Holiday Reflection (Ying Chen Fei)

Last December holidays, I went to HaiNan China with my family. As my grandparents live there, we went there often to for vacations and to visit them. Hainan's climate is tropical, characterised by hot and humid summers, usually with mild, pleasant winters of 19-25°C. However, particularly last year, there was snowing in the neighborhood province KunMing  hence the temperature in HaiNan also fell. When we reached, the temperature was as usual but after a few days, the temperature began to drop to 7-11°C. We were totally unprepared. We did not even bring enough winter clothes and borrowed clothes from my grandparents. For the rest of the trip, I just stayed at home, doing homework in the morning and playing table tennis in the afternoon. There was also a swimming pool that we could swim in but the weather was too cold. There was also a beach a stone's throw away. It takes 5-10 minutes to walk there and we go there almost everyday. HaiNan's specialty is coconuts. Therefore, there were coconut trees everywhere and a lot of people selling them. Coconuts were sold cheaply at 5 yuan for one. After you have ordered, they will cut a hole for you to drink the juice inside. It was thirst quenching and refreshing. I had fun with my family and thoroughly enjoyed the trip.