The Trip from Xiamen to Taiwan via Jinmen in 2015
Also known as the “mini-three-link” (xiaosantong 小三通 in Chinese, which could also be translated as "Little Mistress Link"). Since I did it a lot in my two years in Xiamen , I have been asked a lot and the lot of the information on the net on this is outdated, so I decided to make an easy step by step manual about it. In this particular case the journey: Xiamen-Jinmen-Taizhong or, in the Taiwanese transliteration: Amoy-Kinmen-Taichung. The advantage of this trip is, that there are several flights a day to every major city of Taiwan from Jinmen. It is fun and you get to see this historically very interesting island on the forefront of the "Taiwan Strait Issue" . Wherever you are on the island of Xiamen, grab a cab and say: “Wutong matou ( 五通码头 ).” That is where the ships leave for Jinmen. Taking a cab is the easiest and fastest way. Depending on where you are on the island (it is quite big), it might cost up to 70 Yuan which equals a half an h