Sun Island Resort Shanghai

... The Iranian island of Kish in the Persian Gulf is where many Iranians travel for a beach holiday. Kish definitely isn't your standard resort island. The men relax on the beach and swim in the Gulf while women sit to the side fully covered, tanning their ...

Shanghai Sun Island is about 45 minutes' drive from the downtown Shanghai without the traffic jam. It was quite convenient for us to get there as we took a cab down. Once we got onto the island, we were impressed by the fresh air, flowers in bloom and ...

The service is the most memorable experience at Sun Island Golf Hotspring Resort. A good English speaking person received us at the hotel reception. She not only assisted us to simplify the check-in formalities, but also gave us a brief introduction about ...

I know that there could be worse things in the world but this is our third day on the Golf resort and spa and I'm going stir crazy, there is no couch for me to lay on!  And I pay about $1cdn for a beer, I didn't travel 12,000km to pay the same for ...

... There were vendors along the way with watermelons, gasoline, odds and ends. It did not look very promising until we turned off to Sun Island, which is on an actual island in the upper Huanpo river that flows through Shanghai (this part called Xi Mao). The ...

... as much as I had been expecting, and it was pretty fine sipping away a Heineken, 87 stories up, and watching the sun set over Shanghai. More in line what life should be like. Shanghai does have some pretty stunning (although not exactly varied) buildings. ...

... choosing. They had about 5 games ranging from solitaire to a Pac Man knockoff. I found out in the last hour that they actually had Shanghai, which is one of my favorites (also known as Ma Jong..sp?). There was also a jukebox where I could play albums of ...

... we are both a bit jaded. It felt a bit like work really. In order to recuperate we have decided to visit a quiet resort called Kata on the Island of Phuket for a week. First impressions are that this is a good call. I know that most of you would not ...

... with envy.  We ended the night with a wonderful dinner and toasted our absolutely wonderful trip. We fly to Bangkok and Shanghai tomorrow, Dec 17th, spend the night in Shanghai and fly to Vancouver and Edmonton on the 18th and ...

... were exquisite. While we were at the bar we got talking to the Australian resident manager and a couple of his friends from Shanghai. It ended up with the manager preparing us all nitrogen ice cream in the neighboring restaurant. This was done by mixing ...

... also got to drop Japan but we are not sure yet, but it does mean we have a run of cities coming, Kuala Lumper, Hongkong, Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo (maybe) and then New Zealand for 3 months, so we are making the most of the beach and the sun and the ...

... also got to drop Japan but we are not sure yet, but it does mean we have a run of cities coming, Kuala Lumper, Hongkong, Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo (maybe) and then New Zealand for 3 months, so we are making the most of the beach and the sun and the ...

... Road, enjoying views of Happy Valley and the Hong Kong Jockey Club. Your route takes in Repulse Bay, the island's most popular beach resort, before arriving at Ocean Terminal for your harbor cruise. · Harbour cruise - board your motorcoach for the ...

... the Philippines, 15 minutes ferry from Cataclan, 1 1/2 hours bus from Kalibo, 45 minutes plane from Manila and 3 hours from Shanghai (working backwards here) After a bit of a journey, we finally arrived in Boracay. Our initial impression was 'wow'. The ...

... , is a dump; it's just a much bigger and dirtier dump. It's also crowded, polluted, chaotic and reminded me a lot of Shanghai, China. The hotel that I checked into was nice though--The Windsor Hotel. It's about 100 years old and they have managed to, ...

... (we always got help when we appeared to be lost), art work in general, especially the bronze and ceramics galleries at the Shanghai Museum, Beihai Park in Beijing, the food everywhere, the size of our hotel room in Shanghai, hotel services in general, ...

... was also known Turkish bazaar during the Ottoman Empire. Dale at the Bazaar The streets of the bazaar remind me of Venice or Shanghai, very narrow with shops galore. The streets are maze-like and it's very easy to get lost. The shop keepers were ...

... accommodation on the island there and then and headed straight for the ticket office to book a berth on that night's ferry to Shanghai. A day of exploring in the sunshine began knowing that my boat sailed at 4.45 that afternoon. Looking at a map of ...