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Re: Ferry, kinmen to Xiamen

by hope42morrow 19 May 2012

There are ferries from Kinmen to Quanzhou, a city between Xiamen and Fuzhou. That is the city listed at the bottom of the linked PDF there.…
RE: Buying bike gear in China or Hong Kong

by aqsaqal 21 April 2012

I have not shopped for bicycle stuff in China much, but my general impression that the prices for accessories and spare parts, such as…
RE: China small towns...all the same?

by chrisj 20 April 2012

Chongwu / Quanzhou get my vote too. Well worth a couple of days. I haven't been to Yangzhou yet, but will try to get there before I…
RE: China small towns...all the same?

by aqsaqal 20 April 2012

To add to the good comments by "889" above. Lots of modern city and town centers do look alike, and are nothing much to write home about.…
RE: Western bar in Quanzhou

by aqsaqal 17 April 2012

I second Giora's suggestion of the Lingshan Islamic Cemetery (located on the eponymous hill a couple miles east of the city center) as…
RE: Western bar in Quanzhou

by china1979 17 April 2012

I retract my earlier comment about there not being a lot to do in/around Quanzhou. There's more than I initially recalled. Sorry about…
RE: Western bar in Quanzhou

by Giora 17 April 2012

Some interesting things mentioned in and around Quanzhou, but there's plenty more. The mosque in Quanzhou is, in my opinion, the country's…
RE: Western bar in Quanzhou

by china1979 16 April 2012

The Fujian-Taiwan Kinship Museum is interesting for its grand architectural style--and the amount of money the govt spent promoting the…
RE: Western bar in Quanzhou

by aqsaqal 16 April 2012

Quanzhou has [several museums|http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Museums_in_Quanzhou]. 1) As of the late February, Quanzhou Museu…
RE: Western bar in Quanzhou

by china1979 15 April 2012

#4, you remember correctly, it's the Maritime Museum. On the same grounds in an adjacent bldg is the "Islamic Culture Exhibit (Yisilan…
RE: Western bar in Quanzhou

by Giora 14 April 2012

It might be the Maritime Musuem, I can't remember the name for sure, but it's the main museum in town, housed in a couple of very sizable…
RE: Western bar in Quanzhou

by jiejie 14 April 2012

Don't know about this bar but will file for future reference. I'll plug for Quanzhou in general. I REALLY liked this city when I visited…
RE: Western bar in Quanzhou

by Giora 14 April 2012

It's hard to feel bad about hi-jacking an advertisement thread. Has the museum in Quanzhou re-opened? It was under renovation when I visited…
RE: Western bar in Quanzhou

by manchurianexile 14 April 2012

Hi Chris!
Western bar in Quanzhou

by Skatesleeve 14 April 2012

For anyone visiting or staying in Quanzhou, there is a new western style bar run by a Canadian guy by the name of Chris. It's only been…
RE: How do I get off the beaten path?

by chrisj 13 April 2012

jiejie has given some good advice, & I would also recommend you skip Beijing. Save it & Xian for another trip. From HK you could stop…
RE: Guangzhou to Shanghai

by woolf135 04 April 2012

train is doable from Xiamen north to Shanghai on pretty nice D trains. I would stop at Xiamen, Quanzhou and Hangzhou by train myself;…
RE: Itinerary

by aqsaqal 28 March 2012

Qufu vs. Taishan: If you like "ancient" statuary (mostly Ming/Qing, of course), Qufu is probably unbeatable. Don't miss Confucius' cemetery…
RE: Itinerary from Guangzhou in February

by Giora 05 February 2012

Hi, I was in Guilin last week. The weather was miserable, it was grey and cloudy and difficult to see much. I didn't visit Longsheng…
RE: Xiamen to Taiwan

by jiejie 17 January 2012

Yes, there is a ferry to Jinmen coming from the north from Shijing, but it is more difficult to get to as it's not near the main highway…
RE: Xiamen to Taiwan

by aqsaqal 16 January 2012

Thanks to everybody above for the info! The Wutong Port (the one in the far NE corner of Xiamen Island has a web site of sorts, and…
Re: Xiamen-Shenzhen-Hong Kong this month

by chrisj 07 January 2012

+There's now direct daytime train service between Hangzhou and Xiamen (7.5 hours), so it's not necessary to take the bus, or fly.+ That's…
RE: Xiamen-Shenzhen-Hong Kong this month

by gnaij 07 January 2012

If you have at least one extra entry left on your Chinese visa, consider a trip to Kinmen (30 min to 1 hour ferry ride from Xiamen). It's…
RE: Overland from Shanghai to Vietnam

by drumbrake 31 December 2011

So many possible routes with a month to take. Here is one: From Shanghai spend a few days see places such as Suzhou, Tongli, Nanjing,…
RE: Fujian in winter- Xiamen, Quanzhou, Yongding (Hakka houses)

by aqsaqal 20 December 2011

Thanks, this is a useful report about places that I consider visiting some daty. I guess the late fall or the early spring would be the…