http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Fujian/Fuzhou/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , China , Fujian , Fuzhou en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:04:45 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:04:45 UTC Vrijdag 1 augustus.Omdat we toch nog heel wat foto's over hadden van onze 'ondekkingstocht' door de wijk San Fang Qi Xiang zijn we van plan om hier een wat uitgebreider verslag over te maken. Op dit moment is de tekst nog niet klaar de foto's zijn al wel geselecteerd.Toekomstige verslaggevers Berna en Wim. http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Fujian/Fuzhou/blog-312057.html Donderdag 31 juli. De voormiddag besteedden we aan het bezoek van de Yushan. De Yushan Yu shan Fengjingqu ook wel Jiuxian shan genoemd heuvel van de 9 onsterfelijken is maar 59 m hoog en 12 ha groot en ligt midden in de stad. Vroeger was de top het hoogste punt van de stad tegenwoordig steken de wolkenkrabbers boven de heuvel uit. De ingang kan je bereiken als je linksom het Mao standbeeld vo http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Fujian/Fuzhou/blog-311851.html We had hoped to see more of China in the second week of Danrsquos holiday possibly to Henan and Xirsquoan cradles of Chinese civilisation. However tours are exhausting and for Dan after the long hours at work a second tour was unthinkable. We started dreaming of a few days at a resort on Sanya Beach on Hainan but a phone call between Dan and her father made it clear that we needed to http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Fujian/Fuzhou/blog-217290.html On the evening of 30 September Dan and I hopped on a sleeper bus to Fuzhou the city where she grew up. Fuzhou is surrounded by mountains so rail travel was not practical. We arrived there on the National Holiday. We soon meet Dan's father who is a remarkable individual who jogs some 2 hours per day. He very sober in his habits and certainly wanted to know how I would care for his daughter. http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Fujian/Fuzhou/blog-209309.html On Friday night M. picked us up at the end of his workday for the four hour drive to his hometown of Fuzhou where we stayed at the 3star Yishan Hotel. The next morning M. and his wife Y. took us to one of the older streets in the city a fascinating mix of small stores and craftsmen. Among the most interesting were the wedding decoration shop the street butcher's and old cobbler's shops and http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Fujian/Fuzhou/blog-179975.html We left Shanghai after another night on the beer tequilla. We played pool with our room mate Rudi short for Rudolph as in the Reindeer an Australian guy Josh it was the last night of his trip so we had to make sure he went on a high. I have to declare that I am the worst pool player ever even worse than I rememberedWe managed to pack by torch light as there was a power cut at the ho http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Fujian/Fuzhou/blog-105595.html Well arrived here this morning Friday at around 6am to find more rain so we made our to our accomodation. There are no hostels here so we are enjoying a bit of luzery in a nice hotel still only 6 pound a night. Luckily by the time i had showered and got changed the rain had stopped. We have decided only to stay here one night as there is not a lot happening here. We found it quite difficult t http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Fujian/Fuzhou/blog-105590.html