Sanya Bay Tianfuyuan Resort

Read other reviews and was skeptical at first to book a room here, but worked out fine. I am American and wife is Chinese. If it wasn't for her (ability to speak Chinese) I think it would be difficult to stay and enjoy the island. The hotel tells you there are no taxis and you need to take their cars/drivers, but out the back street there are taxis and busses. The busses to town cost 2-5 RMB depending how far you go. The hotel tells you there are no taxis to the airport and their cars are 100RMB, but we went out back and took taxi to airport for 21RMB. We never ate at the restaurants in the hotel. Cost for breakfast at hotel is 95RMB per person. We took the buss to Haipo (10 minutes and 2RMB) and filled up in the local eateries for about 16RMB per person. The pool and beach are nice. The room is spacious and the sheets and towels clean every day, but don't look too close in the corners of the room or the grout in the shower walls. The mildew in the shower was way below American standards, but I would say in general, everything is dirtier in China (unfortunately). Well., they just have different standards and customs, so I don't want to knock that. They drive differently, eat differently, and clean differently. We are all different, and I accept that. There is little to no English spoken pretty much everywhere we went. There were maybe a dozen "foreigners" around the hotel, I think all from the former Soviet Union. Our room was overlooking the airport/mpuntains. Had a nice balcony, but it wasn't truely private...easy for the next door neighbor to step over to our balcony. There was a safe in the room, but it wasn't bolted down. We got the cheapest room (about $55 USD per night) and had 2 beds which were larger than an American twin bed, but smaller than a double bed. Never saw a bed that size. Wife and I slept on one bed together, which was very cozy, but it worked. I would do it again in a heartbeat and have great memories of staying and enjoying Sanya.