27 Responses to “About”

1. joseph miller, on February 26th, 2006 at 12:15 pm Said:

   Hi guys
   I am planning on travelling to shantou in early may.
   heading to the town on anpu.
   any hotels that you could recommend?

2. Maggie, on February 27th, 2006 at 3:14 pm Said:

   Are you sure you don’t mean Anbu? Can’t think of anywhere called Anpu…

3. Ellen, on August 30th, 2006 at 8:15 pm Said:

   Anbu is in Chaozhou.

4. Maggie, on September 4th, 2006 at 11:24 am Said:

   Anbu is right next to Shantou, Chaozhou you still have to drive another 40 min

5. zhang, on September 16th, 2006 at 12:08 pm Said:

   Maggie,

   I’m just curious if you know how to speak the local dialect - Teochew.
   If so, did you find it hard to learn — let say versus mandarin.

   Thanks.

6. Maggie, on September 18th, 2006 at 12:02 am Said:

   Hmm… my Chaoshanhua is kind of average. I’ve found a book (in Chinese) that’s helping some now that my Chinese is good enough. The main difficulty is lack of pinyin, that no locals can name which tone a word is using, and the fact I put more effort into Mandarin. However my book has reasonable Chaoshan pinyin and a tape, so suddenly all is becoming clear.

7. 我的汕头－MyShantou.net - 初生牛犊, on January 12th, 2007 at 1:33 pm Said:

   […] 要点子很容易，但是要行动并不是一件容易的事。这两个月来我和 Maggie 经常就怎么发展我们现在的这个Blog而通了不少邮件。她也非常勤奋地在那里写着发生在汕头的事。前个星期我们收到了第一个在我们Blog上面留言的外国游客，真的是无比的激动！而且他还把在汕头照的一些照片共享给我们，已经传到了我们Blog的Flickr上去了。有几个旅游网站和在国内的外国人Blogger也把我们的Blog加到他们那里。对于付出的努力，看到这点发展真的是最大的回报！我这两天花了点时间做了一个"关于"页面，还有"如何加入我们"和"支持我们"，希望能吸引更多的人来参与写作和发展这个网站。 […]

8. Jianfu45, on April 7th, 2007 at 3:18 pm Said:

   Maggie and Richard,
   Nice work and keep going. A suggestion..you’ll probably get more visitors on this site if it is expanded to cover whole of Chaoshan area. More area n materials to cover n rave about too. Its your decision though Thanks

9. Richard.H, on April 7th, 2007 at 4:23 pm Said:

   Hi Jianfu45, thanks for your thoughts. I’ve just replied on the forum, have a look:

   Shantou and the surronding area

10. Jianfu45, on April 8th, 2007 at 1:57 pm Said:

    Noted thanks. I read somewhere on comments by a” Little Bottle” about why this website in English. My answer follows:

    Nihao, To Little bottle and all here,
    Firstly, this website in English is good for everyone as it will generate interest to look at opinion from whoever n wherever, locally included.

    For those in China whose first medium is Putonghua and understand some English or more , this site can be an opener to see the language in its varied form used around the world.

    Another point (or for some reasons) .. many huachiao or people of Chinese origin or those with some blood connection,.. due to circumstances in the countries they grew up in and over generations, could not or did not learn to read or write Chinese. Some understand limited huayi but conversant in their Chinese dialects…some speak it but cannot read it and there are those who know parts of each and.. so on.

    So, this site in English may reach and help these people one way or other, especially those who has roots in Shantou or thereabouts. They would be pleased to find this site if only to plan a trip or reading about it.

    Foreigners who intend to visit China for business or tour would be just as happy to browse on this site to have a sample of what to expect of the region…..and in the end Shantou benefits too:)

    Good luck and Kam Siah.

11. Maggie, on April 18th, 2007 at 11:12 pm Said:

    As I have just commented on forum, I would totally like to write about the whole Chaoshan area, if someone would take me there and show me - this is the draw and the frustration of the area - all the best places, you can only get there if someone shows you the way.

