Sanya / Hainan Island

The Salt Field (Incun - Yinggehai at Hainan West Coast facing Vietnam) going on forever....
Located in the south-western seashore of Ledong County, the salt field is one of its largest kinds in Hainan and has long been a famous fishery production base. The beach here slopes gently and the sand on it is fine and white and soft to feel. Established in 1985, the salt field covers an area of 38 km2. As the ridges of Jianfengling block the way of north wind, cloud and rain, the salt field exposes to the scorching sun all year round and the seawater here is the saltiest in the world. Sun and high salinity in seawater are the advantages that this salt field enjoys as a quality salt producer.

Salt Field (Yinggehai)...

Trail riding around the mountains between Dongfang / Longmu Bay...

Native burial sites are scattered everywhere in the mountains and beside the roads, ranging from just sandy mounts to all decked out graves...

Brickworks in the mountains, always enjoy looking at this kind of things and manufacturing in general.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brick

more brickworks....

Vegetable trading near Foluo, mate says frequently police is heavily involved as fights break out as its quite common that the scales are rigged, TIC at its best.....

veggie trading....

Next stop up the West Coast = Dongfang with Basuo Port (large port with seafood trading / trawlers) and the first KFC I have come across on the West Coast and outside of Haikou / Sanya.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dongfang,_Hainan

Basuo had the POW Camp Hasho, [Basuo Town] on the west coast of Hainan Island during WW2 with Australian and Dutch prisoners.
http://www.awm.gov.au/exhibitions/st...2/japan/ambon/
http://www.mansell.com/pow_resources/hainan.html
http://www.eckert.id.au/docs/tompledger.pdf

They still have a prison outside of town today and the prison has huge greenhouses behind to keep the inmates busy I guess, not shown in the prison pics......

After Dongfang cruised up further North to Qizi Bay, unspoilt beach area but who knows what the future brings to this beach...