Dr. Mark Nan Tu

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YangMei Wan in the evening

DongChong beach and the surround mountains

The vacation cabines in DongChong

The beach is a popular wedding photo spots

The romantic XiChong beach

There are more than 10 beaches close to ShenZhen. All of them are located in the NanAo Island. With more than 10 million residents in ShenZhen, one can predict that the beaches are more than likely jammed with people. That, however, it not the case when I visited the island during the weekend.

Starting from ShenZhen, I drove to NanAo with my friend. We followed the direction of a GPS system. My friend has been in ShenZhen for over 15 years and is familiar with quite a few places close by. Even that, he has not been to all the beaches in NanAo. NanAo is connected with ShenZhen via expressway. We arrived in the center of the NanAo Island around lunch time. From there, we found a seafood market. We had a delicious seafood lunch there. We first ordered the seafood from the seafood sellers and then send the seafood to the restaurant to be cooked to our requirement. We were very impressed by a steamed sea fish.

After lunch, we followed the GPS and arrived in the DaPenShuoChen which is an ancient garrison. The GPS direction was perfect. When it told us to stop, we were at the south entrance of the DaPenShuoChen south gate. The entrance ticket was 20RMB/person. The city was built in Qing Dynasty. The purpose for this city is a garrison which housed solders to protect the China south sea. There were still ancient city walls and old canons. There were also remains of the grain storage rooms and the open air theater. Because of the city