Zhongying International Hotel Zhanjiang

What is it about the beautiful rhythm of the rice terraces that is so mesmerising? The village itself is very attractive with old woodent buildings but it is the everchanging terraces that are breathtaking.

The terraces are quite high and the ...

... of stock from stationery items to basket balls and chicken feather dusters!! We were then taken for a drive around the main shopping area before heading to the restaurant for a welcome dinner.

Some of the challenges we are facing are the small amount of English that is anywhere so we really feel like foreigners and are certainly the ones that stand out in a crowd, being photographed by every other camera in the area !! Hand ...

... the airport which was really awesome, it goes over 300mph and is levitating, so it's like riding on a plane when the plane sways from one side to the other. It took 8mins only!!

Pudong airport is supposed to see a lot of transfer passengers each year apparently, but really it didn't look very big (although I only used the terminal 2 building to be fair).

Shenzhen airlines were excellent, very good and I enjoyed the ...

... just treat the city as a means to get to Sanya in the south of the island which is where I was headed for the last leg of my journey. No. 19 buses were nowhere to be found for the return trip (must have been hanging out at the gas station again). Someone assured me that the No.21 went straight to the airport with no need to connect to the airport bus. Sounded simpler & cheaper so I was in. The bus driver dropped me & some others off. I could see no airport in sight but he ...

... 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 ...

We did a bus-ride around the town, intending to get off at the fish-market, but realizing too late that we had already passed it. We stayed on the bus until it returned to the stop where we had picked it up, leaving the bus driver bemused at the strange sight of the crazy foreigners taking a trip to nowhere. Taking the local buses is actually a good way to see a wider area of the town, except when they are packed to the brim with sweaty ...

... side, pay two yuan for a bunch of flowers, offer them to the performers, then place them on a table in front of the stage. Presumably the success of the performers was judged by the size of the mountain of flowers that accumulated during their act. The lady next to Yoong prompted her to get me to contribute to the flower pile. I think I got as much applause as the performers. The spectacle of a kweilo offering flowers was probably as exotic a sight to this ...