【中国】 福建之旅 : 十一天十夜 China Guide : Fu Jian (V.1) - 11 Days 10 Nights

Guide to Fu Jian (福建), China (中国)

我们从沙巴飞往第一站的广州过了一夜，第二天到了白云国际机场 (Baiyun International Airport) 再飞往福州开始我们的旅程！ 我们的行程总共是十一天， 十夜玩透广州以及福建！

在此我要分享在福建所见所闻还有吃吧！ 哈哈！ 我们这次的旅程总算看到了福建省的美，以下是我们到此一游的地方 - 武夷山 (WuYi Mountain), 福州 (Fu Zhou), 厦门 (Xia Men), 永定 (Yong Ding) and 东山 (Dong Shan).

We had our transit from Guang Zhou to Fu Zhou during our trip. The province and sub provinces that we have visited during our 11 days and 10 nights were 广州 (Guang Zhou) and 福建 (Fu Jian). 

In this entry, it is all about the summary on Fu Jian Province, the sub provinces that we have visited are 武夷山 (WuYi Mountain), 福州 (Fu Zhou), 厦门 (Xia Men), 永定 (Yong Ding) and 东山 (Dong Shan).

1. 武夷山 (WuYi Mountain)

在武夷山的经验是很特别的， 风景超漂亮的！ 我们还观赏了张艺谋导演的作品 - 印象大红袍山水实景演出，365度的方向观看舞剧，整个舞剧令人难忘！ 如果还有机会 我还有到武夷山，记得冷天去还蛮爽快的！

The experience at Mt. WuYi was one of the remarkable one, I love the scenery and the cold breezy air there. We went to watch Producer, Zhang Yi Mou's work of art for Mt. Wu Yi - 大红袍 Da Hong Pao, it was amazing with 365 degree surrounding musical drama!

  * Sightseeing at night - Lifestyle
  * Five Star Hotel - 武夷山悦华酒店 Yeo Hwa Resort
  * 云窝 天游 桃园洞景区 The Cloud's Lair, Heavenly Tour and Peach Blossom Paradise Scenic Area
  * 印象大红袍山水实景演出 Stage Performance of DaHongPao
  * 大红袍茶园， 一线天， 风洞与虎啸岩 Tea Garden, Tread of Sky, Wind Cave and Tiger Roar Cliff

2. 福州 (Fu Zhou)

他们说来到福建省，一定要到福州市。 它是福建生最大的城市， 也是福建省首都。

If we have the chance to visit Fu Jian, it is a must to visit the capital and largest city of FuJian - Fu Zhou!

 
  * 滨江公园／滨江大道 与 鼓山涌泉寺 The Garden of Min River and Yong Quan Temple
  * 林则徐纪念堂 & 三坊七巷 Lin ZeXu and Cultural Street ShanFangQiXiang

 

3. 厦门 (Xia Men) 
厦门是最近台湾的城市， 只有边界那么近， 所以厦门的风格与台湾有相像的。 那天到了它们的步行街逛逛， 还以为我在台湾呢！

XiaMen is a city where it is located at the border to Taiwan. The lifestyle and culture of Xia Men is similar to Taiwan, I even thought I was visiting Taiwan when I visited their Pedestrian Street!

 
  * 子弹头火车 与 中山路步行街 Bullet Train and ZhongShan Pedestrian Street
  * 鼓浪屿 Pedestrian area of GuLangYu
  

 

4. 永定 (Yong Ding)  

也许客家人是来自永定区吧？永定客家土楼是世界上独一无二，圆圆的楼层或是长方形的。 在土楼里居住的家人让土楼更坚固，土楼的寿命会很长当居住的人很多。 因为永定是属于一个区， 离市区是很远的， 我们饮食方面是有点不习惯。

Yongding is a district under the jurisdiction of Longyan prefecture-level city in the southwest of Fujian Province. It is the home of many Hakka-speaking families.

Because of its location and not many tourists will choose Yong Ding as their visiting preference. The dinner we had surprised us as in a no no way and the weather was cold and we even can feel the temperature drop when we were in the hotel, I covered myself with layers!

   * 土楼 Tu Lou/ House of Clay
  

5. 东山 (Dong Shan)

东山岛由主岛和周边67个小岛组成，状如七星拱月，形如栩栩如生蝴蝶，故称蝶岛。

Dongshan District was a former district in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China located to the west of Tianhe District and the east of Yuexiu District. It was the political and cultural centre of Guangdong Province and noted for its high quality education.

