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Hainan - Transit in Haikou
... I disliked having sweaty t-shirt sticking to my back. I visited Qilou Old Street (奇楼老街) to start off the day, which was a short 15 minutes' walk to the main island from the hostel. I spent two hours exploring the area with authentic olden days architecture (signs everywhere warned of the possibility of the buildings collapsing), wet markets occupying several alleys that sold almost anything. And importantly, not at all touristy. However, it was not ...
Faw'cha, FAW'CHA, FAAWWW'CHA.
... You can imagine our concern when he was driving in the opposite direction to the sign that said train station, but we assumed that this was because there was two stations, both a fast train and a slow train and that he was taking us there.
However after me constantly shouting Faw'cha at the man and the Chinese girl going: "No, tomorrow, tonight hotel, tonight sleep, tomorrow, tomorrow".
We were getting annoyed which lead ...
Robbed and scammed and still alive
... family and played with the kids and did magic tricks with matches and yeah amazing!! Food is brought by motorbike and everyone has guns and machetes!
The next day was the hardest trek up the mountainside. We eventually got to the bat caves exhausted and then climbed down into a cavern and just stared as these massive bats flew round us. Michael started playing his hippy flute in there and it was pretty surreal. Then eventually made it to bamboo rafting along the mekong ...
Haikou
... safe for the pedestrian. Bikes, motorbikes and cars drive up and down the pavements like it's another lane for their convenience. Xi'an was one of the worst places for that, where cars would suddenly mount the kerb and park in front of you, or you would hear a horn, turn around, and realise that you were being followed down the sidewalk by a 4x4.
Those are all my impressions of Haikou. Next stop: Wuzhishan.
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Vietnam here I come
... and take a break when the day was hottest. As the road got steeper the scenery got better and all along the road was lined with small minority Li and Miao villages. To be honest, I spent little time off the road or in the villages, I had decided that it was me and my fitness against the bike and the hills and I wanted to see how far and fast I would go. Slowly but surely I climbed untill on day four I hit a steep climb that went on for about 10km. I'll ...
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- Wheelchair accessibility
- Business Services
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