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レジデンス1年7ヶ月と26日目

　いやあ〜楽しかったわ〜チャイナ。
　シアメンと上海の計10日間、毎日故郷に帰ったような充実した気分でした。アジアの純真!!アジア最高〜〜!!
　シアメンではシアメンに住むライクスのアドヴァイザー、シギー（Sigurdur Gudmundsson）プレゼンツで、エキシビジョンをしたりお寺に行ったり島に行ったりビーチで泳いだり田舎にある遺跡に行ったりとまあ、至れり尽くせりてんこ盛りの日々でした。
　シアメンの海は夜になると瀬戸内海によく似ていました。魚もお酒もおいしかったよ・・。もちろん足マッサージもしてもらい、ここでも垢の多さに驚かれました。旅行先でマッサージするたびに垢の多さに驚かれてるわ。次は南半球でもやったろかしら。
　
　上海に移動してからはまずビエンナーレを見、それから最近にわかに活気づいているというギャラリーエリアをみたり、ボートトリップをたのしんだりやはりお寺を見てみたり（←好きだから）と、まあこちらもたっぷり楽しみました。やり残したことと言えば上海ガニを食べなかったことぐらいだわ。
　それにしても中国って物価が安いね。いちいちユーロに換算しては驚きの毎日でした。

写真、とりあえずシアメン編。
上左初日行ったカラオケ、エキシビジョン準備風景、Hakka villege。古い建物の中で食事ができる。上から見たところ。

September 9, 2006 10:29 AM

Back from (to?) China

China trip was sooooo much fun!

During those ten days in Xiamen and Shanghai, I felt just like I went back to where I am from. Viva Asia! I love Asia!

Our stay in Xiamen was organized by Siggy, one of the advisors at Rijks. We had an exhibition, visited temples and ruins, went to a beach and an island... thanks to Siggy, it was full of events and fun activities. It was perfect.

I thought the sea of Xiamen was similar to Seto Inland Sea – the sea located between Shikoku and the western part of Honshu. The fish was good, and sake, too. As I always do while travelling, I went to a foot massage place, and as always, they were surprised at the amount of scurf from my feet... next time I should go and try to get the massage at the southern hemisphere!

In Shanghai, we visited the Biennale, went to the area with lots of galleries, enjoyed the boat trip, visited some more temples (as I like them)... there again, we fully enjoyed our stay.
The only thing I could think of as what I failed to do is... to have Shanghai crab?
By the way... things are very cheap in China. I was surprised at the price whenever I tried to pay.

Some photos from Xiamen:
From above left: a shot at Karaoke we went on the first night; a shot where people are preparing for the exhibition; Hakka village (a view from above) – there is a restaurant inside an old building.

September 9, 2006 10:29 AM

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