It may sound repetitive but indeed we started the day with a long breakfast with tons of fresh fruits. Honestly how could we skip it? Apparently today is the day "wear the same T-shirt" as we've seen many couples where the 2 would wear the same T-shirts. Hilarious!
Today we did not go to the beach right away. This time we went to explore the swimming pool first. The hotel has a crazy swimming pool for kids and a more simple one for adults where we could swim. A bit of exercise after 2 days of laziness is not bad.
Once the sun was out (it was cloudy again today and it took longer for the sun to pop out of the clouds) we headed for the beach. On the way we made a stop by the hammocks for a little rest, nicely bouncing and watching the sky through the palm trees. Life is hard :)
The rest of the day was pretty similar to the other ones, i.e. we enjoyed the beach alternating between tanning, swimming, watching people. We become very found of watching people and imagining their stories: where they are from, what they do in their lives, what the drama of the day is, etc. For example: there was this middle aged man with a young girl and we couldn't decide whether they were a couple or not, or this Russian man surrounded by Chinese girls although he is married, the women selling necklaces and bracelets on the beach through the day arguing so loud everybody can follow the discussion 25m away (at least if you speak Chinese)... Obviously we find ways to keep ourselves busy on the beach.
Once the sun was going down we went for a long walk along the beach, this time in the other directions. That was really nice to walk with your feet in the water and watch all the Chinese people who finally made it to the beach. Apparently 5-6pm is the peak time for them. By looking at the other hotels and their beaches we are now convinced that we picked the best hotel (well actually the travel agent did). Should you come to Sanya, Mangrove Tree resort is the place to stay.
Tonight we decided to stay at the hotek for dinner after the not so successful previous ones. We were in the mood for Thai so we had Thai. Fair enough it was Thai Chinese but food was good and location was great (except for the mosquitoes). Who wouldn't want to have dinner on a terrace?
To finish the day we had a drink at the hotel bar facing the sea. What a great day!
PS: I promise I'll post the pictures soon.
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