Though I’ve been to Xiamen before and toured around the charming Gulang Island, my recent trip to see the Taiwanese Kinmen islands – just a ferry ride from Xiamen – gave me an opportunity for a brief revisit. Though it’s
Beautiful Xiamen : Trip Summary & Suggested Itinerary
Xiamen was a very pleasant surprise. It’s not too crowded, quite tourist friendly, very well developed, and has a special charm which combines the scenic beauty of a coastal city with lots of colonial and regional history. To summarize
Around Gulang Island : Xiamen
Gulang Island is gorgeous. I think it’s one of the nicest places I’ve visited in mainland. To summarize the Gulang island and Xiamen experience, following are photos I took around the island … Previous posts on Gulang Yu :
The Houses of Gulang Yu : Xiamen
Want a taste of Europe in China? Gulang Island has just the thing. Though the island has suffered from the ongoing rampage of China’s 20th century political turmoil it still maintains what I believe is among the best selection of
Haoyue Park – Zheng Cheng Gong : Gulang Yu Xiamen
I know a thing or two about Zheng Cheng Gong (鄭成功 o Koxinga) and it mainly has to do with the time I spent in Tainan-Taiwan where Cheng Gong is considered somewhat of a local hero for driving away the