Sanya is quite possibly one of the most beautiful places I've been...in China! The beaches are so clean, the water is really clear, the hotels are enormous, but nothing was busy or crowded. We didn't run into any pushy or rude tourists. Many people thought we were Russian. Apparently Sanya is a hot spot for Russian tourists. A lot of the restaurant signs and menus, etc are printed in Chinese and Russian. Everyone we met was friendly and helpful. We met a taxi driver who drove us around for next to nothing. He took us to two tourist spots (one related to the history of the Hainan people and another was a hot spring resort) for about rmb 20 total. The hotel staff told us that each stop should be about rmb 150 - so we were very happy with our driver. He didn't speak any English, so Max spoke Chinese to him. I could follow some of the conversation, but I'm not at the level of participating quite yet.
The hot springs had many different types of pools. There was one full of fish. I put my feet in and a bunch of fish come over and start eating away the dry/dead skin. It felt something like when a cat with a salty tongue licks your finger...but much more intense. I couldn't leave my feet in for very long. But some people were sitting in the pool.
A lot of the Chinese tourists seemed to have adapted a uniform - Hawaiian print tops & bottoms. We took more than a few pictures of these groups. But we couldn't bring ourselves to join in the trend. Maybe next time!
We hung out at our pool a lot, did some sightseeing, went to the beach and ate a lot of great food!
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