Cui Yuan Hotel Zhanjiang

... cool. It is almost time for the harvest so the terraces are golden.

We walked from one village to another. It took us about seven hours of climbing but it was well worth it. The sights were breathtaking. If you get a chance you should visit here.

... see a very excited Margret running towards us and then we are shepherded outside in to 38 degree heat and very high humidity. This was soon forgotten when the cars arrive with so many excited people- Henry and son Jason in one car in which Ken travelled with Sheila travelling with Margret and husband Lee. The trip for Xiao Lan took about 2 hrs through very busy traffic and a few detours as we lost our way- neither Henry or Lee have ...

... flight very much. Arriving at Shenzhen airport I took the coach to Wanchai, via the border controls. The ride was very nice in the air conditioned coach, and I arrived within 100m of my hotel.

The hotel was very posh and nice, a great break from the hostels I had been staying in, and I had a twin room, even though it was just me, so loads of space and a TV :)

I'll put the rest of the HK stuff in the HK stories

... into a gas station. I thought it was very remiss of the driver not to have filled up the bus at the beginning of the day. But you should never dare to presume that you know what's going on. Like the airplane, everybody had to get off. Then another bus came & some people got on. But then, the original bus driver motioned for the rest of us to get back on his bus. So we piled back on again. This is slightly annoying when you're dragging all your luggage with you that you've packed for ...

We left Ha Long Bay this morning and continued east and entered China. We are at a stop over and will head to the docks in Macau to send our trucks home tomorrow. We are 577 kilometers from there and the Avalanche is ready to go home and it has done its job and carried us about 6,000 miles in 30 days with little or no trouble. We will head tomorrow ...

Juna liput hommasimme jo paivalla. Ennen en ollut kylla saanut lippuja yhta helposti... No juna lahti puolen yon aikoihin. Ja vasytti jo silloin. Fox jai Haikoun asemalla junasta siina 3 aikaan. Sanoi etta joutuu kuulemma odottelemaan bussia sellaiset 5 tuntia. Ei kivaa... Vahan Haikoun aseman jalkeen juna alkoi ajelemaan edes ja taakse aloin ihmettelemaan etta mika nyt on etta miksi ei menna. No menihan se juna kokonaan laivaan. Uskomatonta. tahan operaatioon meni ...

... rauhallisesti jarruttamisesta kuullutkaan. Oli siina kylla aika homma kun bussi oli ihan tays. Mulla oli rinkka selassa sit piti viel seurata kartasta missa mentiin et osattiin jaada oikeella pysakilla. Meinasin kyl mari kertaa menna mukkelis makkelis... No olihan se vaara asema. Me oltiin itaisella bussiasemalla ja bussi Sanyaan lahtee etelaiselta. Eihan me tallasta hokattu. Ja taas oli mentava taksilla. Siita eteenpain kaikki suju hyvin ...

We are arriving in Haikou with our minds full of interesting and beautiful memories from the landscape around the highway. Here we are meeting Ella and her friend from the Company, Jessie, who also speaks English. In a hall with many computers employees are working with different tourist project in contact with many countries. Most of them are young girls in intensive work,everyone with a smile on her face. I am very glad to meet Ella after two years as her ...

We did a bus-ride around the town, intending to get off at the fish-market, but realizing too late that we had already passed it. We stayed on the bus until it returned to the stop where we had picked it up, leaving the bus driver bemused at the strange sight of the crazy foreigners taking a trip to nowhere. Taking the local buses is actually a good way to see a wider area of the town, except when they are packed to the brim with sweaty ...

... the prices they eventually went down to. There were quite a few people on the beach, as it was a Sunday and it really was a very impressive stretch of sand. Opposite the beach were several hotels and resorts of all shapes and sizes, with names like Hawaii and Haiti. There was also a long row of seafood restaurants trying to drag in customers. We were skeptical about such places and thought we'd see what was offered at the Beach Hotel, which seemed to be the best ...