12. sirvist, on May 9th, 2007 at 2:12 am Said:

    visited shantou, anbu, Chaozhou recently, love the food. the fishballs are the best in the world, generally all the food suit me well..miss the food so much

13. Kuby.Ma., on August 5th, 2007 at 5:05 pm Said:

    I am STer. I am so happy to find out so many people love ST here.

    I was a Dj in Chenghai Radio. I knew a lot fo DJs in China. I sended them pictures of ST and told them how beautifull ST is. Once upon time, one of a DJ from Hanzhong Radio called me and ask me to intruduce ST by phone. After that, I’v got more and more chance to intruduce ST in different radios.

    I holp all the STer can show ST to all the people on the world, and more and more people knows ST, visits ST.

14. yeogi, on August 28th, 2007 at 11:38 pm Said:

    hi

    planning a trip to shantou in sept. looking for local favourite like fishball, fried oyster and cold crab.

    would like to stay in shopping district just clean and safe would do.

    coming from xiamen. thanks for the wonderful blog.

    yeogi

15. Nighttfish, on September 19th, 2007 at 12:41 pm Said:

    Hey there Maggie!

    Thanks for this site about Shantou! It’s very helpfull. Keep up the great work!
    I’m not sure if I’m posting in the right section but I couldn’t post somewhere else. If it’s not the right one then please move this comment.

    Anyway, I’m planning a trip to Shantou and the area for the October holiday. I’ll be spending a night or two in Shantou and was wondering what there’s to do in the evening. Any place you can recommend to go out? Any other cool place I shouldn’t miss?
    Hope you have time to write a line or two back. Best wishes from Qingdao,

    Nightfish

16. Chris, on October 2nd, 2007 at 5:26 pm Said:

    I’m an American living in Shantou now and stumbled upon this site. Interesting.

17. Zhongyuan, on October 10th, 2007 at 10:33 am Said:

    Welcome, Chris, from another American. It is an odd but interesting place to spend some time.

18. Qisi, on January 18th, 2008 at 4:45 am Said:

    my boyfriend found this website because soon i will bring him home to visit shantou. and wow, what can I say, i never expect that there will be such a good blog in english about shantou. well done. btw, Hong Feng, you look kind of familiar, are you also from shantou yizhong?anyway, good luck and Happy new year! (to Maggie too of course)

19. Richard.H, on January 20th, 2008 at 6:59 pm Said:

    Hi Qisi,

    Thanks for your interest on our blog. Yes, I’m from JinZhong, you as well?

20. Qisi, on January 25th, 2008 at 4:43 am Said:

    Hi Richard, I am from YiZhong. Just thought that we might have met before as you look like of familiar, and of course the first thing I could think of is school. Anyway, good job in this blog, I very much appreciate!

    Cheers.

21. Lars, on January 25th, 2008 at 10:53 pm Said:

    I very much appreciate this site too! Because I won a few points with my girlfriend by finding the site!!

22. MyShantou » Happy Chinese New Year 2008, on February 17th, 2008 at 7:31 pm Said:

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23. steve from oz, on March 17th, 2008 at 11:01 am Said:

    How good is this! I’ve been looking for a diojiu sites and stumbled upon this and gaginang.org . Very happy!

24. JESSIE, on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:26 am Said:

    To my surprise that found this website, and one of my teacher John join in it.

    You can do a better job.

25. Richard.H, on April 24th, 2008 at 3:29 am Said:

    Is John your teacher? Are you his former student?

26. mellowmelon, on June 13th, 2008 at 2:42 pm Said:

    hi all– great website! i’ve just arrive in shantou from the US and will be working at the medical school for the summer. any recommendations on what little short trips i can make on weekends (overnight 1 or 2 nights, or just day trips). i’ve never been around this region before. also if anyone has any suggestions of other places to check out in town, or info on a mandarin teacher, please let me know! thanks!

27. Jo, on August 16th, 2008 at 2:58 pm Said:

    Hi writer, I read your blog and i gain latest news from there. I’m from SIN, and plan to go Shantou soon, but inorder to get the cheapest airfare to there without any package tour, may you advice me how to do so. I have been Shantou sometime back in 1997, now going there just to fulfill my mum’s dream. I look forward to your advice and take care. thank you

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