Beach Vacay, China-Style

Caitlin and I getting sand-covered and sun-kissed.

Last month, our center closed for some much-needed air conditioning repairs. The closing coincided with a national holiday, May Day (the Chinese Labor Day), so by taking one day off I got five days of vacation! An opportunity I couldn't (and didn't) refuse.

Just south of mainland China is a little island province called Hainan. Known to some as the Hawaii of China, Hainan came much recommended and is only an hour and a half plane ride away.

So when Caitlin and I heard we'd have some time off, we bought plane tickets to Sanya and packed our bags for a few days of blue skies and sand! The train is cheaper and supposed to be really cool, since at one point the train cars are actually loaded on a ferry to get to the island, but would have taken too much time away from our vacation. Alas.