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Xing Xing village at the coast (Xinggehai Salt Field), short swim over to Vietnam from here, roughly 400k's….



















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Wall art (propaganda) along the National Road G225 back down to Sanya from the Long Mu Bay area….







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Sanya Bay viewed from a hill top near "End of the World (Tian Ya Hai Jiao)" on the way back to Sanya town as business calls.....









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Jialing gets a well deserved oil and filter change at the Sanya downtown authorised Jialing service centre (see post #5 in this thread). Oilfilter shows three little metal flecks, nothing to worrie about.
Before someone asks, my replacement battery arrived by truck from Shanghai a couple of days ago (Jialing LZD and Xiao Fan shipped the battery) but keeping the smaller one installed as of today have not encountered any problems so far…..









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Sanya Bay has a heli tour operation now, 1600RMB for 10 min. for a single person (seats 4 incl. pilot), they have two helicopters stationed there. watched the black one taking off and had to laugh as the pilot put on his white gloves like the taxi drivers we have in the cities like Shanghai / Beijing....

side-note: I have the business card of the Sanya Bay heli tour operation in case anyone needs the contact details.

ps: one of my Sanya contacts mention the other day rental Ferrari / Lamborghini supercars are available for 20000-25000 RMB per day (self-driven) in Sanya as well. Shall double check and report back once I have more details available….









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Took the long way around via Yanoda Forest Park, Wushishan, Lingshui to Haitang Bay, great trail riding and good scenery along the way.









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As the saying goes "China has an island called Hainan - Hainan has an island called Wuzhizhou".....
Wuzhizhou Island in the background seen from Haitang Plaza out at Haitang Bay.









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Fishing boats near the Wuzhizhou ferry pier….











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A monument at the back of Haitang Bay set against some mountains….





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Roadside shrines for good luck and herewith temporarily stopping the Sanya - Hainan ride report as my Jialing JH600 ADV cruiser has been washed & cleaned, Ctek battery charger plugged in and bike is securely stored as I am on my way back up to Shanghai right now, unfortunately by plane.
4+ weeks road trip (6000+k's) went by in a flash but the next bike rides are currently in the final planning stages.











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Heading out to the seaside out at Nanhui district / Pudong (Shanghai / China) to test the newly installed Ohlins Suspension Control Unit (SCU).





Stop at Dishui Lake and the new Shanghai Maritime Museum and just down the road one of the concrete aircraft carriers we have in the Shanghai region.











Some floats for the Shanghai Tourism Festival during the National October Holidays 1-7th.October.





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Educational wall graffiti spotted during yesterdays Qingpu / Shanghai run to Taihu Lake in Jiangsu province.....











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Nice run out to visit a mate in Ye Olde England, well ~ did not get to ride to Europe from China just yet, the place is Thames Town in one of the suburbs of Shanghai called Songjiang.....
Web-links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Town and http://www.thamestown.com













































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Autum weekend ride to a little water-town called Zhujiajiao just beside the G318 HuQiping Highway in Qingpu district (Shanghai): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhujiajiao

















































Starbucks opened a few weeks ago in Zhujiajiao Water-Town……



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Zhujiajiao Water-Town food incl. seafood, frogs, pork knuckle, fried tofu, etc….

































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