Blogs from Sanya, Hainan, China, Asia - page 6

1 beer $2 BBQ street food $1 Fresh fruit pocket change Bottle of water $0.25 Five weeks holiday in the tropics in the middle of winter .........priceless Yes, we are back in Sanya on the south coast of China for the first week of our Spring Festival holiday. Once again we are pigging out on Western food for now at Fat Daddy's and Casa Mia, both a five minute walk from where we are staying. We have had breakfast at Fushan Coffee down the road a couple of times. They don't quite have the North American breakfast thing worked out but it is close enough and the coffee is delicious. They have bacon and eggs, along with a variety of other breakfast choices. And the orange juice is squeezed as you wait. After several months in ... read more

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

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

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

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