Blogs from Hainan, China, Asia

Today I was heading to Huouhai. This is the place that I had originally wanted to stay, but the place I had wanted to stay had sold out by the time I got round to booking it and the other places I looked at were more expensive and not as nice looking as the hotel I am staying in now. After a leisurely breakfast, I headed out to the bus stop. It was bit of a chew on to get to Houhai and involved changing buses. The first bus was really quiet with only a few passengers and we drove through some small villages. I got off in what felt like the middle of nowhere and headed over the road to the where I would catch the other bus from. You know that a place isn't ... read more

I woke up early due to being able to hear the person in the next room's phone vibrating. I hate it when someone else's phone wakes me up but they continue to sleep through it. I ordered some breakfast to be delivered. Since I had really enjoyed the porridge place I ordered from there again. I even ordered the same thing as I'd enjoyed it so much - porridge with pork and century eggs, youtiao and soy milk. I was stuffed afterwards. I had decided to visit Haitang Bay today so took the bus there. The bus journey was uneventful and pretty quiet. I was the only person that got off at the stop for the beach and I did wonder where the other tourists were going. I walked across Haitang Plaza. There were quite a ... read more

I woke up early but didn't rush to get out of bed. This trip was all about taking it easy. I heard the cock crowing outside, but I was already awake. I pottered around for a bit before getting myself sorted and ordering some food for breakfast. I ordered a breakfast set from a porridge place; porridge, soy milk and youtiao (fried dough stick). It didn't take long for the food to turn up and I happily dug in. You can't go wrong with porridge and youtiao, it's one of my favourite meals and I enjoy it at anytime of the day, not just breakfast time. When I was finally ready, I headed out to the bus stop on the main road which was a two minute walk from my hotel. I had decided to go ... read more

Hi All, Summer holidays are here again. It's great to visit Wenchang again. Little has changed, although the road has now been concreted, which made for a smooth ride to the hotel. We stayed in one of the wooden bungalows for ¥167 and the place, during the week, was almost empty. The beach is really beautiful with really fine white sand. However, the sea was not the best. I cut my foot on some sharp coral rock and as I was sitting at the water's edge a condom went floating by and I also found a broken bottle, so sandals would be a good idea. It was a very relaxing four days just lying around reading and listening to music. Enjoy the photos. Jah Bless ... read more

Junpo is a traditional event in Hainan could date back more than a 1000 years, and it can be find almost the whole year round in different region of the island. But the most happening period should be between Lunar January and March, in the well known township for the Junpo are Dingan, Tunan and Xionghai, located at the northern part of Hainan. What is Junpo? well...let's look at it similar to the Saint's Day in the western world, here every village worship their own deity, local fairy or historic hero, so the subject are really wild and need some imagination, could be the Northern King, a fierce General, a duke, a prince or a princess, no wondered you will see so many characters in different statues in Junpo event. On Junpo day, nearby village will ... read more