Every parent sooner or later after the birth of a baby wants to go on vacation. Of course, with a baby, it is advisable to choose resorts with a climate similar to the climate hometown, but sometimes you have to make long journeys to distant countries. Any long trip is trouble, and a long trip with a small child is doubly trouble.
What you need to take for a child
First of all, you need to put a first-aid kit in your suitcase, because if a forgotten rattle can be purchased on the spot, then there may be problems with medicines. Therefore, you need to prepare full program and take medicines for any possible diseases: from a cold to diarrhea.
Before the flight
Before the flight, it is imperative to consult with a pediatrician and listen to his recommendations and advice.
Acclimatization
Upon arrival, remember about the possible acclimatization of the child. At the same time, it is almost impossible to predict whether a child will be subject to acclimatization. In order to try to avoid it, let your child drink a course of vitamins a couple of weeks before the intended trip.
Nutrition
Also worth taking baby food the company you prefer, and introduce local food into the diet very slowly and carefully. Try to buy traditional products: apples, yogurt, bread, cheese... Naturally, the specific local very spicy cuisine should be avoided. Nursing mothers should also refrain from gastro tours. Both mom and baby need to drink exclusively bottled water, as local water can cause stomach upset in the baby. For the same reason, it is advisable to refuse local fruits or wash them thoroughly.
Well, if there was a food poisoning or an allergy, what then to do? The tips in this article will help you not overshadow your vacation.
In flight
The flight usually lasts 9-11 hours, and at this time you need to feed the baby and entertain him. In some airlines in business class, a nanny is attached to children from 2 to 8 years old. For children, special seats and sleeping bags are also provided.
Tip: when taking off or landing, if the baby is small, it is better to breastfeed the baby. During sucking, the baby will not have stuffy ears.
Documentation
The responsible procedure is the preparation of documents for the export of the child abroad. To travel to China with a child, you need a birth certificate, a questionnaire, two 3x4 cm photographs of a special form, as well as a notarized power of attorney of the second parent or both parents if the child is traveling with the mother or father or another person, even a close relative. When processing documents, you must immediately note that you will be entering China with a child, and clarify the full package of documents that will be needed in a particular case.
For Russians, recently, a child's passport is issued separately for five or ten years. That is, as soon as it is not possible to enter a child in your passport, this does not give the right to cross the border. The inclusion of a child in your passport confirms only kinship, not whiter. Therefore, obtaining a visa to travel to China will be a necessary requirement.
If you lose your passport, you should follow the tips that are indicated in this article.
Airplane tickets for a child
Airfare for international flight for a child under two years of age is 10% of the fare, but more accurate information must be obtained from the airline. In Russia - free of charge, but again, you need to check with the air carrier, since the conditions may change. For example, we paid a small fee for an international flight. For an internal Chinese flight, too, they did not pay the full cost.
Important! Not all Chinese airlines provide free tickets, so when buying, look for airlines that sell tickets from 0 to 2 years. From 2 years - 70% of the tariff.
Beautiful tropical island Hainan is very attractive for residents of the countries of the post-Soviet space, especially Russians. And no wonder - luxurious sandy beaches, amazingly beautiful azure sea (like on postcards, you can’t even believe that it really is!), palm trees with coconuts (you can buy fresh and enjoy its juice right there, without leaving the cash register) and, in the end, it’s exotic . In Hainan, we often meet former compatriots, including children, who do not know what and where to look. And no wonder - the Chinese practically do not speak English or Russian (with rare exceptions), and local inscriptions, if they have a Russian translation, are often misleading or do not make any sense at all. In general, it is not always easy. We will figure out how to relax comfortably in Hainan and where to rush in case of an unforeseen situation.
When is the season in Hainan?
The traditional holiday months of May-September on the island of Hainan are considered unsuccessful for the trip. Nobody will like the tropical climate at this time - rains and unbearably humid air, even when there is no rain, spoil the whole impression of the rest. And clothes (which children get dirty at the speed of light) do not dry at all. It's hard to breathe, and besides, it's very hot here. Add to that the occasional typhoon (read flight cancellations and non-beach weather).
The best season is October - end of April. In December and until the end of January, the water temperature for children is still not very favorable, although it all depends on the year - sometimes one winter is colder / warmer than another.
Where to stay?
