Zhenshi Hotel Shishi

Zhenxing Road Shishi, Fujian, 570206, China

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Too many temples

A travel blog entry by jwtse7891

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We went on a required tour of Quanzhou, which is a city about 2 hours from Xiamen. Had to get out of bed at 7:30 in the morning. On a SATURDAY, which I found downright cruel. Basically we went to 2 or 3 Buddhist temples, which all start to look more or less the same: big statues, incense, and paintings. The first temple we went to did have two giant pagodas, so that was interesting. We also went to the remains of a mosque and a Muslim cemetery, which was kind of ...

Kinmen, une ile taiwanaise à deux km du continent

A travel blog entry by taiwaninside

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... chinois sont aussi autorisés à venir sur Kinmen.

L'ile est réputée pour :
- son KaoLiang, alcool de Sorgho. Nombreux sont les taiwnanais qui prennent le bateau pour XIamen pour revendre ensuite des bouteilles de Kaoliang. Au retour ils rapportent des champignons, des noix de pétoncles séchées, des herbes médicinales...
- ses villages avec des ...

Islands, Islands, Everywhere

A travel blog entry by roosterandrat

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... a "personal service." Not so, here. These lovely leg-baring ladies are just regular gals wearing whatever the heck they feel like, whatever the time of day, regardless of the task at hand (saw a lady handwashing laundry in said Uniform). It's startling, in a good eye-opening way. I mean, really, what were we expecting...olive green Red Army suits??

Back to our border run:

Actually, the rest of the ...

Side trip to Chongwu

A travel blog entry by sabaidii

... in Quanzhou. Chongwu is quite a unique place, also because the old town is built of granite which means every house looks grey with the same big blocks of stone used everywhere. With hardly any colour anywhere, it looks quite depressing, so better don't come here if it's overcast or get an apocalyptic mood swing. Amazing though because many houses have a courtyard behind high walls, but the door is ...

On the Road in Fujian

A travel blog entry by sabaidii

... the information counter told me I could buy my bus ticket at the wrong station, which would then enable me to get a free busride between the two bus stations. She took me to the right counter, set me up with the ticket, and guided me to the bus stop. Another girl waiting there immediately volunteered to adopt me since she went to the same destination. What a life! In Quanzhou the bus station was not where Lonely Planet thought it was, but why worry, I simply hopped on a taxi ...