Sunday, July 01, 2007

Xiamen...


a Wikipedia diz o seguinte:

"Xiamen (Hanyu Pinyin: Xiàmén) is a coastal sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It looks out to the Taiwan Strait and borders the cities of Quanzhou and Zhangzhou to the north and south respectively.

Xiamen and the surrounding countryside is famous for being an ancestral home to overseas Chinese and one of China's earliest special economic zones in the 1980s. It covers an area of 1,565 km² with a local population of 5 million.

Xiamen is served by the Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport, the base of Xiamen Airlines. You can take taxi from the airport to the city. The taxi fee is around 30-40 RMB.
A ferry service links Xiamen Island and Gulangyu Island.
There is also a bus service that anyone can ride for a charge of 1 or 2 RMB. This is main form of mass transit. Taxis are also common and can be easily hailed in most areas of the city.
Many people in the city also ride bikes to get from place to place. Unlike in most Chinese cities, where motorcycles and mopeds are the major form of transportation, such vehicles are not allowed in Xiamen. Honking is also banned. These two laws make Xiamen's streets especially pleasant.

Xiamen was recently voted China's cleanest city, and has many attractions for the tourist. Xiamen and its surrounding countryside provides spectacular scenery and pleasant tree-lined beaches. Gulangyu, also known as Piano Island, is a popular, peaceful weekend getaway with amazing views of the city. Xiamen's Botanical Garden is a nature lover's paradise. The Buddhist Nanputuo Temple, dating back to the Tang Dynasty, is a national treasure."

in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiamen

photography: "xiamen" - olga tavares property... : )

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