China Provinces Travel Pictures and Information 
Hainan, Guangxi Provinces of China
There are 23 China provinces counting Taiwan, which handles its own affairs. Large cities, like Beijing and Shanghai ,are treated like provinces of China, but in fact are municipalities.
Not until I traveled to south China provinces, to Guangxi China, a Special Autonomous Region (SAR) that borders Vietnam, and to Hainan province, the youngest of the Chinese provinces, located on its own island off China's south coast, did I get the feeling of being in a separate province, with different cultures and ethnic groups..
Hong Kong, although it is a large municipality, is not actually one of the provinces of China, but rather a Special Administrative Region (SAR), as is Macau. But no matter what the designation, traveling outside the large cities to the Chinese provinces adds a new dimension to any Chinese tour.
Nanning is the capital of Guangxi Zhuang; Haikou, the capital of Hainan province. I've posted a few pages of my pictures of Nanning, and nearby China attractions like the Guangxi Caves, and the Nanning zoo and parks.
See also my China Provinces travel story about a bus trip through Guangxi province from Nanning to Wuzhou, and a China tours story at Haikou Hainan. There's a very good movie about south China available - see it on Amazon The Children of Huang Shi
General Travel Times From To Hainan Province and Guangxi from other China Cities:
- From Beijing by air to Nanning Guangxi -- flying time is about 3.5 hours.
- From Beiijing by air to Hong Kong -- flying time is about 3.5 hours.
- From Hong Kong to Haikou, Hainan province - flying time is about 2 hours
- From Nanning by bus to Wuzhou -- driving time is about 8 hours
- From Wuzhou by bus to Guangzhou, Guangdong province - about 8 hours driving time
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