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| A view of Sanya Bay from our hotel room balcony. The city of
Sanya is in the distance. |
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| Kelly and Emily relax by one of the two pools. This
became a VERY familiar pose for them! |
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| Oh yeah, there was also a lot of time spent in the pools too!
And also at the private beach just across the road. Did I
mention that both the pool and South China Sea were a perfectly
wonderful temperature? |
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| Emily liked this pool best, but there was a huge building
construction project right next to it, and the noises were a bit
distracting to the relaxation mode we had going on. |
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| One day we rode a city bus for 90 minutes to this beach at
Yalong Bay. This is a larger resort area than where we stayed,
but both had very clean beaches and crystal blue water. |
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| These motorcycle and sidecars are a common form of transport around
Sanya and are very cheap. We could ride for about 5 miles for 5
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| We met this driver and she seemed to find us whenever we stepped out
of the hotel wanting to go somewhere! |
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| Sometimes Emily rode on the bike behind the driver, and sometimes
she sat by our feet. |
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| The ride is very comfortable and there is always interesting things
to look at along the way. |
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| Even after nearly 2 years in China, we still find it photo-worthy
when we see a water buffalo, especially one that is walking
unaccompanied down the middle of the street! |
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| Does this driver seem a little overdressed for the 85 degree
weather, or is it my imagination? Most of the drivers were
dressed like this-- to avoid the sun making their skin dark. |
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| Scenery along the road. Remember that this is a tropical
climate and we wore nothing more than shorts and a T-shirt the whole
time we were there. |
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| "We didn't do anything wrong, we swear! No need to
unload the truck and get the Chinese Army after us!" |
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| These photos are just to prove that we didn't spend the
entire time on the beach! |
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| Emily displays some of the beautiful shells we collected while
walking on the beach. |
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| Kelly enjoys a natural seat in the exposed roots of a tree. Oh
no, someone else has found her secret spot too..... |
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| ..... and he's still sleeping! |
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| A mother and daughter moment! |
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| Emily enjoys some fresh coconut milk.....or at least she
enjoyed the idea of it! |
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| Scott bought a souvenir hat and we thought you would like
to see our best modeling poses......
Scott is suave. |
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| Emily is adorable! |
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| And Kelly is apparently made of plastic!!! |
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| Scott has titled this photo "High Maintenance"! This
Chinese woman is on vacation on a tropical island, she is in a bathing
suit, she is in the South China Sea, and apparently she does not want
even one ray of sunshine to hit her body (it is not raining, the
umbrella is for shade)!!! |
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