Hainan Island - Gem of Southern China
Picture Hawaii without skyscrapers, a winter Florida without congested highways, California without the smog and Mexico's Cancun with more exotic culture. You must see it to believe it!
Picture Hawaii in the days before developers reached its tranquil shores, and you will have an image of beautiful, unspoiled seaside paradise under the sun, surrounded by blue water, a vacation oasis in the warm and inviting South China Sea.
Hainan's tropical climate yields an abundance of tropical crops like coconuts, pepper, coffee, tea and rubber. Hainan coffee producers have been trying to let more people know of its products, because all gourmet coffee connossaire agree that Hainan coffee rivals its Columbia brother.
A variety of fruits find their home in Hainan. 2 billion pounds of bannanas every year.
Hainan is also the home to a variety of Chinese medicinal herbs. Plus its hot springs all over the island, Hainan offers health conscious travelers a unique chance to exercise (on the mountains) and relax.
Hainan is also full of history. In ancient
China, exiled poets, artists find their home on this island. Temples,
memorials have been built in their honor where one can trace back more
than 2000 years.