Jumping in Sanya's "Tropical Paradise"

After our crazy days in Beijing, our plan was to go to Shanghai for the World Expo. We wanted to claim to the world that we had traveled from Paris to Shanghai by train!

But the first week of October was a National Holiday week for China, and 1.2 billion Chinese were traveling that week. We couldn't find any train from Beijing to Shanghai (except for accepting a 30-hour ride standing in the restaurant carriage, as there were no seats left elsewhere... no thank you).

We didn't like the option of taking a direct flight to Shanghai. If we had to fly, we preferred to look for a fancy destination before going to Shanghai. We ended up finding a good deal to go to Sanya and stay in a top-notch Hilton hotel.

Sanya is at the south of Hainan Island, south of China, and is located under the tropics. Pictures we found on the web sounded promising: palm trees, long white-sand beaches, luxurious spa-resorts by the sea. A real tropical paradise.

What we forgot to do, though, was check the weather. When we arrived in Sanya, we discovered it the hard way. The island was experiencing its worst floods in the last 50 years!

So we enjoyed the hotel, with some bed jumps (and some amazing massages, and some amazing food and cocktails).

It wasn't that bad because, even though it rained A LOT, it was so hot that we had no problem going for a swim in the sea or the numerous swimming pools. One of the pools had a restaurant. Have you ever eaten a hamburger while standing on a stool in a pool? That's awesome.

Overall, it was a great and relaxing weekend.