Visit to the South China Coast with Qing....(part 6) Beaches

BEACHES

We live in Chongqing, which is about the same latitude as Texas.  

But, due to the geography and the elevation, it is not as warm as Texas is during the winter.  It never snows here at all, but it does get cold enough that we greatly enjoyed our winter holiday trip to the beaches of South China, as a nice break from wearing 5 layers of clothing in Chongqing!

The sea seemed cleaner than we had expected, though most of the beaches were strewn with trash.  We always love the

WAVE   ACTION.

Qing met a great bunch of college students (on winter break) who were camping on a beach, and they invited us all to join them for a campfire, singing, drinks, and lively talk.  FUN kids!

Dusk, on the beach

Thoughtful Melody, now 9 years old

All of us

Morning dance, with Qing's Mom

Qing is really good at negotiating hotel and guest-house prices.  This is one that she booked for $12 (U.S.) per room, per night.  Good job, girl!

This was the main entrance to our guest house, another night.  Notice the guard dog out front.

Brand new guest house on Weizhou Island, 
in the 
Gulf of Tonkin:

Adorable neighborhood kids, fascinated by "foreigners"

Click here to see the kids play with Grandpa Chris.

Another old, historic,  
Catholic church:






This church actually had the "stations of the cross" still posted on its walls, and a couple of statues of Christ, letting us know that this island hasn't been "part of China" for all that long.  

We experienced some great sunsets on the beach.

Another beach 

light-house:

There was a trail through a geologic park on Weizhou Island, 

which is obviously 
volcanic. 

Chris liked this statue for its  representation of  ancient geologic events.

Young, cute, Chinese girls on the beach......in sharp contrast to the girls in bikinis on the beaches of Brazil, or the topless girls on the beaches of Greece.

Chinese beach shoes

Beach-front property

Sea-food for sale