May 5, 2010 - Hainan, Sanya.

Barb woke 6.30 am thinking it was 7.30 am. Got up and showered. Bed very comfortable and on the net said they had Ikea mattresses but Lin said it was a word that often got used and wasn't necessarily the case. Andy showered next. Lin still asleep so went for a walk around the block and to the beach. The beach really is very nice. Goes a long way and there are cafes all along a board walk looking over the beach. On the beach there are set areas with loungers and grass umbrellas and little huts. Lots of items for hire ranging from bathers,...

Oct 19, 2007 - Yalong Bay, Hainan Island

Woke up to glorious sunshine and decided to chill out after our busy trip to Hong Kong. We went to the beach in the morning and then the pool. I tried a coconut drink still in the coconut. We then caught a bus at 4pm up to Nantian Springs with Malcolm and Marjorie. There were loads of hot tubs in the grounds all with different minerals in them. The grounds were lovely lots of trees but lots of mosquitos too. Some of the pools were so hot that I could not get in them at all. We relaxed in the big pool as the sun went down before heading back...

Oct 15, 2007 - Yalong Bay, Hainan Island

Woke up to heavy rain which hadn't stopped since the night before. Today I decided to relax and have an aromotherapy massage, it was lovely but was shocked that a young boy was doing it, well he was probably in his 20's but looked about 15! We then went to Sanya to look around the shops for bargains. Spent ages trying to locate pizza hut but failed, we also had a hair raising experience on the bike taxi who weaved around the traffic in a scary manner! we never got to a pizza place but got taken to their mates restaurant! after declining we...

Aug 3, 2006 - and back again

I'm back "home" in Haikou, reasonably safe and sound but starving. I'm off to see if I can find something that resembles a hamburger. Or steak. We visited a Buddist temple today, and now I'm craving a cow. I guess my next life, I'll be a squid or something.

Aug 2, 2006 - Sanya

We ended up getting a driver to take us to Sanya in a van. It was, for the most part, a really lovely trip. And long. Finally we piled out of the van to stop for lunch. Neal ordered bugs. I think they were silkworm cocoons, actually. I'm told they were innocuous enough. I didn't try one.

Jul 14, 2006 - Part 4: Haikou

Population of Haikou increases by one fat, sweaty American. Baggage Claim. Yay, my luggage made it! There is a narrow gate to exit, and two people check that the tag on your baggage matches your ticket. Still, you must get through the gate as fast as possible. Push. Urgently. Sandy and Sailor meet me at the airport. I am so happy to see them! And not have any more connections! We wait for some other company folk who are flying in from Nankai, then head out to the van. It's now about 11 pm here, and it's hot and muggy. At night. We pile in a...

Feb 11, 2005 - Hainan the Second Trip

So upon arriving to a cold, polluted and desolate looking Shijiazhuang, Julie and I decided we just weren't quite ready to still be here. So we came up witha game plan to go to Beijing on Friday the 11th, just for an overnite and a quick trip to see the Great Wall in the snow. Just a harmless, harmless escape to Beijing with a return planned for Staurday. While in Beijing we however decided what harm could it possibly cause just to poke our heads into a travel agency and see what it would cost to fly back down to Hainan, to Sanya to be more...