 

  * 寡妇村 (Village of Widows), 马銮湾 (MaLuanWan), 风动石风景区 (Feng Dong Shi Scenic Area) and 关帝庙 (Guan Di Temple)

更都详情 - 维基百科
 For more information on FuJian - Wikipedia

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【中国游玩记】 福州与厦门之子弹头火车与中山路步行街 Fun In FuZhou & XiaMen, China : Bullet Train & ZhongShan Pedestrian Street

China Part 5 - Fu Zhou (福州) & XiaMen (厦门), Northern FuJian (福建)

 So our tour in FuZhou ended when we left via Bullet Train. :)

The experience with first class bullet train ride was good (inside the train) while standing between China men and women were one kind of experience. haha :D

Here are few of the photos to summarise my journey from FuZhou to XiaMen. Well, I do miss Xia Men, it was amazing!

- Fu Zhou Train Station -

- Bullet Train -

Although it was first class that we had, the price was reasonable and train is one of the cheap and convenient transportation in China, better than the long road trip. I should say, we should learn from China with their modern technology, they are amazing!

- Hours of ride -

- Train Ticket -

- First Class -

How many first class we can have in life?

- Random Shot -

Remember to open our eyes to see things out there!

Choo Choo Choo and we arrived at ~~~

- XiaMen (厦门) -

Hop in to our XiaMen tour bus and off we go to the first spot - The restaurant!

- The best in XiaMen -

The tour we took treated us with the VIP way, and of course, we paid #likeaboss too.

Back to the hotel and rest for a while and we went to the well known Zhong Shan Pedestrian Street.

-  中山路步行街 (ZhongShan Pedestrian Street) -

The pedestrian street gave me a feel of walking in Taiwan and yes, they were influenced by Taiwan culture which located next to XiaMen. We can get a ride via ship in fact. 

Here are what we had and see!

- Shops -

Just to let you know that XiaMen's nightlife was fine, to get to know more about XiaMen, do have a look at their buildings at night. Those neon lights was great and those lights represent the best development of that province.

- My Night there -

First expensive coffee after that few days.

-  中山路步行街 (ZhongShan Pedestrian Street) -

So many attractive things to see there. :)

- I love this! -

Very cute outlet that I didn't manage to visit, but only window shopping. :(

Well, I do love the culture of XiaMen. :) Good place to visit.

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Updates : 广州 (Guang Zhou) and 福建 (Fu Jian), China 2013

Hey Hey Hey! 

Been lost for weeks and I'm back from China and in fact, I celebrated my birthday in China as well. :)

This will be a short update with some of the interesting yet beautiful places that I visited! And this time, the trip was good with perfect services (expect average food) and we enjoyed a lot during the trip.

Province and Sub Provinces that we visited during this Winter 2013 were 11 days 10 Nights in

广州 (Guang Zhou) and 福建 (Fu Jian) - 武夷山 (WuYi Mountain), 福州 (Fu Zhou), 厦门 (Xia Men), 永定 (Yong Ding) and 东山 (Dong Shan)!

-鼓浪屿 (Gu Lang Yu), 厦门 (Xia Men) -

I love this sweet and cozy place, no motor vehicles except buggy on the island. Beautiful architecture and similar to Taiwan and Macau. :)

 - 武夷山 (WuYi Mountain), 福建 (Fu Jian) - 

Magnificent scenery and friendly people that we met during our days at Wu Yi Mountain. :)

- 上下九街 (Shang Xia Jiu Jie), 广州 (Guang Zhou) -

Just to play safe, I brought my parents to Mc Donald/ Mc Cafe for coffee and snacks while seeing all the crowds from up there!

- 广州 (Guang Zhou) -

The best porridge (Prawn Porridge) and Noodles we had for supper on the first night in Guang Zhou! Located at a stall opposite our hotel that we were went for overnight and flying off to Fu Zhou on the next morning.

 - 武夷山 (WuYi Mountain), 福建 (Fu Jian) -

Inspiring and impressed all of us from the outdoor theater show we have watched, freezing with temperature of 2C during the show, imagine the temperature getting low when the night getting darker.

- Bullet Train -

First class seat from Fu Zhou to Xia Men, 3 hours!

- 步行街 (Bu Xing Jie), 厦门 (Xia Men)  -

Finally the first cup of coffee I bought from a random cafe we walked in, while others doing their shopping.

- 东山 (Dong Shan) 07.12.2013 -

And I got a surprise birthday cake from the tour company we signed with! Very simple yet noted one sweet memory, it was my first celebrating outside Malaysia.

-Gift from #Saturdate! -

Beverly from Take Another Step gave me a birthday gift before I left!

- Selfie -

We could only dress up in such a way that we can't in tropical weather like Malaysia. I always love my boots!

That's my updates for the day. Till then!

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