Blogs from Sanya, Hainan, China, Asia - page 11

Ahh, I love the beach! I woke up a bit late this morning so Randy and I decided to go into town. We’d missed the bus so we decided to take a taxi. I asked the driver to take us shopping, or to town, something. He didn’t really understand what I was saying and showed me a map and pointed at something…Randy and I gave up trying to tell him where we wanted to go so we just agreed to wherever he pointed and away we went. It was nice drive along the oceanside but we were getting a little concerned that it looked like there was no civilization. Once we saw a little town ahead, and 40 RNB later we made the taxi driver stop and we got out and started walking around. The ... read more

Voyage vacances de Pâquesurl='/Videos/3239.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/3239.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'Spectacle de singes à Monkey Island Et voilà la fin de notre voyage, Sunny Sanya comme ils disent aussi, superbes plages, 300 jours de soleil par an, une eau à 25-28 degres super claire, et quelques collines et montagnes histoire d'avoir une belle vue, la belle vue quoi! C'est là où nous avons passé nos 4 derniers jours de vacances, entre la plage, notre auberge Blue Sky, un resto américain super bon avec billard, baby-foot et fléchettes où on a pris presque tous nos repas (parce que la cuisine chinoise ça va un temps!), et quelques excursions, le tout en soleil et entouré, qui l'eut cru, de plein de russes! Parce qu'en fait se sont développés à Sanya plein d'hotels qui visiblement font plein de pub en Rus... read more

WOOHOO, So, I packed up and made my way to Hainan with a pack of students on a trip that was paid for by my university in Beijing. We went to Hainan for 5 days and four nights. The trip sounded awesome. A paid for vacation away from Beijing's bitterly cold, windy, dirty winter. We got onto a plane and made the trek to China's island paradise. When we got off the plane and wandered through the airport one of the first thing's that I noticed was that there were palm trees. There were palm trees. It was also warm enough not to wear thermal underwear. Wearing thermals had been a necessity in Beijing during the previous weeks. We all crowded into a bus and headed to the hotel. I was put in a room with ... read more

SANYA ISLAND, CHINA Sanya Island is located in the South China Sea. We stayed at a lovely resort on a beautiful beach, with very few tourists. Our pictures are from another beach we visited for a couple of hours…many different, unusual sights… and very hot, yet many people were fully dressed… The most fascinating… People, yes young children too, lined up for a short boat trip to “see the sea” from a glass bottomed boat offshore. Donned, for this precarious trip, with wetsuits to keep dry and mouth guards to help keep their teeth from breaking… A week earlier, a small typhoon hit the area. The waves were big but that didn’t stop them! Men, fully clothed, helped guide the boats in the right direction time after time… We sat there and watched in awe… Often ... read more