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Tour the youngest volcanic island Weizhou


By Jackie Zhang (Beijing Today)
Updated: 2007-09-19 10:18







Weizhou Island is located in the ocean to the southeast of the city of
Beihai, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is the biggest and youngest
volcanic island in China, famous for its sea, sun and sand. A seabed of
living coral, a warm volcanic bay, temples and kind islanders make it so
warm that any time of the year is great to visit.

Dongchu is the webmaster of Wenzhou' biggest website and he has released
diverse information about the island. As an expert on everything on the
island, Dongchu shared his experience and recommended popular and
romantic places to visit.

Volcano Park

The park is at the west point of the island, located on Eyu Mountain. It
is as high as a 12-story building and very colorful. The bottom of the
mountain is of exquisite volcano tuff, and then, the top is black breccia
terrane. The top of the mountain was formed during the last volcanic
eruption 7,000 years ago.

It is not easy to walk on the terrain. Rocks and holes are everywhere, so
be careful. Colorful coral is scattering around in shades of green, blue,
brown, purple, yellow and white. Since the site is far from the volcanic
area, few people know about it.

Sesame Beach (Zhimatan)

The best time to go to Sesame Beach is in the early morning. It is the
best place on the island to see the sunrise. Rocks in brown, yellow,
black and blue dot the beach. When the tide comes in, colorful shells are
hidden in its white foam, as well as many crystal soldier crabs.

You will understand why the beach is named Sesame Beach. Because of the
volcano erupted, numerous lava pods burst out and crashed onto the beach.

The beach actually is not a real one, but formed by lava flow. Standing
there, you can imagine how thousands of years ago, when the volcano
erupted, lava flowed out into the ocean.




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