Beihai 

We are now further and further from Beihai back there. Today鈥檚 wind is especially strong, so you can see our ship is moving back and forth. Don鈥檛 know if my stomach can handle it much longer.

To be honest, I鈥檓 getting a little dizzy. Why is the captain so calm? Isn鈥檛 he shaky at all? Don鈥檛 look at me.

10, 9, 8, 7. I鈥檓 not seasick, I鈥檓 not seasick. I鈥檓 really not seasick.

So now you know why I鈥檓 here by myself鈥everyone is seasick! I thought fishing would be great. I鈥檇 go out to sea, catch big fish, have a grand supper. But no鈥luckily, I have this. So now I can fish on my own.

A trip to Beihai is not complete unless you tour Weizhou Island, the youngest and largest volcanic island in China. The island is located 36 sea miles directly south of Beihai. The journey to Weizhou Island takes two and a half hours by small ferry. A view from above and you will see the result of volcanic activity and weathering.

We鈥檙e almost there.

The island is known as a "Museum of Volcanoes". I鈥檓 no geologist, so I鈥檓 largely unfamiliar with the formation and development of the Island. Seems like a mystery. So my first stop was the Museum of Weizhou Island

It鈥檚 unimaginable that Weizhou Island, like Hawaii, was formed as a result of tectonic activity and volcanic action. However, one big difference is that although the volcanoes of Hawaii are still active today, the ones in Weizhou Island saw their last eruption about 7,000 to 10,000 years ago. The exhibit in the museum includes remnants of the islands formation鈥ncluding coral rocks and solidified lava.

This is a bomb, but don鈥檛 worry about it exploding because it鈥檚 a volcanic bomb, formed from solidified lava. When a volcano erupts, it fires lava into the sky. As the lava falls back to earth, it spins around quickly, cools and solidifies, forming a round shape.

On the island, you can find craters, and marine abrasion platforms. A good place to take a look at these is the Volcano National Park.