this is the place we stayed for 6 nights on Sanya Bay, Hainnan Island.
2 bedrms, plus this little nook w/ a fridge. the boys are building a "great wall" model-early xmas present.















boys with new "Bakugan" toys in my bedroom.

not the nicest beach, but serves its purpose for us just fine.

little bird-lukey.

forgot sunscreen this day. oh, did we pay for it!

our tiny room...after our 1st HK hotel, i learned to ask for a double + twin!

ever seen anything like this? we hadn't!
barely big enough to sit in for a bath-bumping your knees when getting in & out...not the most pleasant bathing experience...the 3 boys loved it-ian even says someday he wants one.
(like his cave-room among other things!)

Stanley Market. a tourist buzz place, but way overpriced and very crowded.

stanley main beach.

we planned to eat here, but it was fancy and expensive. they sat us down and while getting our waters (or tea), we agreed to hi-tail it out of there quick! we felt bad, but...

this was on the boat-very fresh, but locals think it's no better than the seafood on the street.

the way some unfortunate hong konger's actually live

this is aberdeen, so part of hong kong island, but not the hong kong you see in most pics.
the other side of the island.

we've been told of old men who take their pet birds out for air, but it's usually early in the morning...but we did see these 2. they hang them at parks & let them sing to each other. quite sweet. something i could see my grampa bert doing. in fact, a lot of the chinese old men remind me of him-quiet and sweet-very peaceful.

looking towards another island off the coast.

our hotel restaurant in aberdeen, an area of south hong kong. the hotel was TINY in every aspect-rooms, restaurant, bathrooms, lobby. worse than NYC! love the red floors & decor tho'! food was cheap for hong kong "western" food: a good dinner entre was like 30HKD=$3.50. lunch even cheaper. each breakfast buffet was =$2.75 if it were central "business" hong kong, it would've been twice that.

typical buddist shrine on the street.

"jumbo" floating restaurant-the name, although it IS quite large!

i like the contrast of new race-boat and old "junk" or "sampan".

we took a "junk" around the harbour-paid too much $, but still only $20 for us all to go.