I finally made it to Kinmen this weekend. Kinmen is ironically closer geographical, 2km to Xiamen, China rather than to the main island of Taiwan.
So why is Kinmen, Taiwan and not PRC? Who knows.
Shortly after the war, before US stepped in to warn China off, there was fighting at Kinmen between the PRC and the KMT of Taiwan. Most of our touring were of the war remnants, like forts and bunkers.
The highlight was the closest point to Xiamen, China. We could literally see the talk buildings there!
Our tour came with free bus tours, there were 4 but our laidback style meant that we kept missing the start times of the bus tours and we'd take taxis to some midpoint and jump on the bus there. The Kinmen people - taxi drivers and the tour bus drivers seemed very bemused to have sudden additions to the tour midway through. And they never understood us - you want me to take you to bus tour stop where?! They kept muttering these Koreans... we ain't Koreans!
So why is Kinmen, Taiwan and not PRC? Who knows.
Shortly after the war, before US stepped in to warn China off, there was fighting at Kinmen between the PRC and the KMT of Taiwan. Most of our touring were of the war remnants, like forts and bunkers.
The highlight was the closest point to Xiamen, China. We could literally see the talk buildings there!
Our tour came with free bus tours, there were 4 but our laidback style meant that we kept missing the start times of the bus tours and we'd take taxis to some midpoint and jump on the bus there. The Kinmen people - taxi drivers and the tour bus drivers seemed very bemused to have sudden additions to the tour midway through. And they never understood us - you want me to take you to bus tour stop where?! They kept muttering these Koreans... we ain't Koreans!
The 3 things people buy from Kinmen - knives, gaoliang wine and peanut candy. I bought a bottle of gaoliang - can't help myself. Will think about who to give it to when I bring it back to Singapore. The peanut candy was consumed in minutes. Whew!
Pix - http://www.flickr.com/photos/8062670@N07/sets/72157620723081736/
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