Yes, we are at Haikou on Hainan Island. Home of the C0mMiEs real estate bubble of 2010. You are limited to buy ONLY 5 apartment units at once. Really. We are not here to be part of the real estate bubble; we are here for the China iron-man race like we had done two years ago. This will be the last time we participate in this race. Not a really nice place to visit. Infrastructure bad, taxi drivers complain all the time and want more fare than the meter, hard to get taxis, taxis all beat up, traffic messes everywhere, overall, not a good place. People are poor here and yet we are in this 6-star Chinese hotel secluded from the outside with a beautiful beach and all. I estimate the cost of all the bikes combined at this race is slightly less than CAD 600K.
Here are some pictures I took this morning during the swim course practice. You see the iron-wife's race bike. The starting gate of the swim event. The cleaning crew swiping up all the garbage along the race course by the water. And yes, you see the garbage "truck".
Temperature is expected to be in the 30's. Sunny. And there is no shade. Forgot my cap. I'll be a bit sunburn with my sunglasses by the end of the day. Iron-wife starts at 7am. Hopefully she will be finished by 4pm.
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