Our choice is Yalong Bay, which is proudly called the National Resort, it is here that you will have at your disposal beautiful and clean beaches, not oversaturated Chinese tourists. Although, there are exceptions. Here, as in Egyptian resorts, there is the concept of the first and second lines. If you decide to spend a vacation with children in Hainan, namely in the Sanya city area, choose a hotel that has direct access to the sea and its own beach (technically, it still will not be private, due to the lack of private property in China, but it will fenced and clean). Plus, you will not need to study the schedule of the bus that takes you to the sea from the "second line" and plan trips to the beach according to transport. With children, this is never convenient.
Taxi, by the standards of many countries, is characterized by low tariffs, but it is not always realistic to catch it as quickly as possible.
We tried to rest both on the first and on the second line. Of course, in all respects, the first wins. Huge savings in time and effort. And it costs extra money. If the hotel does not have a conditionally private beach, this means that you will have to wander in search of a place that is not too "overpopulated". On a public beach, there is usually nowhere for an apple to fall, and young children rarely like it.
The comfort of your holiday with a child will also depend on the availability of a children's corner, especially for children over the age of 1 year. Usually they are equipped with a couple of indoor slides, a lot of interesting toys and even video games for older children. It would be nice if there was also a children's pool. This is what many kids remember when they are on the beach - a room full of toys and other children and a children's pool. Believe me, if you have a child aged from one to 5, this room will save you in the hot part of the day, when the baby will rush to the street, wanting to have a good time. We liked the children's room at the Marriott hotel. It is worth noting that they have the largest walking area among hotels of the same class, which is also nice.
What about food?
The issue of nutrition for children is quite acute. First, the vast majority of establishments serve Chinese cuisine. Which, by the way, are very sharp (on the menu this is often and densely - not a word). There are also establishments close to European cuisine. Among them are KFC, Pizza Hut on Yalong Van Square. There is also a Russian restaurant, Petersburg, where you can taste dishes close to Russian cuisine (one of the waitresses, originally from the city of Harbin, speaks Russian quite well). At KFC, which specializes in fried chicken dishes, for lack of better options, you can find more or less suitable food for children from the age of one and a half years: nuggets (remove the crust and lean chicken fillet comes out), soft corn on a stick, soup with vegetables and egg, mashed potatoes. In Pizza Hut, due to the high content of oil and Chinese spices, little is suitable for children of this age. You can eat exclusively on site if the food is to your taste and budget.
Since we are familiar with the situation in restaurants, hotels and shops, we carry a multicooker with us and prepare baby food ourselves. Rice for porridge can be found in any local supermarket, and French-made milk for dairy dishes can also be found there. If your child loves soft and tender pasta and noodles, then you can buy them in a supermarket in Sanya (read in the section Shops).
Of the local products that are worth trying - fresh coconut juice (straight from the coconut), local mango, coconut powder and thin strips of coconut pulp (dried) can be brought as a tasty souvenir.
The shops
Supermarkets here are purely Chinese. Inscriptions in English are rare, almost all products, even in Sanya, are purely Chinese-made. There are several supermarkets in Yalong Wan: La Floret, Crown Plaza (located at Huayu Hotel resort and Spa) and another, newer and less well-known, not far from KFC.
Decided to save money? Go to Sanya to the supermarket and do a global grocery shopping. One of the cheapest supermarkets is "Wanhao" Wanghao, Chinese name 三亚旺豪超市 (save for the taxi driver, the trip from Yalong Wan will cost about 60-80 yuan depending on the location of your hotel and traffic). In Wanhao, there are vegetables (they are not for sale on YalongVan), fruits, pasta (a huge selection, but all Chinese), milk in large packages, yogurts, meat (the freshness of this product did not inspire confidence in us, so we passed by), cereals ( rice, corn, millet, wheat), diapers of all sizes (again, Yalong Van has only diapers for very young children (up to 9 kg), household utensils, beach toys (you can also buy in Yalong Van, the price difference is insignificant) and so on. Ibid. , next door, there is a Watsons store where you can buy cosmetics and household chemicals, a souvenir-pearl street where you can buy jewelry and all sorts of tourist trinkets.
Hospitals
Brace yourselves, there are no hospitals in Sanya that speak at least more or less understandable English. With Russian, as you already guessed, it’s completely bad. You will have to speak either in Chinese (download the Google translate app or any dictionary that will translate without access to the network), or go home. In addition, almost all hospitals in this city (and there are not so many of them) are crowded and have a Chinese approach to treatment. Namely, droppers for everyone! So do not be alarmed if you see crowds of people sitting in the hallway or on the street with a needle in their forehead (in children) and in their hand (in adults) and a bag of intravenous solution ...
