Nov. 24 - 27: Xiamen, China Upon arrival in China, we were very impressed. Everything was super efficient, even more so than Singapore. We were in and out of customs in under a minute and our baggage was sitting waiting for us as soon as we got there. Xiamen is a very clean, modern city and not how I had pictured China to be at all. Xmas commercialism was booming ( I didn't even think that would exist in communist China), nowhere was crowded, there are beautiful parks and gardens everyone, a lovely island across the port where old colonies influences still abound and no pollution. I had read in lonely planet that 9 out of 10 of the world's most polluted cities were in China, they must be really bad compared to Bangkok, but
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