Sanya. Hainan Island. CHINA.

[Jessiedog]

Asianbasedurbanites!!! (Or anyone else :) .)



Peggydog and I are thinking of taking a break to Sanya.

We've got a wee bit of cash at last and could do with some pampering.

Return flights, plus one night at the Marriott Resort and Spa and one night at the Nantian Resort and Spa.

Three days , two nights. One hundred and twenty quid per person, all in.

Anyone been there (or southern Hainan generally)?

What else to see/do there other than chill out in the piping-hot soak pools set among the coconut groves?

:cool:

Woof

[Jessiedog]

Oh well.

Slight change of plan.

Will be staying 3 nights four days at the Marriott.

A trip to the Nantian hot springs. A bit of Scuba, Para gliding/sailing, wet biking, etc. Saunas and massages. Seafood and beer.

Leaving in six hours, back in 84 hours thereafter

First proper "holiday" I've had in years......errrrr.....yonks!

Really excited.

*Rubs paws*.

Will try to post piccies of the beach and schtuff!

Blessings.

L)

Woof

[upsidedownwalrus]

That sounds much better value than the one mrs RD and I went on!!!!

We paid about 1500 yuan for 4 nights including flights, but it was really crappy - they made us get up at about 6 in the morning every day, and each day we stayed at a different hotel, and we didn't stay anywhere near the beach. Half of each day was spent on a bloody minibus. It was more like being on a schooltrip!! :mad:

I am never, ever, ever going on a Chinese tour again!!! :mad:

Still, Hainan IS beautiful - have a wicked time!!!

[Jessiedog]

Cheers RD.

With the changes, (three nights at the Marriot only) it worked out about 2,500 Yuan each including flights, breakfasts, transfers by car/driver, sauna/pool/steamroom etc. About 180 quid a piece inclusive.

The Marriott opened less than a year ago - Really stunning, STUNNING, resort setting.

Five star stuff at three star prices. The sea was unbelievable. An unbroken 7km (out of 25km) white sand beach, about 50 metres deep. Visability underwater in the sea anywhere between 8 and 15 metres . Mountains and palm trees. Five star meal (restaurant/room) fer under 100 Yaun plus tax.

Half hour from the airport. Wide dual carriage ways cutting through huge swathes of rice paddies - tended by ol' mamas in straw hats. Chickens wandering, water buffalo meandering, an old Zhongshen 100cc motorbike whizzes past - two fully grown pigs in the sidecar.

And narey a soul around. Half a dozen in the sea and another dozen on the beach.

Jet skies, wet bikes, fishing, scuba...extra but cheap.

Three or four split level pool lagoons, waterfalls, little coves with hottub jets, all among the palms.

Ahhhhhh! The ironies of China - compare and contrast.

Yalong Bay (Asian Dragon Bay). It's the last Paradise. Must be what Phuket/Bali was thirty years ago.

Shame it'll be just like them in another ten.

C'est la vie. I guess if it weren't for (peeps like) me then it would never have been developed in the first place. :o

:)

Woof