The largest island in Fijian province, 5th largest in China. it’s where the East China Sea changes name to the South China Sea. The tour director calls our itinerary thee String of Pearls”, I feel we are seeing the best of China. Slums/ghetto housing has been nonexistent on our tour. We haven’t seen a homeless person. The boat is staffed by all China crew and the trip leaders/guides have been trained in China. So….., I’m guessing that we are getting a sanitized view of China. The guides all seem very proud of what China has accomplished since 1995, and they should be. What we see is big cities that are spotless, fairly quiet, and air quality is much improved from my one trip to Canton/Guangshou back in 2005.
There isn’t any sand, just big and bigger rocks. We saw a young family and the two children , about two years old, had their buckets and shovels and were trying to “dig” in the solid rocks.
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