{"id":887,"date":"2013-12-18T04:52:23","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T21:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/?p=887"},"modified":"2013-12-20T10:34:45","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T03:34:45","slug":"sanya-sunday-121513","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/?p=887","title":{"rendered":"Sanya Sunday, 12\/15\/13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m so busy being lazy today, it\u2019s hard to write.\u00a0 We woke up late, of course, and eventually made our way down to breakfast.\u00a0 I\u2019ve made a friend of the assistant manager in the cafe.\u00a0 He speaks English fairly well, and formerly worked at the Grand Hyatt in Beijing.\u00a0 He is from, Kyrgyzstan, a former Russian republic, but now there is a US air force base there.\u00a0 He talked about trying to qualify for the crowd to see Hillary Clinton when she visited two years ago.\u00a0 He said he passed the initial interviews, but didn\u2019t make it past round two.\u00a0 He looks Chinese, but Russian is his native tongue.\u00a0 That\u2019s why he\u2019s in Sanya.\u00a0 This area is a big vacation spot for Russians.\u00a0 Most of the signs are Mandarin or Russian, and occasionally English.\u00a0 We\u2019ve been handed Russian menus several times.\u00a0 We\u2019ve seen several Russians in our resort and out on the beach.\u00a0 There are Russian items on the buffets, and menus.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_886\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Sanya16.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-886\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-886\" alt=\"Sanya16\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Sanya16-224x300.jpg\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Sanya16-224x300.jpg 224w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Sanya16-764x1024.jpg 764w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Sanya16-624x835.jpg 624w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Sanya16.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Can&#8217;t have a &#8220;tree lighting&#8221; without a lighted tree. I forgot to put this one in yesterday.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">I spent some time in the Jacuzzi complex (8 of them linked together by small lagoons).\u00a0 Judy headed out to the beach for some relaxation.\u00a0 It was overcast when she went out, but the sun came out while she was napping, and now she has mild sunburn on her legs.\u00a0 The temp today got up to 75\u00b0.\u00a0 It\u2019s a welcome change from Beijing.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_881\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Sanya11.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-881\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-881\" alt=\"Sanya11\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Sanya11-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Sanya11-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Sanya11-1024x764.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Sanya11-624x466.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Working hard on the beach<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_883\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Sanya13.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-883\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-883\" alt=\"Sanya13\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Sanya13-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Sanya13-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Sanya13-1024x764.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Sanya13-624x466.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Watch out for the Jelly FLSH?<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_884\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Sanya14.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-884\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-884\" alt=\"Sanya14\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Sanya14-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Sanya14-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Sanya14-1024x764.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Sanya14-624x466.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How about a shell?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">I think I forgot to mention Judy\u2019s massage yesterday.\u00a0 She had been craving one for months, but had no time in Beijing.\u00a0 She enjoyed a 90-minute Chinese massage with all the amenities expected at a Marriott.\u00a0 85 minutes of it was luxurious, and 5 minutes of it were spent solving what the masseuse thought was a tightness in her shoulders.\u00a0 She\u2019s going to be sore for several days.\u00a0 Thankfully we packed plenty of ibuprofen.\u00a0 Sunburn and massage soreness, are just a few of the hardships we\u2019re faced with, along with eating too much at the buffets.\u00a0 Man, this vacation thing is hard work!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_885\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Sanya15.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-885\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-885\" alt=\"Sanya15\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Sanya15-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Sanya15-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Sanya15-1024x764.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Sanya15-624x466.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-885\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking back at the hotel from the beach.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m so busy being lazy today, it\u2019s hard to write.\u00a0 We woke up late, of course, and eventually made our way down to breakfast.\u00a0 I\u2019ve made a friend of the assistant manager in the cafe.\u00a0 He speaks English fairly well, &hellip; 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