Living on a Narrowboat
For this reason, there are a number of diving opportunities at Yalong Bay at price ranges. For example, at my hotel the charge was 560 yen.
For that I got an hour in the water, snorkeling gear, flippers, rock slippers etc plus an individual following me round taking pictures with an underwater camera.
Docks
Venture further down the coast, toward the docks area where you will find a greater range of options, more keen pricing and more Chinese.
Here are an example some pictures from the reef.
THe reason for Yalong Bay’s existance, if not its popularity, is the nature reserve listing of the coral reef site which is a feature on this part of Hainan island.
The Yalong Bay section is the least affected by afflictions of polution, fishing and general plundering of corals.
Tourism has become part of the economic-ecosystem which has insured the reefs continuation and the rules and regulations in the wider environment.
Soft Corals
Yalong Bay Sanya is of particular interest because of it’s soft coral diversity.
There is some more information on the Sanya Section here.
Sanya , Yalong Bay coral reef.
I could be here, I could be at home.
Broadband
Perhaps the biggest step forward in global technology since aviation.
I still run a website here at least, a beach resort in southern China as I could in the UK.
I access the same information, I have CNN, BBC World service, I have Guardian Unlimited, I have the Telegraph podcasts, I have everthing as much here as I could have in the UK.
Why not travel here and set yourself up as a king???
Spent today on the reef.
Can’t really say much about it.
Have to wait for the pictures.
Living in Hope.
Due to it’s international connections; Yalong Bay hosts some of the biggest names in the hospitality industry: Hilton, Marriott, Starwood to name a few.
They haven’t found any difficulty in setting up the local infrastructure to receive the Miss World competition.
Despite being the most viewed annual televised event worldwide with even more viewers than Eurovision.
It is not available on UK terrestrial channels.
Here’s a couple of pictures to remind you of the good old days.
Miss World 2004
Miss World 2005