Shenzhen Beach: Don't Get ZAPPED!!!
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Oh, my gosh! Going out on holidays is just a nightmare! On the first day in Guangzhou, there were so many people that it scared me into searching for less crowded places. Well... sigh.
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The first place I went to was called "Rush to the Sea Park," which offered an experience of digging clams and crabs during low tide at the seaside.
- A big no-no! The environment is terrible, with smelly seawater and trash floating around. I would not recommend this place.
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My next destination was a beautiful beach, at least from the photos I had seen before I went. However, getting down to the beach was no walk in the park.
- At the main entrance, if you want to go down here? You have to pay! They call this a "Tea Position Fee," charging 68 yuan per person for stepping on the sand. (Tea Position Fees in China are mandatory minimum charges in some dining establishments that may be applied even when you don't order specific tea beverages.)
- Then there’s another entrance by a small store where you can enter only by purchasing something in their shop, but they’re unclear on what to buy or purchase how much.
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Speaking of parking, it was another ordeal!
- Parking fee: 20 yuan for the first hour, then 6 yuan for each additional hour.
- WARNING: Parking fees do NOT include the cost of accessing the beach!
- We asked the staff specifically before we parked “Can we access the beach here?” to which they promptly answered “You can!”
- It turns out, after parking and trying to enter the beach via the two entrances, we were stopped and asked to pay more.
- When we retuned to the parking lot, they started pretending they were not aware of the separate fees for entry and parking. Nobody ever informed us of this distinction!
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I couldn’t help but get heated up! It was hot, we ran to and fro, sweating profusely, yet somehow could not get close to the sea at all!
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These places turn out misleading in terms of pictures. (A “照骗,” which means “deceptive photographs” that entice people to visit despite being untruthful to actual reality and appearance.)
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By the way, there are also some cemeteries in the vicinity, which might shock foreign visitors as well as make them feel uncomfortable. Please take note.
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It used to be possible to go down from here, but when I went back today after a long time, I found it was locked up.
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I went on the 2nd.
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Beizaijiao used to be free (no admission fee). But it was a bit remote and had a cemetery nearby back then, so I was too scared to go.
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Where's the second one?