Xiamen is beautiful, but I don’t want to come next time

Xiamen is beautiful, but I don’t want to come next time An average of 20,000 steps a day, my legs are worn out! The traffic in Xiamen during the May Day holiday is a disaster. There is no subway along the coastal line. It takes more than 1 hour to take a taxi or a bus in a traffic jam of six or seven stations. There are few shared bicycles and it is difficult to return them. Basically, you have to rely on your own two feet to get to every place. Cycling around the island is also a waste of time. Blue sky, blue sea, golden sand beach and orange sea sunset are the established impressions of Xiamen and also the long-cherished vision. Before we went, we checked the weather forecast almost every day. Although it was cloudy and rainy during the May Day holiday, we were advised not to go, but I was stubborn and didn’t listen! Fortunately, it only rained on the last day we went to Gulangyu Island, but it stopped after a while. Xiamen is really beautiful on a sunny day! There are so many people that you have to queue up to take photos and check in (and it’s quite orderly). The only regret is that I didn’t see the orange sky in Xiamen for a few days. I hope the following tips can help you. 🌲Botanical Garden: For the shuttle bus in the park, don’t buy a pass during holidays!!! Because you can’t wait for the bus at all, and the queuing time is wasted! Bell and Drum Cableway: If you don't make an online reservation, you can go directly to the offline store! The staff will ask you to scan the code → constantly refresh the remaining tickets, it's easy to grab Citywalk: After walking, I found that there are two options. You can take the subway to Zhongshan Park Station and exit at Exit 3A; the express line can take you to Ershi Station, which is very close to the "Xiamen is Good" check-in wall and the flower and bird market; Tan Kah Kee Park: near the sea, great for taking photos! But be careful of 🐭; Eat | C | Recommended & Avoid Eight cities Ajie's Shacha Noodles (near the Eighth Market, Shacha Noodles are a disaster) Shacha pork tenderloin (10 skewers, taste is average) Sea cucumber jelly ($15 small portion of 6 pieces with mustard, delicious 😋) Sanjin Seafood Food Stall (Inside the Eighth Market, a bit expensive and not tasty, a bad idea❗) Xiamen University & Botanical Garden & Zhongshan Road Baijiacun Haodelai Ginger Duck (near Zhongshan Park subway station, Internet celebrity restaurant, long queue for fried chicken + small quantity + salty, overall average experience ❌) Four Fruit Soup (I can’t remember the name of the shop, it’s about 100 meters opposite the Ginger Duck Shop, turn right, the milk tea tastes good 😋 and has plenty of small ingredients, I like the tangerine peel in it) Xinxin, ginger duck. Seafood, Minnan cuisine (near Xiamen University, affordable and delicious 😋) Taoxi.Laoxiamen Private Kitchen (near Zhongshan Road, the taste is pretty good, the smoked bamboo shoots and fried pork are very good 🉑) Jimei ~ Shigu Road Snack Street Yangfujiang Mochi (Shigu Road, Jimei, ice cream and crispy skin 👍🏻) Lin Ji Four Fruit Soup (the yogurt one is average, the coconut milk one/:ok overall not as good/:ok the one you said is delicious) The story of pickled mustard greens (very thin, taste/:ok) Mr. Xiao's hot and sour noodles (very 🉑! Sichuan and Chongqing people will really miss this when they are away from home! )