In the year of 1924, ui Quan was appointed the first abbot of the South Putuo. President and other famous masters like Hong Yi and Yin Shun used to ...