Xiamen 20140721_145234

Xiamen

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August 1st 2014
Hi All, Really diificult to get a bed here but luckily the last hostel i called had room. Xiamen is a port city on the south western coast of China. It is another part of China that was forcibly opened up by the Treaty of Nanjing after the Opium wars. The buildings have a western look to them. I went to the Nanputuo temple first and this is where i discovered the masses of bus tour groups. T ... read more

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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