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Blogs from Sanya, Hainan, China, Asia - page 5
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December 22nd 2009
More beach today, after looking for a break this was the spot but nearly time to go. Very hot and nice to have a paddle. We indulged in some western food and I had creole chicken, and Laura a caesar salad. Not much afternoon sun so chilled at the hostel, and took a late night stroll on the beach. Back to the hostel with some beers, and a chap at the hostel was making food. DUMPLINGS!! Really good. As another bloke was leaving in his taxi the dumpling man chased him shouting "wait dumpllings" as he had made another batch, you had to be there, but it was so funny, a memory that will stick in my head. Had a little chat with all the others staying at the hostel then had a relatively early one ... read more
December 21st 2009
Another beach day! Lunch was at our noodle hut, we had a random array of veg and rice instead today. Later back at the beach Laura had a fresh coconut, chopped open with a machete and given a straw, pretty cool. She had been hinting at one all week so I thought I would spoil her. Did some more sun bathing and saw a fancy photoshoot on the beach. In the evening to save on the pennies we bought some red wine from the superstore and got some plastic beakers, and sat at the beach to watch the sunset. This was some romantic James Bond style stuff I had concocted here!! Was very cool. Afterwards we had a hot pot, quite spicy but good. ... read more
December 20th 2009
The morning was quite overcast so we dilly dallied abouth the appartment till early afternoon. By about 1 the sun was beaming again and we were off to sunbathe again. We saw some guys carrying big alligators and pythons down the beach so got some snaps. Had a swim in the sea which was a nice refreshing temperature, was a really nice afternoon. We did some sunbathing and all was relaxed and then Laura jumped up screaming, with no top, and giving the whole beach a show!! I was really annoyed as you could imagine about being disturbed, to find there was a crab the size of my fist on her towel and chasing her. SOOOOO FUNNY!! I shoowed it away and laughed at Laura and that gave me a giggle for a few hours. That ... read more
December 19th 2009
After some breakfast we headed straight to the beach. Very hot again. I left Laura to the sun bathing and i went for a wander on the rocks and found some beings of the shelled, and mollusc variety. On my adventure i found loads of really cool crabs and had black spots on their backs, far superior in appearance to Welsh crabs. Afterwards I threw some rocks in the sea, climbed some cliffs, kicked some sand, the usual manly things; was good fun despite lacking a bucket and spade! Tea was late and was noodles and veg which was quite late. So afterwards we grabbed some beers and watched a film at the hostel.... read more
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December 18th 2009
We heard about a 'WESTERN SHOP' (Corners Deli); suprisingly not on a croner, but i digress!! We went searching. To our suprise is wasnt a myth but in fact a reality. It sold Cereal, so we bought some chocolate corn flakes and some milk, and thought we were the kiddies on our way back to our hostel to eat it up. It had been a very long time, and dearly missed! Weather was not so fabulous today, warm but not sunny so we chilled at our hostel. Dinner, not much different, the noodle variety, compliments of Laura. For tea however, overly enameled by the new find, I went to my new shop and came home with IN DATE crisps and some cake, GOOOOOOD!! Not had anything sweet for a very long time.... read more
December 17th 2009
Had a wander around the area, looked at some stalls and shops. Finally decided on breakfast and bought some yoghurt and Dragon fruit (gorgeous) and ate it on the beach. Generally a very lazy day on the beach soaking up the sun, scorching but really nice. After fighting off loads of Russian speaking Chinese we found a spot for tea, the Rainbow bar, where we both had a fat burger and a beer. Long awaited!!! ... read more
December 16th 2009
We arrived in Sanya bus station at 1pm in the blistering heat dressed for rain as it had been in Yangshuo. Our tops were sticking to us in a matter of minutes. To find our hostel the only instructions we had were get on bus number 3 or 4, obviously these buses were going two directions, so I guessed left, after a few minutes we were no wiser and standing with all the weight of our bags on a packed bus, not so fun. Fortunately I picked the right(correct) way and we jumped off and head down a small alley with tanks full of live but funny looking fish and crabs and octopus's. After check in we head straight for the beach and had some beer. After catching some rays we head for food, having no ... read more
November 14th 2009
We slept in a bit and decided for breakfast we'd get something quick at the bakery down the street from our hostel. The bakeries here are strange. Most of the baked goods come wrapped in plastic and taste a bit different. You can still find something good though. The plan for today was to meet up with two others and go to Nantian Hot Springs, arranged by our hostel. Originally, it was just going to be the two of us, but the more people that went, the cheaper the overall price would be for the taxi ride there and admission. It takes about 50 minutes to get there from our hostel, so anything to cheapen the price.... The two people the joined us: John, a Canadian in his mid 60's. His daughter is currently teaching in ... read more
November 13th 2009
Knowing we wanted as much time in Sanya as possible, we got up early to shower, pack and head out of our hostel by 8:30am. We headed out to the main street, flagged down a taxi easily and 15 kuai later we arrived at the South Bus Station. There were tons of people outside yelling "Sanya? We take to Sanya!" but we decided it'd probably be safest if we took a real bus rather than hopped in someone's gypsy cab for the 3.5 drive down to Sanya. 78 kuai per person gets you a rather cushy seat on a comfortable air conditioned bus, complete with 2 movies (in Chinese, of course). We bought some muffins and water and boarded our 9:20am bus. Apparently it used to be a lot harder to get between Haikou and Sanya, ... read more
