Enjoying Our Time on a Beach in Zhuhai, China

J was tired and was sleeping late today. We all were on holiday, so we took it easy and let him sleep till whenever he was ready. S. and I went to explore the neighbourhood ourselves and discovered many restaurants not too far from our hotel. One thing for sure, in China, there were no lack of eating places. We would always find eating places no matter where we went. We were happy to come across a Vietnamese restaurant. Having had Chinese, spicy good in particular in Yunnan for the past two weeks, we were ready to enjoy soemthing different and milder in taste. We went in the Vietnamese restaurnat and ordered something we were familiar with for lunch. Since it was after the rush lunch hour, the restaurant was not too busy and we had a good chat with the manager. He was very kind and we learnt from him more about the city of Zhuhai and the history of the area. It was always interesting talking to the local people and finding out more about them during our travels. By the time we took food back to J, it was well after 3pm. We took a cab to the famous Fish Girl statue and stayed around in the beach area. We were pleasantly surprised to discover a beautiful beach in Zhuhai as I didn't remember this part of the city at all when we visited here more than thirty years ago with our young children.

We were amazed at the clean beach, smooth and soft sand under our feet, beautifully and creatively designed new buildings in this area with majestic palm trees lining the streets along with some different Europen sculptures. It was nice and breezy as it was dusk and the sun was going down. There was no hot sun beating down on us and we were not sweating like pigs. We removed our shoes, laid on the beach enjoying this wonderful tropical moment in southern China. What a delightful beautiful scenery! Kids and their parents trying to fly their kites on the beach while other kids were trying to catch some small fish or toads in the shallow part of the water. Pretty girls posting for selfies while some young men vying for good angles to take their girlfriends' pictures. Instead of seeing the images of poor Chinese people in their deprived state from the main stream media, it was so refreshing to witness first hand that there were many Chinese people, families, young and old, enjoying lives with their loved ones just like we are here in North America! Father and son enjoyed their cold beer on a patio table outside an Italian restaurant along with many other visitors and locals to the beach. I was busy taking pictures of this beautiful waterfront area. Looking at the pictures I took and If I didn't tell you that this was in China, you would never be able to guess it! RT, Zhuhai, China 08232023