Day 4 (May 19th) : Leaving for Xiamen

4^th Day

On the fourth day, it was the day when we got to go to Xiamen. We took a bus in the morning to the airport and took a plane to Xiamen. When we arrived, we were escorted by a Doctoral student named Xiaobin. We toured around Xiamen University campus. When we drove around the city of Xiamen and Xiamen University campus, it felt like we were in Hawaii.  The city was very tropical with palm trees and sea coast.  Even inside the campus, there were palm trees, a lake, and even black swans.  It was strange for me to see this kind of campus environment, but I was sure that it was one of the best university environments there is.

 After a short break, we met with Dr. Yanbing and was invited to dinner with her.  We introduced ourselves and talked about our interests towards field of public health.  She was an assistant professor in public health of Xiamen University.  During dinner, she told me a little bit about public health program in Xiamen University.  From then, I thought it was interesting as the focus of public health was so different from ones in United States.

After a resourceful dinner time, we decided to go to night market in city of Xiamen.  When we were passing by streets, we found a doctor fish therapeutic place.  As we all have not seen doctor fish, we decided to try it out.  When I put my feet in to try doctor fish, it felt really weird as all the fishes were gathering under my feet.  It tickled at first, but it felt nicer as the time went.  After the therapy was over, my feet felt refreshed. 

After the therapy, we walked along the night market and walked to coastal line of Xiamen.  It was a nice resting place where we could see Gu Lang Yu island.  Again, I felt Xiamen was among the most livable place in China.