I went on a banana tour to a resort this last weekend and was so happy to see friends from my school and dear friends from other schools I don’t see often enough!
This will be a great resort when it is fully open. It was a soft opening so not all stores and restaurants were open. But to be able to walk on the beach, swim in pools, and be with friends it was a great weekend.
The infinity pool at the top is nice. A typhoon was off shore so the weather changed constantly.
I enjoyed the pool off of the beach even more.
Fresh watermelon juice just blended with no sugar.
There is a rock path that leads to a cliff pool. We walked the path but did not pay to enter the pool.
For dinner we bought beer and take our and ate in one of the rooms so we could have good conversations and company.
Some other pictures of walking around the beach.
The breakfast buffet was good! I especially liked the steamed buns. The purple taro ones had date filling inside. The black ones were chocolate with a nut filling. The rice rolls are a local specialty and have shredded cabbage inside.
The Nanhai Maritime silk road museum was interesting and they recovered many artifacts from the sunken ship. The ship sank in 1000 AD.
The maritime silk road connected China with the Middle East and Europe. It takes its name from ‘Nanhai’ – the South China Sea. The wreck is in exceptional condition as a container was placed around it under sea and a bottom added. They then lifted the whole thing out and excavation is now done in the museum where people can watch. Quite the undertaking. It is thought to contain 60,000 to 80,000 precious pieces of cargo, especially ceramics.
Outside the museum is another beach and local merchants.
