Movie Town, Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park

August 13th Breakfast was even better today, there were baked beans! After that we went off to Movie Town, which is a bit like a theme park I suppose. It’s not complete yet but what was there wasn’t too bad. Here’s the map.

I was just a teeny weeny bit disappointed though, there were too many ‘souvenir shops’ inside the old shop fronts, only a handful had their old interiors. It would also have been nice to see people in period costumes walking around and also to have been able to buy more movie related souvenir stuff. However, don’t let me put you off, it is worth a visit and we all enjoyed it. The other three all had KFC and I partook of an ice cream mixed in with an iced latte, not a bad lunch at all. You can find a lot more photos in the ‘Movie Town’ album, as well as the brochure and details of how to get there.
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While we there good news came from afar, well from my telephone anyway. The ‘missing luggage’ had arrived in Haikou which made for two very happy souls! We passed by the airport on the way back to the hotel and collected them with no hassle at all. Good job done by ‘Scoot Airlines’.

After a relaxing afternoon for our guests, but not for us, (Huan doing ironing and me doing photos), we went out ready to hail a cab to take us into Haikou for dinner. We took the waiting opportunity to have our photos taken in the wedding car.

The taxi took us all the way to where we wanted to go without any problems whatsoever which although not surprising for Chris and Amber did surprise Huan and I a little. Our destination was the Chimac bar and restaurant where we met Jake and Rachel, Patrick and Flora and of course Padraig. A nice evening was had by all and yet again I would heartily recommend anyone who is visiting Hainan to pay this place a visit. The food is exceptional!

Another taxi took us back to the hotel, this time by a route that I remembered, and we were safely tucked up in our beds before half past eleven, hopefully, to enjoy a good sleep.

August 14^th We were all up reasonably early this morning, well early for a holiday day anyway, so that we could be on the road quickly after breakfast. No baked beans today but I still enjoyed an ‘almost full English’!

Today’s destination was Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park, which took us a little longer than necessary because the signs to it disappeared as we got closer. However, we got there, did the walking safari first and the drive through second. It’s well worth a visit.

Unusually for this kind of park there are plenty of places to stop for refreshments and bathroom breaks should you need them. The walking safari had plenty of places where you can feed the animals too without paying extortionate prices. Children will definitely enjoy their visit and I have to say that we all enjoyed it too. You can find the photos here with the brochure and more details: -
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On the way back to the hotel we stopped at a roadside eatery where we ate pork, goose, fried rice and sweet potato leaves. It was very tasty and I think we all ate too much. Huan also found the well out the back, here’s me having a go.

Once back at the hotel we visited what they call the ‘petting zoo’, where it appears that no petting is allowed. Still it gave us some more photos, don’t forget to check the hotel album. In our room, I tried to keep Huan away from washing and ironing but I failed. However, she did manage to get forty minutes in the pool outside our room while I was still busy with photos.

For our last night here, having already had Chinese for lunch we went to the western restaurant again. A mistake was made with one of the orders but the staff did offer free food in lieu so no real worries. Today I managed to take some photos of the restaurant; you can find them in the hotel album too.