Randy W Posted May 3, 2013 Report Share Posted May 3, 2013 We took a bus trip to Hainan this week. On the way back, the bus turns off the frreeway near a little one-intersection town where the road is chewed up for repairs. The speed is about 5 mph. Three boys on a motorcycle come up behind the bus and pull off the license plate, offering it for sale back to the driver for ¥200 (about $30). One of them saw me taking pictures and asked to see the camera, with his buddies joining in. I politely didn't laugh, and didn't move. Once in town, there's a police checkpoint, where, they made us stop and put the plate back on. No corruption involved (I don't think) - this was just 3 kids on a motorcycle. The police were checking papers and licenses. Police don't investigate much of anything. The solution is to make sure your plate is securely fastened. This plate had the round-head screws, but was only mounted with sheet metal screws into fiberglass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnoblett Posted May 3, 2013 Report Share Posted May 3, 2013 Couple of entrepreneurs, lets hope they don't go big time into a hard life of crime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted May 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 The trip was a tour package from here in Yulin - cost was ¥500 per person, which included transportation, most meals, room, and some of the entry fees for attractions. Additional costs for the OTHER meals and attractions came to around ¥500. So right around $300USD for two for a five day trip - not a bad deal at all. Hotels were pretty good - this was one of them (the view from our room back to the main building): The meals were bad for the most part ("free" food for these kinds of tours usually is), but there was always something good for me to eat. Hainan chicken is excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted May 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 The scenery was excellent - these were all women on the tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted May 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 (edited) Some of the other kind of natural scenery This was at Fenjie Zhoudao on the east coast A little sex education at Tianyahaijiao near Sanya Edited May 8, 2013 by Randy W (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted May 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 The ferry - the smaller ferry (below) was on the return (to the Mainland) trip This is where the train cars are loaded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted May 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 More pictures, if you're interested (or even if you're not) at http://candleforlove.com/forums/gallery/album/659-trip-to-hainan/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dan_ling Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 As always, thanks for the awesome photos. My wife and I will be leaving the 18th for 2 weeks in Guilin, yippee! Maybe I will figure out how to post some photos one of these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HongKong2LA Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Great pics. Great scenery. Great deal. Can't beat that. Any notable local food or brew? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted May 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Great pics. Great scenery. Great deal. Can't beat that. Any notable local food or brew? We pretty much had the tour food, but there was usually SOMETHING good on the table. Hainan chicken is excellent, but I had to buy that myself. The local beer is called, guess what, Hainan Beer, and is pretty much like other local beers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fu Lai Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 cute girls your tour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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