SIFTING THE SAND ON HAINAN ISLAND CHINA

While luxuriating on the beaches of Da Dong Hai and Yalong on Hainan Island, I saw workers from the hotels come to the beach daily with a screen the size of a medium window frame, and a shovel. They would shovel the first thin layer of beach sand and toss it into the screen sifting the debris. Meter by meter, they sifted the whole length of the beach.

Their beaches are immaculate; uncomparable even to Hawaii.

Typhoon Season in Hainan China

July through October is typhoon season in Hainan China. In Sept of this year the worst typhoon in 32 years struck Hainan like a flash. It was not pleasant, although not as severe as hurrican Hugo, Sept. 17, 1989.

I have suffered through both. Still, the first choice is to get out, and as a tourist coming to Hainan, my advice is to avoid this season.