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Haikou is the capital of Hainan province. Hainan Island is the smallest province in China.
A pitaya or pitahaya is the fruit of several cactus species.<br/><br/> 'Pitaya' usually refers to fruit of the genus Stenocereus, while 'pitahaya' or 'dragon fruit' always refers to fruit of the genus Hylocereus.<br/><br/> Haikou is the capital of Hainan province. Hainan Island is the smallest province in China.
A pitaya or pitahaya is the fruit of several cactus species.<br/><br/> 'Pitaya' usually refers to fruit of the genus Stenocereus, while 'pitahaya' or 'dragon fruit' always refers to fruit of the genus Hylocereus.<br/><br/> Haikou is the capital of Hainan province. Hainan Island is the smallest province in China.
Haikou is the capital of Hainan province. Hainan Island is the smallest province in China.
Haikou is the capital of Hainan province. Hainan Island is the smallest province in China.
The coconut palm, or <i>Cocos nucifera</i>, is valued not just for its beauty, but also as a lucrative cash crop. Cultivated throughout the South Seas and Indian Ocean regions, it provides food, drink, shelter, transport, fuel, medicine, and even clothing for millions of people.<br/><br/> The coconut palm lives for around 60 years, and produces around 70-80 nuts annually. The trees are sometimes 40-50 meters (130-160 feet) high.<br/><br/> Haikou is the capital of Hainan province. Hainan Island is the smallest province in China.
Haikou is the capital of Hainan province. Hainan Island is the smallest province in China.
Haikou is the capital of Hainan province. Hainan Island is the smallest province in China.
Haikou is the capital of Hainan province. Hainan Island is the smallest province in China.
Haikou is the capital of Hainan province. Hainan Island is the smallest province in China.
Haikou is the capital of Hainan province. Hainan Island is the smallest province in China.
Haikou is the capital of Hainan province. Hainan Island is the smallest province in China.
A pitaya or pitahaya is the fruit of several cactus species.<br/><br/> 'Pitaya' usually refers to fruit of the genus Stenocereus, while 'pitahaya' or 'dragon fruit' always refers to fruit of the genus Hylocereus.<br/><br/> Haikou is the capital of Hainan province. Hainan Island is the smallest province in China.
The small but historic town of Hoi An is located on the Thu Bon River 30km (18 miles) south of Danang. During the time of the Nguyen Lords (1558 - 1777) and even under the first Nguyen Emperors, Hoi An - then known as Faifo - was an important port, visited regularly by shipping from Europe and all over the East.<br/><br/> By the late 19th Century the silting up of the Thu Bon River and the development of nearby Danang had combined to make Hoi An into a backwater. This obscurity saved the town from serious fighting during the wars with France and the USA, so that at the time of reunification in 1975 it was a forgotten and impoverished fishing port lost in a time warp.
Vietnam, (sometimes spelled Viet Nam), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam), is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by People's Republic of China (PRC) to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea, referred to as East Sea (Vietnamese: Biển Đông), to the east. With a population of over 89 million, Vietnam is the 13th most populous country in the world.
Carte Hydro-Geo-Graphique des Indes Orientales en deca et au dela du Gange avec leur Archipel Dressee et assujettie aux Observations Astronomiques, by cartographer Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795).<br/><br/> Bonne's 1771 map of Tonkin and the South China Sea / East Sea is important and controversial as it clearly shows Hainan Island (yellow outline) belonging to China and, more significantly, the Paracel Islands - currently disputed between China and Vietnam but occupied by the former - in green, as Vietnamese territory. The disputed Spratlys are not shown on the map.<br/><br/> In 1771 Tonkin was ruled by the Trinh Lords (1545-1787), specifically by the 10th Trinh Lord, Trịnh Sâm (Ruled 1767 - 1782 under the title Tinh Do Vương).
The small but historic town of Hoi An is located on the Thu Bon River 30km (18 miles) south of Danang. During the time of the Nguyen Lords (1558 - 1777) and even under the first Nguyen Emperors, Hoi An - then known as Faifo - was an important port, visited regularly by shipping from Europe and all over the East.<br/><br/> By the late 19th Century the silting up of the Thu Bon River and the development of nearby Danang had combined to make Hoi An into a backwater. This obscurity saved the town from serious fighting during the wars with France and the USA, so that at the time of reunification in 1975 it was a forgotten and impoverished fishing port lost in a time warp.
The small but historic town of Hoi An is located on the Thu Bon River 30km (18 miles) south of Danang. During the time of the Nguyen Lords (1558 - 1777) and even under the first Nguyen Emperors, Hoi An - then known as Faifo - was an important port, visited regularly by shipping from Europe and all over the East.<br/><br/> By the late 19th Century the silting up of the Thu Bon River and the development of nearby Danang had combined to make Hoi An into a backwater. This obscurity saved the town from serious fighting during the wars with France and the USA, so that at the time of reunification in 1975 it was a forgotten and impoverished fishing port lost in a time warp.
The small but historic town of Hoi An is located on the Thu Bon River 30km (18 miles) south of Danang. During the time of the Nguyen Lords (1558 - 1777) and even under the first Nguyen Emperors, Hoi An - then known as Faifo - was an important port, visited regularly by shipping from Europe and all over the East.<br/><br/> By the late 19th Century the silting up of the Thu Bon River and the development of nearby Danang had combined to make Hoi An into a backwater. This obscurity saved the town from serious fighting during the wars with France and the USA, so that at the time of reunification in 1975 it was a forgotten and impoverished fishing port lost in a time warp.
At the beginning of the 20th century Malay Street, together with contiguous Hylam and Bencoolen Streets, was notorious for its Japanese karayuki-san brothels. The area was known to its Japanese residents as Suteretsu or 'street'. The Japanese prostitution industry began to wind down after World War I under pressure from the Japanese authorities. The area comprised many dilapidated two storey shop houses, the last of which were demolished in the early 1980s. Today the old street is incorporated within Bugis Junction, a pedestrian shopping mall made up of three streets - Malabar Street, Malay Street and Hylam Street. The streets are the first in Singapore to be air-conditioned and are thus commonly refered to as 'indoor streets'.
Hailam Street (Hainan Street) was named for its majority Hainanese Chinese population, but at the beginning of the 20th century it was also notorious for its Japanese karayuki-san brothels. The area was known to its Japanese residents as Chuo Dori or 'central street'. The Japanese prostitution industry began to wind down after World War I under pressure from the Japanese authorities. The area comprised many dilapidated two storey shop houses, the last of which were demolished in the early 1980s. Today the old street is incorporated within Bugis Junction, a pedestrian shopping mall made up of three streets - Malabar Street, Malay Street and Hylam Street. The streets are the first in Singapore to be air-conditioned and are thus commonly refered to as 'indoor streets'.