Travel to Xiamen (厦门) Fujian China

Xiamen (厦门) is a coastal sub-provincial city located between 11804´ east longitude and 2426´ north latitude in southeastern Fujian province, China. Xiamen's geography is looking out to the Taiwan Strait and borders the cities of Quanzhou and Zhangzhou to the north and south respectively.
The local dialect in Xiamen, known as minnanyu, is nearly identical to the dialect spoken in Taiwan, and the nearest Taiwanese-controlled islands - Matsu and Quemoy (Kinmen) - are just a couple of kilometers (a mile, or so) off shore from Xiamen.
Xiamen is one of the ultimate attractive city in China as it was recently voted China's cleanest city and with many attractions for the tourists such as Zhongshan road, The night markets, Public parks, Yuandang lake, Bai Lu Zhou Park, Nanputuo Temple, Gulangyu Island (Piano Island), Hulishan Battery and Jimei etc. Xiamen surrounded by spectacular scenery and pleasant tree-lined beaches.
Xiamen has international airport and the taxi, bus, and rail services are easy to get so the transportation is not such a big problem.

Shantou My Hometown (汕頭)

Starting from my hometown 'Shantou' as Thailand is the second country of Chinese people especially from Shantou (including me also). Shantou is located in the south of China sea in Guangdong province (Spring City) with the total area of 2034 square kilometers and lying down on the coast made Shantou be one of the nice destinations for traveling in China.

Shantou Geography and Climate

There are a lot of islands and ports along the sea coast, Han River flows to the sea in these areas. Actually you can’t find much seafood in China because of the vast area of the country but not for Shantou so this is another advantage for traveling to Shantou right?

Shantou is located in the perfect area for hilliness in the north, the sea in the east and Hanjian Plain in the south coz this is a kind of good feng shui.

The average temperature of Shantou is about 21.3 Celsius.

Economic of Shantou

Shantou is one of the Special Economic Zones of China; it is an industrial city with textile as the major industry and it also maintain the production base of photosensitive chemical and electronic ultrasound.

In agriculture field is mainly in rice, sugarcane, peanut and aquatic product and for fruits there are pineapples, longan and lychee.

Travel Spots in Shantou

- Seaside Park

- Peach Blossoms Cave and Longquan Cave

- Mayu Island

- Queen Temple in Qing Dynasty

- Sea Watching Kiosk

My First Post

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