Geo: 25.02, 121.45We never seem to sleep in anywhere we go, we were up at 6am, showered and went for breakfast at 7.15. Today we are going on the High Speed Train to Taichung. We came here as we had a supplier to see, he messaged up last night saying he had a wedding to attend at lunchtime so if we could be there by 9.30am, there will be time.it takes 1hour by this train, stopping at about 5 stations along the way. We arrived on an earlier train, they run every few minutes. We were picked up and drove for another 40 minutes, nothing is closeby although they all say "it's close by!!"This factory was close by to the factory called Giant, an global bicycle company, well over 2000 employees. We arrived at our suppliers ... read more

Geo: 29.88, 121.55Today the alarm was set for 5.45am as we had a flight to catch to Taipei. No breakfast today, no time so we got packed, then got a taxi to the airport. Well this taxi driver thought he was in a racing car, we darted between cars, buses, we dragged with another taxi driver for most of the way, I was in the back seat and the front wheels of the car next to us was level when we were changing lanes, this was quite common right the whole way to the Airport in Ningbo. Then Clint said was this the right airport ??? How was I to know?? Well were at the right one, there is only one airport. Paid our fare 50 RMB ( about $10) cheap for a ride in a ... read more

Geo: 29.88, 121.55This morning, we were catching the fast train to Ningbo, so once we did our final packing, we checked out of the hotel, then got a taxi to the Hongqiao railway station we seri at 7.30am, we thought we will have plenty of time, I lined up in the queue for the tickets, gave passports, then I thought I could pay by visa, NO. Clint had taken my cash and he was standing 30 metres away with all our bags, so out of the line I got, grabbed his wallet, then I had to rejoin an even longer line again. Getting frustrated in waiting, a man in front of me started talking, he was from Boston, so we just spoke about transportation etc until he got his ticket, even offering to help me with ... read more

Geo: 31.23, 121.47Today was our disembarking day, so we needed to be up ultra early to do our final packing, then once again we needed to eat!!!! This eating thing is starting to be a joke, but it's our final meal on our cruise. Today we needed to find some of the people we had met on the cruise, to say our goodbyes!! As we were walking into the dining room, we saw Yoke (pronounced Yok) and Jeff, so we chose our breakfast then all sat together. They gave us good info in some places to visit, and being used to travelling on the train systems now, we will find it easy to get around. We finished breakfast, took some photos the said our goodbyes then went on the search for other people. There already was ... read more

Geo: 24.45, 118.08Today we as per usual, got up and pampered ourselves then headed to get breakfast once again, catching up with people we've met along the way. Quite a few people were going on the same tour as ours so there was lots of buses heading out. Today we are doing The Essence of Xiamem, which takes us to a temple, a beach Buddah ( and I don't mean us on the beach!!) then to a pedestrian shopping mall. Our first stop was at the Temple and the first thing we had to do was to actually cross the road, well that was fun!!! We managed to not be run down by pushbikes, motorbikes, cars, taxis, buses and trucks!! And I forgot all the pedestrians that just barge through anyway!Once we got to the Temple ... read more