Xiamen

 

 

Our next stop in China was Xiamen, and we arrived there March 5. Climate is “warm and subtropical” we read, but I can tell you that was not the case when we were there. Anyway, we went with the shuttle to the center.

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As soon as we left the bus we were offered “Rolex” and other necessities…

We walked up the shopping street, and the most special with the shops this day was that they had more clothes for men. That`s not so often we have seen, but the Chinese are not the tallest, so the sizes were not the easiest to find. Clean nice walking street, where old and modern was presented hand in hand.

Countries have different customs when it comes to food, and for sure the Chinese eat lots of things we are not used to. Many people from the ship had delicious meals in China, and we heard about one place where they ate frogs prepared in every possible way. We leave that for those with more courage and stronger stomachs, and went to the grocery to find the “healthy food” we are used to

Total price for all of this was around 15 USD. Make us feel a bit ripped off when we compare the prices with Norway, for the same products….

We walked around for a while, and didn`t actually do anything special. When you travel like this, seeing new countries and places we are aware that most of the places have by far more to see than we can reach in a few hours, and you just can`t see it all. Sometimes it is just nice to feel the atmosphere at the destinations we are going to, stretch our legs after days at sea and simply do nothing.

The Chinese have recently celebrated their new year, and are this year entering the year of the horse.

At the port, it was a “duty free” market, where you could bargain of any kind of electronic you can wish for, at prices you mostly set yourself if you are lucky. Very different from Gardermoen…

We had a nice day, and our next destination was Hong Kong.