After the sunshine and sand of the Philippines, James returns to the ice cold world of China.*
Actually it is quite nice to be back, I am very happy to be gorging myself on chinese food again. My first stop was Xiamen: a peaceful place, not a lot going on there but easy to waste away a few days reading and walking around.
Xiamen is right next to Taiwan on a map and has a lot of very un chinese looking buildings to proove its colonial passed. A trip out to Gulangyu (a small island) is well worth it. Xiamen University(Xiamen Daxue - your language lesson for the day) is peaceful and worth a walk through. There is even a beach of sorts on the other side.
After Xiamen a train up to Hangzhou. Apparently Marco Polo had a rave about how beautiful it is here, and it is pretty good. A big lake and hills disapearing into the distance. When I have been here longer I will let you know.
*if you got the starwars reference then you might want to check if you are a nerd. If you placed it as the empire strikes back then consult your nearest comic book store immediately.
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