Shopping, Five Officials Temple, Qi Lou Old Town

August 12^th First port of call this morning was breakfast of course and I can happily say that we were all pleased with what was on offer. The only thing missing was baked beans and marmalade but that was no big deal in view of the spread.

Once we were sated then it was time for shopping. Our guests’ suitcases were still missing so additional T-shirts and shorts were needed. I decided that the best way to go was RT Supermarket, everything under one roof and cheap enough. We were successful and got everything we needed.

From there we went to the “Five Official’s Temple.

As usual, loads of photos were taken there, here’s one of the ‘five officials’.

A lot more photos can be found in the album by following this link.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/grnuSF6MqzjjoZzj9

From there it was on to Qi Lou old town, with the SatNav getting us almost there and then us remembering the underground car park. The pedestrian street wasn’t too crowded today, I guess the weather may have been just a little hot!

Some of the locals were out and about though, here’s Chris nursing his hand which he burnt touching the ‘hot woman’s knee’, and then a couple of guys chatting over tea.

Before heading back to the hotel we ate in the food court above the underground car park, quite a nice place, lots of choice and I even managed to get a cupful of ice for my coke. Now we are a long way south in Hainan but the ‘Beijing Bikini’ can still be seen here, and by the looks of this guy, it is not anything new!

In the hotel we chose the ‘Western’ restaurant this evening and it wasn’t too bad at all. I wouldn’t exactly call it ‘Western’ but it did cater to Western tastes and for the four of us it was less than ¥500.00 and an extra ¥60.00 gave us all the beer we could drink! We all ate too much and had more than enough to drink as well! The ladies went and stuck their feet in the “Flesh Eating Fish Pool” after dinner; us boys gave it a miss. I quite like it myself but I prefer the whole body thing and a bit more time, it was almost time to close for the night. Some good news from the airport, Chris and Amber’s suitcases have been located and should be on a plane to Haikou tomorrow. Let’s hope that’s the case.