Haikou travel guide
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Haikou is the capital of Hainan, China's tropical island province, and keeps a street of qilou arcades built by returning emigrants in a Southeast Asian style not found elsewhere in the country.
A field of small volcanoes stands just inland at Leiqiong. The island's duty-free allowance has made the malls a destination in themselves. Sanya, with the better beaches, is three hours south by fast train.
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Temple of Five Lords
A memorial compound to five officials exiled to Hainan by the Tang and Song courts — the island was where the empire sent people it wanted out of the way. Su Dongpo, exiled here later, is remembered in the same grounds; the well he is said to have found still gives water.
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