Places to visit in Xiamen will be Gu Lang Yu, Nan Pu Tuo, Hu Li Shan Fortress and for the night market, please do visit Zhong Shan Lu (Zhong Shan Road). To go Gu Lang Yu, just simply take either a bus or a taxi to the ferry port and the ferry will ferry you to Gu Lang Yu. Do not worry about which bus to take as at every bus stop there will be a notice board for the travellers to check the bus number againts their route and suprisingly enough, the bus fare is only RMB 1 yuan on board. No matter how far is your distance, you need to pay only 1 yuan to get on board and wala, you will be at your destination in no time. A truly budget saving tip for all the back packers.
-the entrance of the Gu Lang Yu
- The archway at the entrance of Xu family (Gu Lang Yu)
-the art piece on the gate (Gu Lang Yu)
- Some real old building of British architecture (Gu Lang Yu) 
- A British building turned into some sort of museum (Gu Lang Yu)
- the bronze sculpture of General KoXingGa (Gu Lang Yu)
-the helmet and sword believed to be KoXingGa's (Gu Lang Yu)Ok Ok, time for some Chinese History class. Ko Xing Ga (Guo Xing Yeh or Zhen Cheng Gong) is the military leader during Ming dynasty that strongly opposed the invasion from the Manchurian and after Manchurian controls the mainland, Ko Xing Ga sailed up to Taiwan and settled down as an opposition force against the Qing dynasty.
-the whole view of Xiamen city from the top of Nan Pu Tuo (Xiamen)
- the map of Hu Li Shan Fortress (Xiamen)
-the meeting room for the military officers (Xiamen)
- the krupp cannon in the Hu Li Shan fortress (Xiamen)Half of my trip was focused on the place where my ancestors came from Chao Zhou. In Chao Zhou, places of interest will be the memorial park of Han Yu (Han Wen Gong), the Xiang Zi bridge, the Guang Ji gateway, the Xi Hu, and the Kai Yuan temple.
- the gateway of Guang Ji (Chao Zhou)
- the defensive tower for archers and patrol soldiers on top of the Guang Ji gateway (Chao Zhou)
- the Xiang Zi bridge (Chao Zhou)What amazed me is the structure of the bridge. Did you see at the center of the bridge where there is a line of boat sitting in between the bridge instead of concrete. In every evening, the line of boat will open up a pathway for the other boats to sail down the river.
- boats sailing down the river through Xiang Zi bridge (Chao Zhou)
- Han Yu Memorial Park (Chao Zhou)
- Han Yu seeing off his friend (Chao Zhou)
- Kai Yuan temple (Chao Zhou)
- Inner part of Kai Yuan temple (Chao Zhou)My ancestral hometown is in Chao Zhou city, Chao An district in the village called Hua Mei.
- the old house of the SIM family (Chao Zhou)