The walk to ZhongShan Park. Tons of chirruping birds- beautiful! Very tropical. It's the smallest city I have visited in China- only 3 million people. It's the closest I'll get to Taiwan, too. I think I read somewhere in the tourist literature, it's on 20km by boat.
Indigo from another angle
Zhongshan Pedestrian Street. I went three times- it was five minutes away- and I still did not walk the whole street.
I took a taxi to Xiamen University- as so many people told me the grounds were amazing. It is across the street from Nanputuo Temple- thank goodness- ask the University was closed to visitors- "because the students were studying too hard" . I tried to get special permission- telling the partially fluent English-speaking guard that I was an English teacher- just visiting and would LOVE to see the campus. No dice.
Crossed the street to Nanputuo Temple
Like most temples in China, monks live, eat and pray there. Their quarters are always closed to visitors. Temple visits are free- but donations are welcome. Did I remember to bring my temple money to burn? No- sorry guys. Hope you enjoy good health even without my offerings.
This is where you burn your incense and offer up your prayers. I bought my incensee on the way out.
Below is the Xiamen Univeristy peeking over the top of the temple gourds
Some parts of the temple were under renovation, as the Temple Library was- I pulled the shot below from the Internet. Too bad. It looks amazing!
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