Hainan. Too bad it's not unique...

07 July 2009 Travel time: with 20 January 2008 on 02 February 2008
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Phoenix Airport in Sanya is cozy, and the most pleasant, promptly passing tourists. The meeting side quickly gathered tourists to a given hotel and also quickly delivered to it. The guides (Chinese) speak Russian very decently, with good diction. Two guides worked from our operator at the hotel: a guy and a girl: Sasha and Nina. At the hotel, the guides themselves filled out the necessary paperwork for the hotel, and they collected a deposit for a room of $ 200 from us. Moreover, the mandatory deposit for a room is $150, and when you pay $200, you have the right to use the deposit as a non-cash payment (on a hotel check) for hotel services (restaurants, bars, massages). After we were given the keys to the rooms, after 10 minutes, the guide called the room asking if everything suits us. Whoever was not satisfied with the number, and people argued that they were not satisfied, they were moved to other rooms. I liked the room, very decent for 4 *. I had a sea view from my window. In China, absolutely all hotels have Internet, and free of charge. And while on vacation, you can keep working moments under control. The hotel conquers with its location: on the one hand there is a lake, there are also pools, hammocks, swings, and on the other hand - the sea. In the morning you can go to the sea, and in the afternoon hang out by the lake or in the park. The pools are well made. The children's shallow area is fenced with glass from the deep one. I pay special attention to this, because in Turkey my child (he was then 2.5 years old) slipped on the isthmus between shallow and deep water and began to sink. And here, if you put a child in a children's pool, you don't have to worry about him. There is a spa procedure in the pool area, which the Chinese translated into Russian in a peculiar way. Swimming pool with heated water. You settle down in it, small fish swim up and start peeling you: eating your keratinized skin. Interesting sensations, similar to a very sophisticated tickling. We had Incredible breakfasts: three types of soups, traditional cereal balls for milk, yogurts, eggs, scrambled eggs (with filling of your choice), cereals, 6 types of hot meat, cakes, buns, flatbreads for various jams, steamed and fresh vegetables, and, well, sausage is different: Grapefruit and orange juices with pulp, coffee and tea. Fruits: watermelons, melons, carambola, papaya, passion fruit, bananas, tangerines. Dinner is or where an incredible amount of food: grilled and stewed seafood, such as mussels, shrimp, crabs, several types of fish; several types of meat and poultry cooked differently; several soups; cakes-pastries-ice-creams; fruit; juice-coffee. The evening buffet in our hotel cost 129 yuan (450 rubles) per person. Or you can eat from the menu, the average price of a dish is 50 yuan (175 rubles). And you can go to the city, wander and eat. In the city absolutely the same prices, not at all cheaper. There are Russian cafes in the city, where everything is as it should be: borscht, hodgepodge, cabbage soup, dumplings, milk mushrooms, pickled cucumbers, roast, etc. Sometimes in the evenings, we sat in the lobby of our hotel, listening to live music and drinking a glass. A breeze is coming from the sea (50 meters from the sea). And in the immediate vicinity of a stream, with fish. And in the evenings, frogs appear in this stream, and they have a marvelous voice, these Hainan frogs: this is not the croaking we are used to, this is a sound similar to the barking of dogs! We would not have realized that they were frogs if we had not seen them jumping in a stream! The singularity of the moment is also in the fact that you seem to be in the hall, and at the same time, on the street, or rather, close to the sea. The point is that it flows into . The building, on the hall floor and on the second floor, on the restaurant floor, does not have a solid wall. You seem to be indoors, and at the same time, as if on the street. Sometimes in the evenings we walked to the restaurant paradise. In Yalunvan Bay, where we rested, 400 meters from our hotel, there is a small, very cozy, shopping and restaurant complex created at the CROWNE PLAZA hotel. There are boutiques, a minimarket, restaurants with varied cuisine, bars, pizzerias nearby. There are specialized shops with alcohol in the city, where there is whiskey, vodka, martini, campari, all kinds of liquors, of course, there is local alcohol. Alcohol prices are about the same as ours, maybe a little lower. And in supermarkets, only local wine from 35 yuan (120 rubles) and more, depending on the year: and local beer. There are very interesting options for dark beer, and there are, for example, with chocolate flavor. Fruit. Pretty much the same as everywhere else in Asia. BUT! Australian mango is brought to China. One piece weighs about 3-4 kg. It is amazing that for vegetables and fruits the price is per pound. Australian mango 1 kg = 200 rubles. Chinese mango is green, less than the Thai one twice, the taste is not comparable with the Australian one: 1 kg = 60 rubles. Sea. The waters of the Pacific Ocean. South China Sea. The water is clean and transparent. Almost white sand. Very reminiscent of. Samui (Thailand). And I want to lie on the sand more than on a sunbed. I liked that there is a wide sandy area in the bay on the beach. Beach - a lot! On the beach o. comfortable. You don't get molested on the beach: Occasionally, pearl bead vendors pass by. But they are so unobtrusive. There is a volleyball court, but there are no such organized games as in Turkey, because animation, as such, does not exist here. I saw a new entertainment - running in a ball on the waves. Have not tried. First, you are sent to a diagnostician. The diagnosis is based on the pulse. The doctor listens to the pulse on one arm, then on the other, asks questions, and gives you a diagnosis. He writes a recommendation for procedures. Of course, the most interesting are acupuncture and foot massage. I asked the visitors where they put the needles, it turned out that everyone puts the needles in different places - according to indications. Foot massage is great. There is no comparison with Thailand, in Thailand it is rare when they do not hack. In China, I have been to different massage therapists, and always in good faith. The massage costs three times as much and IT'S WORTH IT! At the end of the massage, a bag with warm pebbles is applied to the legs, applied in the same way, along the reflex zones. Procedure 180 yuan (630 rubles). You leave after the massage enlightened and refreshed. Summing up about. Hainan. The Chinese are working hard. Everywhere is clean and tidy. Yalong Bay (Dragon Bay) is a really nice beach. The Resort Golden Palm is a very decent and convincing hotel (there is even a solarium in case you get tired of sunbathing on the beach : -). I remember the foot massage and the Australian mango. I would like to return to the island. Hainan? Not. Everything in Hainan is in order, but there is no uniqueness. Like candy without filling.

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