Nandaihe Golden Beach, Hebei, China

3e.J 5:00 PM Aug 27, 2022

Nandaihe, 2015
I was here for the summer of 2015. An interesting place (totally different to the UK and anywhere i had been before), with a long straight beach, along the coast, a few rivers adjoining, further down the coast it was less developed, i saw hundreds of small fishing boats about a mile out literally net to net from one another covering the ocean.. The beaches had a new feel about them like they hadn't been there long, i don't know if the sand was bought in or if this is naturally how this coast is. I worked at a sailing school and stood knee deep in the ocean for the most part of 5months, and it was a sandy, shallow, gradual drop off so these beaches could likely be the natural coastline. Lovely soft golden sand leading all the way into the ocean. The only sealife i saw in 5 months were tiny fish and jellyfish! The jellyfish came through in a 'swarm' later in the year, some were huge and i think some stung, i was careful and only had one close encounter and luckily it was breif! There was plenty of seafood to eat; Yo-yoi (this is how to pronounce) is dried squid and was one of my favourite local snacks. You get it in packets from shops or by the kilo from street vendors, a chewy sweet salty savory snack, simply delicious! Not to mention the street barbeques, fantastic spices, and mongolian honey lamb and beer! (Photos to follow)

3Traveller_Oldie 5:00 PM May 3, 2021

Beach is golden, but “Plastic”
We spend a weekend close to this beach and although everything is quite beautiful from far away unfortunately the beach is littered with plastic and other rubbish. Could be a nice spot if given a good cleanup.