our meal-eating spot...

view from our bedroom

$55 / night-not bad for 2 bedrms

his pride & joy!

every day, a handful of women are selling this exact thing.

there's the bag (on the left) that was stolen! sorting thro' shells to pick finalists (mean mom gets to decide which ones come home!). studying chinese (my notes also stolen)

the building we stayed in.

part of the entertainment, i guess.

"i don't think he really wants any more luke.."

i bought a bag from here that was later stolen-they weren't happy w/ their steal, b/c there wasn't anything of value to them-but now i have to buy a new translator book-they don't sell them here-only dictionaries. good thing it was cheap.

notice they're always pulling on our ears. ???

we couldn't understand a word being said, but it looks semi-dangerous:)







this is priceless.
seriously authentic chinese people.
one girl told us "5 rmb" to take her picture! they live on our tourism money. sad, & we were bombarded w/ stalls of stuff. you couldn't enjoy it-we just walked as fast as we could to get out.

on the phone w/ an english translator to figure out how to get to our destination: a village of ethnic minorities, the "Li" people-original inhabitants of hainnan island.

typical daily sales after the boats have returned about dinner time.

just cool.








the apt we stayed in is the one on the left. 5th floor, except 4th floor is bad luck, so it's really 4th!









a typical "junk", close enough to swim to. right on the beach, not a harbor w/ docks or anything

this man accidently "caught" luke! guys just fish on the beach, & all the sudden luke shrieks in pain...turns out he got hooked in the heel!
the guy ran in to help, but ian got there first. he's not sure if he can trust me taking his picture...


these things are SO cheap. we were driven around to a crystal factory/shop while they waited (we needed 2), then to a restaurant for lunch (while they waited), then back to our original spot, all for about $1. don't think it was quite fair to them, but that's what they agreed to.













desperately trying to get a coconut.
they never succeeded. ian got one by shaking hard enough.