One of the things I like about China is the tendency to be modest, especially at beeches. Here's a scene from a warm, sunny day on the beautiful island of Hainan at a beach near Haikou on the north of the island. Beach attire was remarkably modest. OK, during the summer skirts tend to be too short for my tastes, but I don't think I've ever seen a Chinese woman with a bare midriff (though when it's hot, some of the men tend to role their shirts up, so we do have a midriff problem here). Overall, I'm pretty proud of China for relatively high standards of modesty. Here are a few more views of Hainan:

Fish therapy: this is a warm pool with lots of doctor fish that eat dead skin off feet. Shown below are a couple of feet being processed. Such a strange feeling. Made it hard not to giggle, it was so ticklish.

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