what's on xiamen

Yesterday we already got a first impression of Xiamen, due to our hostesses, but after a good night's rest in our room-for-one-night we were ready to stand on our own feet. We helped Pauline and Evelien organising a race, the traditional end of a sailing week.

While they spent their last afternoon cleaning the boats, we started our quest for a digital camera, so you no longer only have to rely on our words anymore. Computer city made the choice very difficult: imagine the biggest mall in Belgium, multiply it by three and cram it with comuters, digital camera's and any electric device you can think of. Quite impressive.
At five o'clock we waved Pauline and Evelien goodbye and...went shopping.

Facts of the day:

1. All chinese women carry an umbrella while it never rains here. Martin (coach) gave us an explanation in the form of a chinese saying: 'beter een lelijke, dikke witte dan een mooie slanke bruine'.




2. There grows money in chinese trees. Explanation: we don't really have. We were standing next to a tree in the middle of the city when a man suddenly grabbed a bundle of money from between the branches.




3. you pay 4 euro for two big mac menus! Explanation: don't ask us.
   
   

Hope to see you tomorrow, with new facts!

Barbara and Mathieu