After checking it out and making sure it still looked clean we grabbed our swimming costumes and went for a swim in the sea, so beautiful, so clean, and so clear! I opened my eyes underwater and could see things without any goggles, a really good place to go diving or snorkelling!
After a swim I grabbed a shower and Chris and I went out exploring again. We had seen that there was a bus that went past our hotel with many stops to go, we suspected it would take us to another beach covered in really expensive hotels, yadong or something... anyway we got on, paid our 20p and sat down just waiting until the end of the line, the people thinned out and the conductor looked a bit confused why the foreigners are still here. Eventually the bus pulled up in a small village of 20 shops and a bus stop, ok, end of the line!
We got out and crossed the road to see what was around and found a bus pulling up, it didn't seem to be the end of the line so we jumped on, only this bus you need to tell them where you are going! The guy before mumbled something in chinese and paid 8rmb! 80p! that seemed 4 times as far as the local bus.
I said to the conductor "the same" and we paid our 80p and we were off! with no idea where we were going or how long it would take to get there! Excellent!
After an hour or so we started to get nearer the sea again and soon a massive resort complex came up, many many buildings all seemingly empty and awaiting people despite it being a relatively touristy time, built right on the beach and surrounded by palm trees, very cool! We carried on with our tour and got dropped off at a deserted carpark, the end of the line again!
Soon we found out what was here, the ferry to wuzhidao, wuzhi island. We had no interest in the island, and by this point it was too late anyway really but just around the corner was a beautifully clean deserted beach with palm trees right down to the sand and nobody in sight except a single fisherman!
I walked along the beach and looked at the coral and beautiful shells washed up on the beach along with the coconuts (hainan is famous for its coconuts!) and took some pictures of both, very nice and not too hot but not too cold. Lovely.
Soon we found out what was here, the ferry to wuzhidao, wuzhi island. We had no interest in the island, and by this point it was too late anyway really but just around the corner was a beautifully clean deserted beach with palm trees right down to the sand and nobody in sight except a single fisherman!
I walked along the beach and looked at the coral and beautiful shells washed up on the beach along with the coconuts (hainan is famous for its coconuts!) and took some pictures of both, very nice and not too hot but not too cold. Lovely.
After an hour on the beach we decided to head back and went up, I asked about the bus and a local told us if we were lucky there would be one more, and lucky we were as 10 minutes later the bus turned up, just as we started to worry a little as we were in a deserted carpark, the ferry was long closed and the taxis had all gone too. We got the bus back to town and went for dinner in a western restaurant we saw from the road, a steak, beers and a few games of pool later we called it a night! Good times!
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