flood-boarding!

Floods, pro surfers, pigs, more floods, camels

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October 11th 2010
I went down on the back of a friend's motorbike to meet the surfers at a bay a few hours away, called Riyuewan. Unfortunately I didn't get any photos of that place, but it looked amazing because there was hardly anything, except a couple of 'restaurants' which are pretty much made of bamboo and are run by a family who also raise pigs and other animals there, so on your way to the toilet you hear ... read more

Asia » China » Hainan

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more