The hotel’s cafés. The hotel has 2 cafés: one for guests’ breakfast and dinner, and another across the road on the beach. We had breakfast in the first one; the breakfasts were all the same, and I described them in my previous article about the hotel. We didn’t take dinners, but the guys we met... » read more
Airport – customs – plane. We flew with a connection in the UAE. On the Kyiv – UAE leg, not only were we not offered any food (the total flight time was about 10 hours), we weren’t even offered plain water (water on board for ordinary people cost money…). After changing to the second plane... » read more
When you arrive at the airport in Sanya, China, and get off the plane, don’t rush ahead through the security frames. To the left of the entrance there are machines you need to go to, have your fingerprints taken, get a slip of paper, and only then move on. I was lucky: I knew this... » read more
You can read about the excursions in a brochure (without prices) that you’ll be given on the bus from the airport. Then it’s up to you: you can go on excursions on your own by taxi or bus; you can go through the agencies you’ll find on the streets — there are plenty of them,... » read more
Let’s start with the tasty part — the food. As I said in my previous article about the hotel, it’s better to take breakfast only at the hotel; breakfast will be enough to keep you from getting hungry until the countless little cafés start opening. There are plenty of cafés and restaurants, but not everywhere... » read more
I travelled alone, in October 2019. I chose the BARRY BOUTIQUE 5* hotel because it was in the centre of the Dadonghai district. It’s a tall hotel of 36 floors: the 1st floor is a lobby where the hotel guides sit, and there are also 3 lifts there. Floors 2–4 are given over to shops,... » read more