Ocean International 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

... off in the distance. I followed some people across some grass (not easy with a wheeled suitcase) & eventually came in sight of the airport for which I was grateful. This flight had no assigned seating, just 1st come, 1st served. You think you've flown economy before?? If you wanted to eat, well you just darn well had to buy it from them. My travelling companion this time was "The Burp Lady" who was determined to drive all the air out of her body through her mouth before reaching Kuala Lumpur.

... 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 ...

... kuitenkin syomassa. Syomassa mita? No nuudeleita tietenkin... Silti oli hyvaa. Taytyy sanoo et kyl toi Mark haistaa hyvan ruuan ja sitapaitsi se syokin 2 kertaa enemman ku mina vaikka on mun kokonen. Oltiin tiella josta bussi 18 lahtee. No eihan Markilla riittany karsivallisyys odottaa bussia. Ni otettiin sellanen komipyoranen pratka missa on takana vierekkain 2 paikkaa. sinne mesit angettii 2 miesta + molempien rinkat. Oon kylla valjemmissakin ...

... 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 ...

... stick with the superb one we had already tried. According to the menu, it was eggplant and fish, but there was no fish in sight. Obviously something went wrong in the translation. It was, however, very much to my taste. Back in town we found a lovely old park and wandered around market streets which surprised us at every turn. We stocked up on peanuts and local delicacies such as sugared dried marrow and preserved olives. Raymond's Travel Page

... the restaurant. They had an English menu, which included an introductory section describing the restaurant and its chef in glowing terms, and in very fractured English. Fortunately, they were better at cooking than at English Composition. It was quite a memorable meal. We had a dish called "Chicken with hot", which turned out to be a Szechuan-style dish with chillies. The chicken was mainly skin and bones but it was very tasty. The highlight was a fried eggplant ...