Fu Lai Posted January 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 (edited) Slogging through the thousands of pics we took on the vacation, a very great vacation! So many pics that we decided to put them in galleries by day... here's the first day: http://ralphwallace.com/wei101/albums/Jan22-23-2013-Xiamen-Vacation/ Day 1 we traveled late at night to south Xiamen and woke to start a day of sightseeing while shopping. We tramped the very cool hotel neighborhood and then hit the downtown shopping strip... eating all the way. Our hotel: http://ralphwallace.com/wei101/albums/Jan22-23-2013-Xiamen-Vacation/slides/03.JPG Edited January 28, 2013 by Fu Lai (see edit history) Link to comment
tsap seui Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 Classy lookin' hotel, looks like you guys had a ball. Link to comment
Mick Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 I followed the link to your gallery. Really nice photos and like tsap said, looks like you guys had a ball. We lived in Shantou, which is not too far south of Xiamen. Went up there for several visits and loved the place, especially the island area (I forgot the name). Link to comment
Zhou Zhou Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 Glad the trip was a success...good pictures, I'd like to go bake for a long visit someday. Link to comment
Fu Lai Posted January 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 (edited) Finished the day 2 gallery, Y98 Tulou Tour Day! http://ralphwallace.com/wei101/albums/Jan-24-2013-Xiamen-Vacation-Yongding-Tulou/slides/15.JPG Damn impressive! The tour lunch was terrible though. Funny how you can get so sensitive to how the rice is prepared. Edited January 29, 2013 by Fu Lai (see edit history) Link to comment
Fu Lai Posted January 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 Almost forgot, the hotel neighborhood restaurant we ate at afterwards (see the gallery) brought my girl's dishes and I waited for mine... and waited, we asked when they would come. They said soon... bottom line is THEY NEVER CAME! And it was only a simple vegetable dish. We left complaining loudly and all they did was laugh. Some of these tourist places have a captive audience they don't always care about very much, apparently. BTW you can open the gallery front page and just mouse-over the thumbnails to get the comments if you don't want to play the entire slide show. Link to comment
dan_ling Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 Nice pics, it makes me miss my trips there! Link to comment
Zhou Zhou Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 Very nice photos...lao po and I enjoyed them. I'm a big fan of you yu and it looked delicious. ZZ Link to comment
dan1984 Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 Just arrived in Xiamen this morning for a 5 day business trip. First impressions, glad I packed my shorts! Had a big bowl of local Fujian style noodles from a small place by my hotel, absolutely loved it - I guess kind of like Yunan "mi xian," but definitely with its own unique twist. Not as modern of a city as I would have expected (or maybe that's just cause I've been here 3 hours and haven't been to any other parts of the city yet), but it definitely has a nice charm to it - kind of almost what I guess Taiwan would be like. Anyways, going to be busy for the next few days, but just wondering if anybody has any off the beaten path Xiamen suggestions for places to go or things to do....? Thanks! Link to comment
tsap seui Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 Have a good trip Dan, you roving CHina reporter. LOL tsap seui Link to comment
dan1984 Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 Have a good trip Dan, you roving CHina reporter. LOL tsap seui Thanks Tsapper! Two days in and have had no time to see any sights, but the food is most definitely hitting the spot! :happydance: Link to comment
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