Tag: Hainan
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Whoa, check out these photos of a beach in Hainan island in China that was completely trashed by beachgoers following Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations. According to citizens, the cleanup racked up 50 tons of garbage. HOW PACKED WAS THIS BEACH?!

Photographer Rachel Lim dives into the phenomenon of modern China and the sudden surge in citizens taking vacations in Hawaii-like destinations like Hainan. The sheer number of visitors to these once-pristine locations in China has turned them into polluted wonderlands of sorts, with businessmen trying to set up get-rich-quick-schemes for tourists lending their hand in [...]

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Take a look at this amazing Bicycle Club Pavilion designed by NL Architects. The structure is a velodrome that sits atop a glass-enclosed cafe at the bottom. Cyclists arriving at this destination can carry their bikes to the 2nd level and run a few laps or just observe others doing it. It’s not a real [...]