It’s still city time. Two new cities have been added. Hangzhou and Ningbo.
Both cities are close to Shanghai, it’s a train ride of a couple of hours and you can set foot in the park around the Westlake in Hangzhou. I actually spent only half a day there, coming from a bamboo town on our way to Shanghai.
The West Lake and the parks around and within are nice, although crowded in the weekend.
Ningbo I haven’t been yet. It’s a coastal city, has a growing port and as far as I know even a Starbucks.
Three cities and I have been to 2 of them. Xiamen is still on my list, if only for the beach I heard so much about.
Xian is probably the most widely known of the three. With it’s Terracotta army it’s one of the main attractions in China. The town itself is pretty nice too. The muslim quarter with the 1250 year old Mosque as well as the nearby city walls.
Kunming is one of my favorite cities. Lived there for a couple of years. It’s laid back, almost slow, has great food and the sun almost always shines.
Xiamen, as said before, I know less about but from the limited available websites I have found until now it should be worth a visit
