Hawaii of the Orient...

It's the phrase that pulls you towards taking a short holiday on this Chinese island paradise...'the Hawaii of the Orient.' How could one resist...unless you considered the word Orient, which eventually turns out to mean paradise with population. If you want a deserted island or a taste of serenity and seclusion along with the sun and surf - look a lot further afield than Sanya, located south of mainland China, but a part of China nevertheless ('Google Earth' it: Sanya, Hainan, China).

But as far as we were concerned, seeing the ocean again, swimming in clean waters, getting a room with a sea-view, and taking walks on the beach and lazing around in the sun was worth every bit of the trip. And I almost forgot to mention that fish I caught. That small innocent fish with eyes that told the story of overfished waters and made one weep.

This was how we spent our Easter Weekend...

Here's the view from our hotel room... And here's me drinking coconut juice straight from a coconut...
Who would know that we're in China?! B.E.A.UTIFUL!
Michelle trying her hand at fishing the Chinese waters...without success...
And me enjoying the best part of the fishing trip...hehe
Michelle as a work of art...

And the art of Toes in the Sand...Holiday bliss.
Feet-tanning!
The life...for four days.And a death...for this little guy who's run out of puff.
The rest of the photos can be seen in the slideshow to the right...just click on it to enlarge.

Nowadays its back to work as usual. As they say, all good things come to an end. But like I say, all things will end good.

Yesterday was a public holiday in China - called Tomb Cleaning Day. Whoo-hoo! Who came up with that one? It's not like you can say to people, "Happy Tomb Cleaning Day!" is it?! Or "Say hello to your great-great grandfather for me,"...But nevertheless it serves its purpose and the customs and rituals are interesting to observe. Like when you see people on the side (or middle) of the road burning paper money, paper cars, paper houses and so on, hoping that their ancestors will recieve these in the afterlife.

Note for future: I want a paper Playstation3. Hehe.

Until next time,

This is China.

Dig it.