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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: Ferry, kinmen to Xiamen

by gnaij 14 May 2012

Xiamen has to ports: Dongdu and Wutong - just look up Google maps to get a sense of where they are. I am not aware of a ferry from Kinmen…
RE: Ferry, kinmen to Xiamen

by haopengyou426 14 May 2012

Thanks! My goal - the big picture - is to get from Taiwan to Shanghai as inexpensively as possible. I have priced direct flights through…
RE: enter Taiwan without visa

by gnaij 09 May 2012

You could show the plane tickets you have from Taiwan to Kinmen, and explain that you will take the ferry after arriving in Kinmen. There…
RE: Ferry, kinmen to Xiamen

by gnaij 05 May 2012

Refer to the first row of this chart for departure times. http://www.kma.gov.tw/%E6%96%87%E4%BB%B6%E4%B8%8B%E8%BC%89/%E7%95%B6%E6%9C%88%E5%B…
Ferry, kinmen to Xiamen

by haopengyou426 05 May 2012

Sometimes I think the world should have an internet purging day, and require all forums to purge all of their threads. There is so much…
Re: Do I re-register at Beijing police-station after a short trip to Shanghai?

by jiejie 28 April 2012

I want to clarify that my above answer applies ONLY if you are staying inside the PRC on your jaunts and excursions. Once you leave…
RE: 30 day limit on year long, L visa with multiple entries

by jiejie 22 April 2012

#20 you misunderstood me. Yes, there are ferries (local) between Big and Little Kinmens. BUT THE INTERNATIONAL FERRIES from Xiamen,…
RE: 30 day limit on year long, L visa with multiple entries

by gnaij 22 April 2012

"Note that public ferry transport all goes to Big Kinmen island. The only way to approach Little Kinmen directly is by private boat and…
Re: 30 day limit on year long, L visa with multiple entries

by AlBeamer 21 April 2012

> {quote:title=#18 wrote:}{quote} > to approach Little Kinmen directly is by private boat… That’s an interesting idea! -;) I am …
Re: 30 day limit on year long, L visa with multiple entries

by jiejie 21 April 2012

(Jinmen = Kinmen but I will stick to Kinmen in this post since that is the preferred way the locals/Taiwan govt spell it in English. …
RE: 30 day limit on year long, L visa with multiple entries

by Giora 21 April 2012

#13 is a little mistaken: "One needs to produce a confirmed onward ticket to be admitted" This is not true, certainly not if arriving…
RE: 30 day limit on year long, L visa with multiple entries

by 889 21 April 2012

Actually, the traditional English name of Kinmen is +Quemoy+, as those old enough to remember hearing about +Quemoy and Matsu+ may recall.…
Re: 30 day limit on year long, L visa with multiple entries

by AlBeamer 21 April 2012

> {quote:title=#3 wrote:}{quote} > As an American you get 30 days visa free to Taiwan. Correct. There is a list of some 42 countries…
Re: 30 day limit on year long, L visa with multiple entries

by findmywuwei 21 April 2012

Great, Thanks everyone. It seems I will have to take a train to Shenzhen North, as 889 suggests and make it a day trip. I was looking…
RE: 30 day limit on year long, L visa with multiple entries

by my_bluedog 21 April 2012

OK, so Kinmen is more like the Cantonese way saying, "Golder Door" Taiwan use Traditional Chinese and the mainland use Simplified Chinese.…
RE: 30 day limit on year long, L visa with multiple entries

by Giora 21 April 2012

It's spelt both Jinmen and Kinmen in English: Taiwan doesn't have a standardized way of writing Chinese characters in the Latin alphabet,…
RE: 30 day limit on year long, L visa with multiple entries

by 889 21 April 2012

+Kinmen+ is the traditional English spelling; +Jinmen+ is Hanyu Pinyin. Just like +Taipei+ vs. +Taibei.+
RE: 30 day limit on year long, L visa with multiple entries

by my_bluedog 21 April 2012

Is it Jinmen or Kinmen? Any way that would be the best and cheapest way from Xiamen.
RE: 30 day limit on year long, L visa with multiple entries

by Giora 21 April 2012

As #1 says, if you extend your multiple-entry visa, there's a good chance that your further entries will be cancelled, and you'll end…
RE: 30 day limit on year long, L visa with multiple entries

by my_bluedog 21 April 2012

If you're in Xiamen, why not check out the ferry boat to Kinmen which belongs to Republic of China, is 170Y or NT700, and 8:30AM to 5:30…
RE: US citizen getting tourist visa in Taiwan or Thailand for China?

by jiejie 20 April 2012

As other posters said above, get your Chinese visa right now while you are in the USA, 12-month multiple-entry L tourist visa, and ask…
enter Taiwan without visa

by herlindemarc 20 April 2012

We are travelling long time and want to do as follows: - visit Hong Kong and apply for a Chinese visum over there. - travel to Taiwan,…
RE: Itinerary

by gnaij 27 March 2012

You can flee to Kinmen from Xiamen for the May holiday. It's not a public holiday in Taiwan, so you won't have to worry about excessive…
Beaches

by poi 14 March 2012

Are there any beautiful white sand beaches with clear water anywhere inTaiwan?(I was recently there and in nearby Ishigaki Island in Japan.T…