Highway in Xiamen

Haicaing suspension bridge is in the far background. This is one of the elevated expressways in Xiamen. They do a really cool thing here - there are planters of bouganvillea hanging off the highway siderails, and underneat the highways in many places, they have the supports covered with ivy or some sort of vines. Very pretty!

Life in Xiamen

September 9th 2007
Getting around here is a bit of a challenge when you don't know the language. Xiamen is an island, but we live at Jimei University, which is on the mainland. Jimei is basically a college town built around the schools of the university. There are many small shops, bars, and restaurants that cater to college students, but not much else to do there. There's a Kentucky Fried Chicken, but not much els ... read more

Asia » China » Fujian » Xiamen

For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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