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Hainan is big and there are lots of parts I like, but as this is just one day I'll keep it all focused down south.
Starting in beachside Dadonghai, a perfectly reasonable top day could involve just lolling about on the sand, playing golf or diving in Yalong Bay. But I really like them there hills on the horizon so I'll set off early on a rented motorbike and head for Wuzhishan.
It's a long ride that gets more interesting the further you go and the higher you climb, but I'll head straight to Wuzhishan and straight up to the impressive university. They don't see too many tourists around here and it won't take long to find an English student willing to come exploring the local Li and Miao (Hmong) villages with me.
With the aid of my student translator, the villagers are a lot of fun and we'll probably end up being invited to eat an early lunch and drink copious amounts of rice wine with them. Lunch over, I'll drop my student back in Wuzhishan and head back to Dadonghai to chill out on the beach in preparation for the evening.
The evening starts about when a couple of friends and I take a taxi into Sanya's Number One Market. Stalls in this street market flog everything from pencils to pantyhose via gaudy Hainan shirts, but it's the seafood restaurants on the footpaths we're here for. Knowing my friends, the meal will likely be followed by a bottle of baijiu (potent local spirit) and if that can't get you swinging, nothing can.
Suitably primed, we'll wander over to Be There or Be Square for a spot of dancing in this mainly Chinese club, before finishing off the night in Dadonghai's Rainbow.
Author: Andrew Burke
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