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Paintball (C¨£id¨¤n ²Êµ¯£© The Chinese army started this enterprise so they should know what they¡¯re doing! Tel: 13599533387

Outdoor War Games Club (D¨­ngn¨¢nhu¨¡d¨± Y¨§zh¨¤n J¨´l¨¨b¨´ ¶«ÄÏ»¨¶¼Ò°Õ½¾ãÀÖ²¿) Uses AK-47 BB guns, not paintball. Location: Z¨¥ng Cu¨°¡¯¨¡n, Xi¨¤m¨¦n Software Park, Sh¨¨ngsh¨¬ Bldg. ÏÃÃÅÈí¼þÔ°Ê¢ÊÀ´óÏÃ)

Taiwan Cultural Village (T¨¢iw¨¡n M¨ªns¨² C¨±n J¨«ngzh¨­u L¨¨yu¨¢n ̨ÍåÃñË×´å¾°ÖÝÀÖÔ°) Can arrange outdoor group activities. Address: Hu¨¢ngcu¨°, Island Ring Road. »ÆØÈ»·µºÂ· The boys like the wood and rope obstacle courses (a maze of swinging bridges, nets, balancing bars, deng deng). We also enjoyed the wild animal shows, and Taiwan folk dance performances. Tel: 2568888 Buses: 29, 47, 503, 806, 812

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Xiamen Underwater World Aquarium Gulangyu ( Xi¨¤m¨¦n H¨£id¨« Sh¨¬ji¨¨ ¡¡ÏÃÃź£µ×ÊÀ½ç) Built in 1998 at a cost of over 10 million USD, it is one of China¡¯s best aquariums. 7500m2 of displays have over 10,000 creatures of 350 species. See sharks up close as you walk through the plexiglass tunnel. And the seal and dolphin shows give one a real sense of porpoise Exit the G¨³l¨¤ngy¨³ ferry and it¡¯s the blue-roofed complex just to the right, behind the gigantic octopus sculpture. Tel: 2067668

Xiamen Happy Valley Water Park (Xi¨¤m¨§n Ku¨¤il¨¨ G¨³ Shu¨«sh¨¤ng L¨¨yu¨¢n ÏÃÃÅ¿ìÀÖ¹ÈË®ÉÏÀÖÔ° Xiamen Water Park has enough water slides and pools to keep you busy for hours on a hot summer afternoon. It¡¯s located in Huli, just down the road from the big double tunnel.
Add: Xi¨¤m¨¦n, H¨²l¨« District, Hu¨¢r¨®ng L¨´ H¨²l¨« Park East Entrance. ÏÃÃźþÀïÇø»ªÈÙ·ºþÀ﹫԰¶«´óÃÅ Tel: 5639975 Bus: #97, exit at H¨²l¨« Park (ºþÀ﹫԰վ)

Swimming Pools (Y¨®uy¨¯ng Ch¨ª ÓÎÓ¾³Ø) -- Holiday Inn and Marco Polo have nice pools but a less expensive route is to buy a 30 visit pass, for only 300 RMB, at the H¨²l¨« Sports Center (ºþÀïÌåÓý¹Ý). It¡¯s near the corner of H¨£iti¨¡n L¨´ d. and Huli Park, behind the theater. Tel: 6025886.

The People¡¯s Pool (R¨¦nm¨ªn Y¨®uy¨¯ngch¨ª ÈËÃñÓÎÓ¾³Ø)
Add: #97 W¨¦nyu¨¢n L¨´ ÎÄ԰·97ºÅTel: 2020013
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Y¨¤t¨¨l¨¢nd¨¤ Water Recreation Y¨¤t¨¨l¨¢nd¨¤ Hu¨®shu¨«gu¨£n ÑÇÌØÀ¼´ó»îË®¹Ý
Address: #89 H¨²b¨©n Zh¨­ng L¨´, near D¨¬h¨¢o Bldg. ºþ±õÖз89ºÅ, µÛºÀ´óÏà ¸½½ü Tel: 2223930 ext 816 FAX: 2213135
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Hot Springs (W¨¥nqu¨¢n ÎÂȪ)

Ancient Sun Moon Valley (Riyuegu) Hot Springs (R¨¬yu¨¨g¨³ W¨¥nqu¨¢n D¨´ji¨¤c¨±n ÈÕÔ¹ÈÎÂȪ¶É¼Ù´å) Add: H¨£ic¨¡ng District, D¨­ngf¨²zh¨¨n T¨¡ng¡¯¨¤n º£²×Çø¶«æÚÕòÌÀ°¶ Tel:6312222 Tel: 6312345 www.riyuegu.com Bus: 804
I was reading an airline magazine on a flight across the Pacific when I learned that one of Asia¡¯s top ten hot springs resorts is Riyuegu (Sun Moon Valley), in X¨¬ngl¨ªn District £¨ÐËÁÖÇø), just 20 minutes outside of Xi¨¤m¨¦n! They have 72 open-air pools and thirty-five specialty hot springs (milk bath, beer bath, rose bath? You name it, they¡¯ll soak you in it!).

Virtually every hot springs in China is said to have beneficial ailments that will cure your ills, and this place is no exception. They say the waters which bubble forth at 82oC posses traces of potassium, sodium, calcium, manganese, bromine, magnesium, etc. Frequent soaking in Sun Moon Valley will relieve your arteriosclerosis, gynecological disorders, high cholesterol, diabetes, skin diseases, insomnia, arthritis, and digestive ailments¡ªplus encourage blood circulation and cell regeneration! Ponce De Leon was on the wrong continent! But Sun Moon Valley¡¯s claims date back long before Leon¡¯s birth.

Stories of Sun Moon Valley supposedly date back over 1000 years. And about 500 years ago, a high ranking M¨ªng Dynasty official, Mr. D¨©ng Y¨¬zh¨­ng (¶¡Ò»ÖÐ), who enjoyed trekking through the mountains, heard of the springs¡¯ curative properties and promptly immersed himself. It is said he experienced such bliss that he wrote some verses about it, in which he noted the springs were found neither in the city or the mountains but on simple agricultural land, next to a road, so common folk could enjoy a bath without having to waste fire wood¡ªa gift from heaven to the common folk.

The stone plaque with the inscription was discovered in the 1980s by Mr. B¨£i Y¨´sh¨¨ng (°×ÓñÊ¢) a returned Indonesian Chinese who taught at H¨£ic¨¡ng D¨­ngf¨² Elementary School (º£²×Çø¶«æÚСѧ) The plaque identified the springs as being at the site of Sun Moon Valley.

Whether the medicinal claims are true or not, it is a delightful place to spend a day or a weekend.

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