Haikou Banana Hostel

After the success of the first event, our friends over at surfinghainan.com are holding the Second Surfing Hainan Open.

Venue: Riyuewan, Hainan
Date: November 6th, 7th and 8th, 2009

 Check out their website for full details:

http://www.surfinghainanopen.com/

Here is a list of the local government organised activities in Haikou over the October Holiday period.

1."Beautiful Hainan" Art Exhibition, 09:00-17:00 September 28-October 4, Haikou People's Art Museum (No.1,Second West Road (Er Xi Lu), Haidian Dao).

2.Real Estate Fair, 09:00-18:00 September 30-October 2, Haikou Exhibition Center (Binhai Avenue, on the west to Evergreen Park).

3.Painting, Calligraphy and Photo Exhibition, 09:00-17:00 September 30-October 4, Hainan Painting Gallery (No.3, Garden Road(Gong Yuan Lu)).

4.Festoon Lights Exhibition, September 30-October 30, Evergreen Park.

5.People's Celebration Party, 17:00-18:00 September 30, Evergreen Park.

6.Garden Party, 17:00-18:30 on September 30 and 09:00-11:30 from October 1-7, Evergreen Park.

7.Fireworks Party, 20:30-21:00 September 30, Evergreen Park.

8.Folklore Performance, 20:00-22:00 October 1-2, Evergreen Park.

9.Square Performance, 20:00-21:30 October 1-3, Yixin Square, Mingzhu Square, Nanya Square and RT-MART Square in Guoxing Avenue.

Haikou's 3rd annual hot air balloon festival begins on June 15 2009. There will be 25 teams competing. The balloons take off from Wanlu Yuan (Evergreen Park) on Binhai Road.

Here is a link to some pictutes:

http://english.sina.com/life/p/2009/0611/247839.html

A tour of the Hainan Asia Pacific Brewery in Haikou.

Date: 20 June 2009

Time:  3.30pm to 8.00pm

Price: 50 RMB including transport, beer, and pizza.