Jin Hui Huang 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.

... to the airport previously!!
First stop was a restaurant for lunch and Irene, Margret's daughter joined us. By this time we were flagging a little, particularly as it is so hot and humid!! We then went to henry's home , which is magnificent, where we were installed in the middle floor suite for our stay. We managed a brief rest before it was time to go out and about. First stop was Henry and Susan's business where we explored the ...

... 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

... got up in the dark the morning of New Years Eve & headed off to Wuhan airport for the 1st leg of my journey. As there were no direct flights to Malaysia from Wuhan, I flew to Haikou which is the capital of Hainan (a tropical island at the southern tip of China). I sat next to a very young couple who had just got married & were flying to Hainan for their honeymoon. Just when I was feeling all lovey-dovey for them, I looked over to see a woman staring at me like I was from outer space ...

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 ...

Huoneessani oli kaksi ihmista Mark austraaliasta ja joku Hollantilainen tytto joka lahti aika pian Sanyalle. Tytto sanoi etta taalla ei ole mitaan mielenkiintoista kun kysyin etta miksi lahdet sinne. Totesin saman ihan itsekkin. En loytanyt rantaa paikasta ollenkaan. Eika muutenkaan ollut oikein miaan nahtavaa paikassa. Joten paatin itsekkin kokeilla Sanyaa seuraavana paivana. Otin paivalla pienet torkut. Kun herasin Mark kysyi etta kiinnostaisiko ...

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 ...

... boneless duck dish that we had noticed on the menu the day before, but the waiter tried to steer us away from this to a steamed chicken which was their specialty. We compromised and had half of each. No problem. In China, if you want half a dish you pay half the price. The chicken was indeed very good, It's probably all free range here, certainly tastier than the chicken back home. We ordered a different eggplant dish, tempting as it was ...

... with no idea of the cost. Given the number of diners we didn't think it would be too exorbitant. The dishes were acceptable but nothing out of the ordinary, so we were quite happy to find that the cost was not much more than in the little street restaurants. To our surprise, when the bill came, the waiter placed a little pot of bamboo on our table. When we asked what this was about, he just answered "Mai tan (Bill)," in a tone suggesting that it's perfectly normal ...