Huangyao ~ Breakfast of Champions with a large selection of food and all sorts of various ingredients near the river....

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Huangyao area cruising....

























While cruising the greater area was invited to join a wedding during the passing wedding party and the traditional Dragon Dance troupe tried very hard to drag me along.....

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Final dinner at Yangshuo "The Brew" (Austrian owned and managed), to satisfy that longing for a decent burger we all get after being on the road for certain amount of time ~ The Brew should be your only stop in Yangshuo....

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It was a sleepy village two decades ago, when foreign climbers and cavers began frequenting nearby formations. Today domestic tourists vastly outnumber foreign visitors as very common all over the motherland.

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Let's take a real quick last look at Yangshuo downtown, now full of bars, restaurants and huge developments going on, would I come back again, most probably not as rather remember the old images from days gone by ~ the great 90's in Red China.....























Took the evacuation route as per signs and departed quickly...

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Quick pit-stop over in Guangdong...Guangzhou (also known as Canton, and less commonly as Kwangchow) is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in South China.
Located on the Pearl River, about 120 km north-northwest of Hong Kong and 145 km north of Macau, Guangzhou serves as an important national transportation hub and trading port.
One of the five National Central Cities, it holds sub-provincial administrative status.

I by INAGIKU Japanese Restaurant @ Whotel Guangzhou = http://www.wguangzhou.com enjoying outstanding Japanese food during my Guangzhou stopover...

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After Yangshuo (Guangx)i and Guangzhou (Guangdong) going South ~ general direction a tropical island as in the past years for another Moonshine Run~ the island apparently free of any MCM (muppet-clown-moron) around this time of the year.... nuff said'....
Writing this ride report, It seems like ages since I got off the ferry in Haikou / Hainan Island (December 2015) to begin the second stage of the Winter 2015 "Shakedown Run".





From Haikou riding out to greater Chengmai county and beyond, cruising around Lingao, Houshui Bay, Lingaojiao (landing point of the China Liberation Army in Hainan) and along the coast line passing through fishing villages.





























Fushan ~ taste of earth, wind and fire..... Hainan coffee, as the locals say, tastes of earth, wind and fire. The secret lies in the local environment and processing methods that have been passed down through generations. Coffee arrived in Hainan in 1935 when Indonesian-Chinese Chen Xianzhang introduced robusta coffee to the Fushan area of Chengmai county.
With a latitude of 19 degrees north, Fushan has an annual average temperature of 23 C, sufficient sun, abundant rain and a red earth rich in minerals from volcanic ash, just like Hawaii, where kona coffee grows. The robusta thrived in this environment, evolving into a coffee with a unique fragrance.
Hainan coffee can be enjoyed with sugar or condensed milk, but the locals recommend it black with its fresh and earthy body. The last sip from the bottom of the cup can tantalize the taste buds with the flavor of earth, wind and fire. In my personal opinion as a coffee lover ~ Hainan coffee is like the classic espresso, but stronger and sometimes a tad to bitter....

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Longevity ~ people of Chengmai County live to an average of 77.79 years. Among the population are 215 centenarians. The proportion of centenarians compared to the rest of the county's population, and the overall number, ranks highest of all cities and counties in China.
Of the total 565,000 people living in the county, 18,500 are more than 80 years old, 896 of which are couples

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Chengmai County........

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Haikou Volcano Park and Meishe Volcanic village area 13,000 years ago, northern Hainan was the scene of extensive volcanic eruptions. The rich volcanic resources left by these eruptions gave the area its fertile soils, the strange shapes of its volcanic remnants, its lava caves, its valuable igneous rocks, and its abundant tropical ecology. This geologic event was critical in moulding the scenery and culture of the area today. Just to the south-west of Haikou City is a protected national geological and historical site several kilometers squared in size.
There are several points of interest here. The landscape is dotted with small volcanoes, there are 2 lava caves (the largest of which is 3 kilometers long), old villages built entirely from lava rock, and scenic terraced tropical farmland.

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Haikou Volcano Park and Meishe Volcanic village....

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what a incredible thread!

Cruising around greater Wenchang (Mencheong), a county-level city in the northeast of Hainan province, China. Although called a "city", Wenchang refers to a large land area in Hainan - an area which was once a county.
The urban center and the seat of government of Wenchang is officially known as "Wencheng Town", which is also colloquially referred to as Wenchang City.
Wenchang is the ancestral home of the Soong sisters: Soong Ching-ling, Soong Ai-ling, Soong Mei-ling and the birthplace of their father Charlie Soong.

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More pictures taken around Wenchang (Mencheong) in the northeast of Hainan province, China.....

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Tonggu Ridge near Wenchang provides an easy escape from the busy downtown of Wenchang and have a stunning view on the coastline of Hainan island covered by hundreds of thousands of coconut trees.
Located along the rugged coastline near Longlou Town, Tonggu Ridge stretches more than 20km with 18 peaks. Its main peak stands at 338 meters and is the highest point in east Hainan.

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Somewhere down the road in China since '89 ~ along the route I've learned the hard way that pleasing everyone is impossible, but pissing everybody off is a piece of cake....TBR