Sanya Expat

Iron Man China is back to Hainan Island for this year's annual big event in Haikou. They call it "Asia's Ultimate Endurance Experience" and I understand that our local boy Brendan, founder of Surfing Hainan will be competing; sans surfboard we assume

On Thursday evening, Coffee World is hosting a mixer for the athletes and fans. Please do join us. Hope to see you there!

Cheers, M

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Apologies for last week's technical difficulties; we are back this week at the regularly scheduled time - Tuesday 8pm Beijing Time / Monday 8pm PST. Just go to the Grassroots Talks Radio website and player at the links below

Back to back on Monday evening starting at 8pm til 10pm PST / Tuesday Noon - 2pm Beijing time

Grassroots Talks Money, Health, Culture, China with Mario Cavolo - Monday 8pm - 10pm PST / Noon - 2pm Beijing time (+15 hours)
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This Wednesday, February 3rd, 8pm at Hai Kou Ren Min Da Hui Tang (Convention Center on Bin Hai Da Dao)
Hainan Concert Event Chinese Website: 2010 New Years Thanksgiving Concert

This Chinese New Year Concert event will feature Chinese Folk Performers and Dancers together with Mario Cavolo on piano, performing a variety of international and Chinese songs. Mario will also play several American standard and jazz Broadway show tunes. From April to December 2009 Mario was the house pianist at Mandarin Oriental's MO Blues Lounge in Sanya.

Ticket cost: 80rmb to 280rmb

This past weekend, volunteers from gaming company Yeh for Games, Inc. teamed up with the Ritz Carlton Sanya for a fun and educational family event supporting protection of the endangered sea turtles in the region. Seaturtles911 is the non-profit organization whose efforts are focused in China on the Hainan Island coastal regions, home to the critically endangered Hawksbill Sea Turtle and the endangered Green Sea Turtle. Continue to page 2 for the story and more photos on this fun and important event in Sanya.

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CHRISTMAS MENU - Main Course Dinner Plate plus Cold Dish Buffet - only 159rmb

Christmas Main Course Dinner Plate
Roasted Turkey with Gravy
Honey Ham with Cranberry Sauce
Home Made Stuffing
Roasted Garlic Mashed Potato
Sweet Potato
Seasonal Vegetables

Cold Buffet
Mixed Green Salad with oil and Vinegar and Cajun Romulade
Vegetable Crudite with dipping sauces
Home Made Hummus, Marinated Mushrooms w/ Tomato, Eggplant
Variety of Bread Rolls
Steamed Shrimp with Dipping Sauce
Fresh Tropical Fruits
Mixed Home Made Dessert Plate

Date: December 24th & 25th, Time: 11:00 (am) – 9:00 (pm)
Location: Lan Hai Hua Yuan, Sanya Wan Lu corner Jin Ji Ling Lu
Tel: 0898-8839-1046
NO Reservations/First Come First Serve

I'm a few days late reporting on the annual Hainan Cycling Race due to traveling this past week on a five city tour for other events; speaking last Wednesday at the Shanghai Health Conference 2009 in Lu Jia Zui and then on to my Autumn piano concert tour in Zhoushan, Guangzhou and Ningbo....nice to finally get back home to catch everyone up on happenings here in Sanya...the above photo shows us Korea's Park Seon Ho passing the finish line first at the end of the fifth stage of the 2009 Tour of Hainan International Road Cycling Race in Chengmai, south China's Hainan Province, Nov. 15, 2009. Park won this stage with a time of 3 hours 31 minutes and 21 seconds. Cheers, M

SANYA, South China, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Twenty teams will compete in the Tour of Hainan International Road Cycling Race, slated for Nov. 11 to 19, organizers said here on Tuesday.
A total of 140 athletes from the twenty teams including UCI continental professional teams, continental teams, national teams and regional teams will compete for the total prize money of 250,000 U.S. dollars. Among the participating international teams, nine are...

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