Rediscovery



Fun in the sun in Sanya and Boao beaches, I was able to transfer some neat pics from my mobile phone to my laptop and presto!





Below is TeeTee from GuangDong, a former teacher and Hayashi from Japan, a former indie movie producer now here studying Chinese, drawing in the sand after my first early morning bike ride to Beauty Beach. The waves were huge post typhoon but Selena, a volunteer from Finland swam a few laps and even allowed the sea to carry her like a piece of drift wood on its surface from our view on the shore.







The only place to get a decent burger is at the five star Waika hotel. Though there are quite a few fast food joints in Wenchang, these burgers are small, not very tasty and almost just as expensive as the one at the hotel. The Chinese in a way like the Japanese but different, enjoy corny/ cute decorations on things- blankets, keychains, this heart in red icing on top of the whipcream of my coffee float.







I found this lovely calf and its mom by some rice fields. A little ways down a bumpy road, I discover this small temple. I can't really tell if its abandoned or still in use. Actually a lot of buildings in Hainan are like that. Mainland Chinese call Hainan the armpit of Chinese referring to their distaste of "backwards" it is. I found this little temple quite elegant in its simplicity.





At the end of Happy Carnival weekend, Wenchang middle school celebrated its 100 years as one of the largest and finest academic institutions in Hainan. During the day, one of the astronauts from the successful moon mission visited the school as a friend of the headmaster. At night, there was a huge celebration reminscent of the olympics opening with thousands of students raising neon glow sticks in the air in proud triumph.

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