Interactive, Pictorial Map of ShaMian Island


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Since coming back from China with our new little boy, we have been working on this little project. Using Google Maps and Blogger, we have been attempting to recreate the sites and shops of ShaMian Island with our pictures. We figured it would be a great way to preserve our memories as well as create a resource for future adoptive families since every who adopts from China ends up on the island.

Sunday, January 6, 2008

Starbuck's Coffee

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Jordon's Place

Jordon's Place

Jordon's Place is a little out of the way. Not on the main drag outside the White Swan. But there are several unique features to the place. Jordon's Place is one of the few places on the island that has price tags on the items for sale. And the prices are reasonable. Basically they are the price you would get after haggling at the other shops. And then they gave us a discount for buying several items at the same time on top of their reasonable rates. They have a large selections of clothing and shoes. And the proprietor wrote our child's name in Chinese characters for free. The one negative about the place was that I found mold on several of the trinkets. And because so many of the souvenirs sold on the island are not unique, I found that other shops had better kept versions of many of the items I was interested in.