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Hainan Vacation |
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For China’s May Day Holiday I really wanted to get to a beach. Before I lived in Chengdu, which is smack dab in the middle of China 2000 miles from the nearest ocean I had never lived more than a few miles from the ocean for any long period of |
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Arrival in Sanya May 1 |
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All packed up we left for the airport. Holly called a driver that her cousin, who is an airline stewardess, uses to take us to the airport. He normally charged 20 rmb as opposed to 50 rmb by taxi but this time he wanted 25 rmb. We arrived |
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At Dadong Beach, May 2 |
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We got up bright and early and got out of the Hotel by 10. First order of business was to buy some sunscreen so we went to the small mall nearby. They didn't have any western brands so we settled for a local Pearl brand sunscreen which was supposed |
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Touring around May 3 |
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I had gotten a little singed at the beach the previous day, a little red, not too bad but I wanted to say off the beach for the day. After we got out of the hotel we went down and booked our airplane tickets to go from Sanya to Shenzhen. |
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Walking underwater May 4 |
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We managed to roll out of the hotel by 10. We had avoided the beach the day before so we wanted to go check out Yalong Bay. Right across the road from the Hawaii was a bus stop to Yalong Bay. The bus was a decent double decker |
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A great Room May 5 |
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This was the last day of our included hotel room so after rolling out of bed at 10 we went in search of a new place to stay. The Hawaii Hotel was ok for free but a bit of a rundown dive when you come down to it. Just |
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Boogie Boards and pools May 6 |
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Refreshed we were ready to hit the waves again. We went to the shopping mall and bought a new pair of sunglasses for Holly, some swim goggles, ear and nose plugs, and a volleyball. Suitably outfitted we stopped by a small storefront by the beach and rented a boogie |
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Last Lazy Day May 7 |
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This was to be our last day in Sanya as we had a 7:30 A.M. flight out the next morning. So what did we do, we sleep in late and go shopping at the mall. I wanted a Hainan T-shirt and ended up getting a tropical short sleeved shirt |
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