Introduction

I had not initially meant to write a trip report as this was mostly a business trip but with the business being cut short, I was able to visit some of the sights in these 2 cities, as well as to visit the homeland of my ancestors who migrated from Quanzhou to Indonesia. And since we are already in the area, we made a side trip to visit the Tulou (or Earth Mansion literally speaking) which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site near Xiamen.

This trip report will mainly include photos taken on my iPhone and a base model Canon DSLR that was used to take photos of factory sites and product samples. Flights to and from Singapore would be on Cathay Pacific and Dragonair via Hong Kong, with all legs flown in Y (well it was just a 4+ hour flight, and CX Y is pretty good too!) I would post the following instalments regarding my visit:

Cathay Pacific SIN-HKG
The Wing and Dragonair HKG-XMN
Le Meridien Xiamen
Quanzhou Hotel
Villages in Quanzhou
Westin Xiamen
Gulangyu and the Fujian Tulou
Lounge in Xiamen and Dragonair XMN-HKG
Cathay Pacific HKG-SIN