China's tropical paradise

 Beautiful Sanya is a beach town at China's southernmost point.

 Towel art in our hotel room.

 Locals gather to dance every evening at Sanya Bay.

 Traditional Chinese medicine.

 Face changing is a traditional Chinese performance, masks are changed at the blink of an eye.

 Female street cleaner.

 Above 4 photos -- locals at Sanya Bay.

 I snapped this shot at Nanshan Temple, a huge temple complex about 45 minutes by taxi from Sanya.

 Above 2 photos -- dancers at Sanya Bay.

58th birthday, getting ready to head back to Beijing.

Guam

 Though it's a US territory, Guam is fairly close to Japan (about a 3.5 hour flight from Tokyo).  There are many Japanese and Korean  tourists here, and not a lot of American tourists.

 We did a morning island tour, which took a couple of hours. About 30 miles long, the island's located in Micronesia.

 Coconut seller, south Guam.

Our tour included a demonstration on making coconut oil and coconut candy.

A local demonstrating how to grate coconut.

Ancient kiln, south Guam.

The resorts, restaurants, high-end shops, etc. are all clustered at beautiful Tumon Bay, on the coast of the Philippine Sea.

Christmas is coming, Reef Hotel, Tumon Bay.

At Fisheye you can dive, snorkel, visit the offshore underwater observatory.

I also saw blacktip sharks when snorkeling in Malaysia.

Heading out for a dolphin watching tour. We saw quite a few spinner dolphins.

Once a week on Guam there's a busy night market that includes grilled foods, local handicrafts, music, dancing.