Piano Island - Silent Night

34 Lujiao Road, Gulangyu Island


The clouds came from above to make her a wedding gown...

Take the road less traveled and pick up the signs along the way. When you have no expectations, anything that comes along is a bonus. 10 days of adventure, starting from Christmas eve...


Occupying a land area of 220sqm, Christ the King Church was built by the Spaniards in 1917 - Gothic architectural style with beautiful interior designs. Other than being a car-free island, Piano Island is well-known for its churches and embassies.

Clouds made the sunset beautiful.




Christmas eve gathering with stage performances and a huge Christmas tree. hugsss



People-watching.



For the very first time, Christmas carols were in Hokkien. So different yet, so familar.

what a coincidence!

I stumbled across a website that led to another and another and... arrived at this Wikipedia list of "Carfree places". Can't help but notice that my next destination actually coincide (on the same page!!) with my previous destinations!

Gulangyu (a.k.a Piano Island), Xiamen, China
Fort Collin Old Town, Colorado, USA
Melbourne City Center, Australia

Suddenly (!!!!) it became clear! Perhaps, my life project is to set foot on all these amazing carfree places! One after another. And the best part? I don't even need to get a driver's license! haaahaa maybe I should have the list somewhere and start striking out the places I've been to!

i dreamt that i killed a snake, squeezing and forcing the poisonous slime out, then throwing it into a lake. strangely enough, it found its way back and i was staying in this weird 2 storey looking house. whoever i was staying with passed me an axe and i charged desperately towards it and killed it all over again. so gross so gross so gross!!! what's worse was the skull underneath! very disgusting. argh!!!