I've lived in Fuzhou before, it's a shit hole. I heard Xiamen was ok, but full of young pretentious pretend professional Western ex-pat wankers. They look down on us older blokes even though many of us can out spend them by a ratio of ten to one. Xiamen may have less of these knobs now as there has been an exodus of ex-pats out of China recently. Pattaya, Bali, Cebu, they have been recipients of this to some extent. I hope the young fuckwits from China do not move to Pattaya. A Thai beach resort area is better than Xiamen. Sunny, tropical weather, better food, friendly people, hot sexy and open women everywhere.

Oh yes, I'd sooner relax in Thailand if I could afford not to work at all- but with two greedy girls two of us need to do a bit to keep things ticking over in UK also. Mind, it was only the day before yesterday when a chance remark to the bank manager revealed that the year in China still made a healthy profit even after my hospital bill, hotel bills and expensive watches. I've always believed as you do, kids, wives, extended holidays, working or otherwise cannot come out of savings.

So, you seem to give Xiamen a guarded approval?