Kempinski Hotel Sanya Hainan Island China

... the camera. It was a good thing too because he spoke no English. I was a little worried when he started taking it apart, but it works great now.

After looking around a bit, I was ready to get back to the ship. I got back about 1pm, and even though "all aboard" wasn’t until 4:30, the Chinese immigration officials closed the port at 2pm and no one was allowed ashore after that. You just never know what to expect.

... the bay from our ship. It was at the Pearl Museum with a gift store. We walked through the museum & through the gift store. Of course they want you to buy something here so we had 40 minutes to kill. Unfortunately we did not have any Chinese Yuan left and they don’t take USD so I couldn’t buy anything. If I had some Yuan left, I probably would have purchased one of their necklaces as they were not expensive at all. Jack was outside the ...

... for Yalongwan Beach, I wouldn't say it was any more beautiful than Dadonghai Beach. It was more tranquil because it didn't have waves, and the water was like crystal. It also had many more Chinese tourists, many of them wearing the same island-themed shirt and pants ensembles. Patrick, Amanda, and I stood out quite drastically as Westerners on Yalongwan Beach, and we attracted an audience as we swam and did gymnastics in the water ...

... took a walk. He came back after an uncharacteristically short time and made me come with him. I was mad until I realized he had found Lo and Sam on the beach at random. Very lucky! Though we were staying at the same hostel that night and would have found them eventually. We met up after beach time for dinner at a seafood restaurant, where we were stared at by the locals AND Chinese tourists! We had nice big Qingdao beers so we didn't care and we waved back at them ...

Was not overly impressed with Sanya. Sanya is 100% tourist. Mostly Chinese with a lot of Russians. The town is very pretty and the beaches are great. I enjoyed talking with some of the Russians. I guess I did not like the fact that it was one huge tourist trap, not my cup of tea.

... It was completely modern in Greek style. With a fantastic yard of koi ponds and coconut trees. Five bedroom and indoor and out door kitchen. After getting settled in we went to Tina's home in the village. It was also very modern but much more traditional. It seemed like the whole village was there to check out the "teacher" who was from America. We had a fantastic meal. I had mentioned to Tina the only kind of seafood I really liked was shrimp ...

'I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not... I'm really confused now. If you're too free, you're like the way Hong Kong is now. It's very chaotic. Taiwan is also chaotic... I'm gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we're not being controlled, we'll just do what we want.' -- Jackie Chan to an audience of business leaders on Hainan island.

... The car parks of these places were packed. With a big smile our driver indicated we had arrived. Another giant car park full of buses and taxis. He wrote his registration number down so we could identify his cab and also the time we should be back - 4. Fingers crossed he's here when we get back. Was RMB60 each. I paid 2x100 and got my 80 back. Ron handed exactly 120 and was asked fr another 10. The "pick me' sign Al and I had both been wearing must have been ...

... In addition, we have the most luxurious and comfortable multi-functional sea view banquet hall with advanced facilities which can accommodates more than 500 people at the same time and 4 luxurious conference halls to provide professional services for different kinds of conferences. Luxurious and elegant Chinese restaurant, western restaurant and exotic Russian restaurant can give you a real feel of a grand ...

... alla natura e alla gente locale. Ho pedalato come non mai in tutta la mia vita. circa 150km in due giorni e su strade non evidenti per uno non abituato a pedalare come me! sono stato a contatto con la vera popolazione locale vedendo cosa succedeva al mio passaggio o alla mia fermata per bere. Ora la bicicletta e pur sempre qui con me, la potro usare per fare escursioni giornaliere da Sanya, senza rischi o timori di dover arrivare da qualche parte entro un limite di tempo. Poi si vedra.