I decided to walk to the beach, some 6 1/2 kilometres from my hotel. Walk ways are good, but still you have to contend with the motorbikes who see it as another road. There is always plenty to distract along the way, walking past the port area and massive developments on the other side of Binhai Ave. seeing water was a relief and I looked forward to the swim. Reaching the beach however, a problem was posed, there is nowhere to change. Mmmmm, oh there was the toilet block up on the foreshore, but that stunk to high heaven and was filthy. So a hasty change was necessary near some walls out of view of anyone else and again after the swim. It's a nice beach, good view back to the city of Haikou! the water is not very clean but it was pleasant enough.They have to work on the cleanliness of the toilets though