Flew to Hainan (Haikou) – our ancestors’ place
We were met at the airport by Edwin, a relative from Singapore (who was also on holiday in Hainan Island – fancy meeting him here when we have not met for years!). After we checked in at the Xin Yuan Hot-Spring Hotel (haha.. see funny story below), all of us trudged into our rental car (RMB300/day) to start our ‘home-coming’ journey. First stop was at a riverside restaurant for lunch. It was a feast! – we ordered authentic Hainanese cuisine of Dongshan lamb, Wenchang chicken, steamed Hele crabs, steamed shrimps, steamed fish, hot steaming pot of bitter-gourd soup, sauteed vegetables ….. The riverside ambience was very relaxing – a nice scenic place to savour the culinary delights of Hainan Island.
Hainan Island
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May 19 Guangzhou to Hainan Island (Haikou) – Took the airport shuttle bus, only RMB17/pax (RMB40/pax if you book it through hotel). The bus journey was about an hour as it made 2-3 stops to pick up passengers at other hotels.
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The Wonders of Guizhou
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Guizhou
Guizhou is a place of immense diversity and beautiful scenery. This impressive province is home to some of the most amazing waterfalls in the county, and also home to China’s biggest waterfall, Huangguoshu. Gargantuan intimating caves, like mysterious black eyes, sit high in mountains, peering over valleys. Zhijin Cave, the largest in China, is home to the biggest stalagmite in the world. The markets that fill towns are dotted with brightly dressed minorities. They live in the mountains and roam the lonely roads. The mix of beautiful untouched landscape, amazing flavorsome food, and traditional minority and local people, make Guizhou a place no adventurer should miss!
Huangguoshu Waterfall
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A Yunnan Secret
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The Fact
China is 9,596,960 sq km, has 1,306,313,812 people, and borders 14 countries. It stayed hidden to most of the world until the early 1200s. When the first Europeans found the mountainous path now called the Silk Road they slowly made there way into a whole new world. Once in China they wrote of things that baffled the rest of the world. Paper money, gunpowder, foot binding, and even tea were things that other civilizations had never imagined. This was only the beginning of the unraveling of secrets that this colossal country possesses.
After the world realized what China really was foreigners came and went like seasons, but in the 1950s all the foreigners were kicked out and China closed its doors to the rest of the world.
A thousand years past, a hundred wars were fought; since then China has grown, developed, and united.
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