Mollycoddling for the muddled
<center><img align="center" border="0" id="598405" md5="" sourcedescription="编辑提供的本地文件" sourcename="本地文件" src="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/citylife/2007-10/17/../../images/attachement/jpg/site1/20071017/000802ab8018087fac3702.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 260px" title=""/></center><center></center><p style="MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px; TEXT-INDENT: -1.5pt">China's tropical island paradise Hainan Province is developing into an luxury, international resort destination, especially along the white sands of Yalong Bay.</p><p style="MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px; TEXT-INDENT: -1.5pt">If the people who own and build five-star hotels and airports are gamblers, they must be some of the best. Assuming they probably are, it's odds>China's tropical paradise island>Hainan is now rapidly becoming an exotic escape, a direct competitor to Thailand's Phuket and Indonesia's Bali.</p><p style="MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px; TEXT-INDENT: -1.5pt">Yalong Bay is an oasis of rarefied and manicured tranquility a safe 50-yuan (US$6.66) taxi away from the more ramshackle delights of Sanya itself. The area is also a bit weird, a sort of exotic "Truman Show" that could be practically anywhere in the world between the Tropics and by the sea. Elongated golf buggies shuttle back and forth carrying people wearing shorts with belt and pleats while little people in cute headgear tidy and tend.</p><p style="MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px; TEXT-INDENT: -1.5pt">For those seeking a cushioning from the real world for a while, and lets face it who doesn't every now and then, the Hilton Sanya Resort and Spa comfortably fits the bill. This is an oasis albeit with 500 rooms, three restaurants, a couple of bars, a number of pools and a long beach. Playing poolside most nights is the music of Oasis, that border="0"/></span> <span>1</span> <a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/citylife/2007-10/17/content_6182788_2.htm">2</a> <a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/citylife/2007-10/17/content_6182788_2.htm"><img src="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/citylife/2007-10/17/../../../image/contentnext.gif" border="0"/></a> <span><img src="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/citylife/2007-10/17/../../../image/contentprev.gif" border="0"/></span> <span>1</span> <a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/citylife/2007-10/17/content_6182788_2.htm">2</a> <a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/citylife/2007-10/17/content_6182788_2.htm"><img src="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/citylife/2007-10/17/../../../image/contentnext.gif" border="0"/></a> </center>