Sanya ( 06-08-14 )

Sanya is the destination of every visitor to the island. Though relics at the westerly town of Yazhou prove that the area has been settled for close on a thousand years, Sanya(三亚) city itself is entirely modern, maintained as a scruffy tourist centre, fishing port and naval base for monitoring events in the South China Sea. What pulls in the crowds - including increasing numbers of Russian and Korean visitors - are the surrounding sights, especially easterly Dadonghai beach , one of the few ...