Gulangyu Island

A half hour high speed train ride south of Quanzhou is Xiamen, which looks and feels a bit like Hong Kong, but the islands don't have the mountain islands that aren't as tall.

After the Treaty of Nanking turned Xiamen into a treaty port, the island of Gulangyu was where the European countries established their consulates, and so there is a great deal of non-Chinese architecture.

Sunlight Rock is at the center of the island.

Being the Sunday of Spring Festival week, the crowds were out.  Here's the line to climb the stairs to the top of Sunlight Rock.

Good weather and nice scenery!

After the wonderful day in the country, the crowds drove us crazy.  Back to Xiamen and back to Quanzhou.