After a nearly six hour train journey, mostly between 200 and 300 Km/h (125 to 190 mph) and through many tunnels, I arrived at Xiamen … See more...
Category Archives: Xiamen
Hot Pot
CJ and PX were waiting for me at the train station in Xiamen! I am not sure I would have recognised them if they hadn’t … See more...
Bathroom Window
My hotel room is pretty amazing. The bathroom has a window into the room – I’ve never seen this before! It seems it’s so you can … See more...
鼓浪屿
Today CW and PX took me to Gulangyu (鼓浪屿), an islet to the South-West of Xiamen island, between the island and the mainland. CW reminisced … See more...
Catan
CJ realised that I struggled a bit with the food yesterday, so for tonight’s dinner he arranged for a friend of his who runs a … See more...
厦门早上好
Some morning photos of my hotel in Xiamen.… See more...
太阳镜
So this morning after breakfast I met up with PX and CJ again. Driving around, PX spotted a glasses shop, so we stopped to take … See more...
Mountain
CJ took us to a hilly park area (I forgot the name). There were beautiful flowers and views, and lots of couples having wedding photos … See more...
Pool and Church
After lunch, CJ, CW and I went to play pool for a couple of hours.
(Chinese rules! Haha!)
Then we went for a short walk … See more...
Leaving Xiamen
I’m off to Shenzhen today – my last train journey. It will be just under four hours. Packed again. I was hoping my luggage would be … See more...
Merdok
On the train half way to Shenzhen, QY told me that I was heading into a typhoon!
http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/nySvGt29HCIkPbwsBe-EFg
This was quite unnerving for someone who … See more...