Kai Li 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

... 7 week trip! I was pleased with myself that I found my 1st hostel, the Haikou Banana Hostel, & bonus they were able to switch my room to one with a western-style toilet (pretty much the last one that I'd see for the whole trip). I didn't get to see much of Haikou at all. I just explored my immediate area, found some yummy food & then rested up for another morning flight the next day. The fact that it was New Years Eve kinda passed me by. In spite of Haikou being the capital, most ...

... the finish on good Chinese expressways. We will have a brief celebration at the finish line and move to our hotel and a farewell dinner. We are 29 trucks with 24 participant trucks and 5 control trucks . We lost 2 participants trucks back down the track do to mechanical problems and they were shipped home. Everyone will finish however after ...

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 ...

... lippu ja bussi oli uus jossa toimii ilmastointi. Matka kesti 3,5 tuntia. Matkan aikana nahtiin yks tosi pahanakonen kolari. Tai siis se oli tapahtunu jo ku mentiin siita ohi. Yks miinus bussissa oli. Ku bussin vessaan meni ja sen laitto lukkoon ni vessasta havis valot... Tasta se Mark jakso valittaaa... Olis ollu tyytyvainen et bussissa on ees vessa. ku paastiin Sanyaan ja nain matkani aikana ekaa kertaa rannan ni voi olla etta oli hymy aika ...

... on the intertnet,and when I express it her answer is "Me too". We are sitting down for a meeting in a corner of the hall. The boss of the company is greeting us welcome. Her name is Ms Long. She is giving me the surprise, which is an invitation for me to write articles and also publish pictures from my trips around Hainan. The have just started the work with a new homepage. I am very honoured and glad for the invitation and will do my very best to ...

... We then took another bus back to Silver Beach. It was quite a different scene, with hardly anybody on the beach apart from the pearl-sellers. The weekend was over and the weather had turned chilly, with a cold north wind blowing. We found out later that it was no better in Hong Kong, which had recorded that day as the coldest in 43 years. We were pleased to get out of the cold into the Beach Hotel's restaurant. We had planned to order ...

... which sounded good but over-priced. After spending most of the day at Silver Beach we went back to explore the town further. Having eaten so well for lunch we decided to see what the Gofar Paris Hotel had to offer. We had actually tried to go there for Christmas dinner the night before, but the restaurant was closed for the hotel's own private party. It turned out to be a dim-sum meal, packed with locals. We took several dishes from the passing trolleys ...