There is no point in calling the hospital unless you speak Chinese.
We really hope that you will not need this information, but nevertheless, you should save the addresses of hospitals.
Hospitals in Sanya:
- one of the largest is The People's Hospital of Sanya (三亚市人民医院), address 32 Jiefangsan Lu, Sanya City (in Chinese 三亚市解放三路32号). There is a branch that operates 24 hours a day. Service prices low, long queues, everyone speaks only Chinese.At the entrance (first floor), fill out the form (First-surname, date of birth, phone number), pay the registration fee, get a card and start the quest to find the right doctor and additional cash desks, in who will pay premiums for medicines or doctor services.
- Hainan Nongken Hospital of Sanya
- The PLA 425 Hospital 三亚市解放军425医院 , Youyi Lu, Sanya City, Hainan Province.
What to bring?
Of course, you should have a good supply of sunscreen for the whole family. In Hainan, the prices for this cosmetic product are sometimes simply cosmic. It makes sense to bring them from home. Of course, a standard children's first aid kit and sanitizers (hand sanitizers can be bought at the Watsons store, about 7 yuan apiece). Anti-mosquito products should also be on hand.
I also take a set of shampoos and skin care products, since local products are designed for Asian hair and skin, which is not for everyone.
Is special vaccination required?
Since our family currently lives in the Asian region, vaccination against Japanese encephalitis, which is carried by the common mosquito, is mandatory. If you decide to vacation in Hainan with children from April to September, check with your pediatrician if they have this vaccine. For the rest of the year, this vaccination is not relevant. Adults are not vaccinated against Japanese encephalitis.
The long-awaited summer has already come into its own! Some people are only dreaming about a vacation and making plans, and some have started a suitcase mood - preparations and fees are in full swing. Now many people prefer "overseas" Asian countries to rest in Kazakhstan. grateful and very cheap Asia – real paradise for the traveler. For familyrest, you can choose colorful Thailand, bright Vietnam, exotic China, progressive Japan or any other country. But a trip with young travelers has its own specifics. And the most important question is how to feed children away from their native land.
Don't be tempted by fruit abundance!
Without exception, all warm Asian countries are a fruit Eldorado. There are watermelons, bananas, tangerines, melons, pineapples that are familiar to us, and exotic species: mangosteen, pitahaya, rambutans, lychee, lam-yai, noina, sapodilla and several dozen more items. It seems, well, what else is needed for a child - here they are, coveted vitamins! However, do not be tempted by such a simple and convenient (at first glance) solution to the problem of nutrition - such a fruit diet is harmful and even dangerous for children!
Juicy and sweet southern fruits contain a lot of carbohydrates. This is actually sugar in its pure form, the excess of which will not bring any benefit.
Fruit is a rather heavy food for a child's body, it can cause flatulence and diarrhea (fiber stimulates intestinal activity).
Limes, citrus fruits (and other fruits) contain a large amount of acid, which irritates the stomach lining.
Bananas are high in magnesium and sugar, so children should not eat them in large quantities either.
It is also worth remembering that any fruits (especially red and orange ones) can provoke food allergies.
Do not rely on the fact that you "vitaminize" children in a couple of weeks for a whole year - such an emergency absorption of fruits will not bring any benefit at all, vitamins will not be absorbed. But the harm will be very noticeable - you can simply “break” the child’s stomach with fiber. Therefore, do not tempt fate - children should eat fully.
Why is ice cream dangerous?
Children's favorite delicacy is not healthy and completely unhealthy food for them. Ice cream contains a record amount of sugar, flavor stabilizers and dyes. If it is milk or cream ice cream, then it is also very fatty and high-calorie.
And in many eastern Asian countries vegetable milk is preferred to animal milk - soy. It can be high quality or low quality. Soy has the ability to absorb exogenous substances harmful to our body from the soil: mercury, lead and other biomicroelements. Also, soybeans can be transgenic, that is, modified, and not natural. Soy milk negatively affects the endocrine system of children, it contains a lot of phytic acid, which binds calcium and iron. Doctors do not recommend giving children soy milk, this is a very controversial product.
Therefore, ice cream is a delicacy, you can buy it for children after a meal. But you can not replace ice cream with a full breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Child nutrition and immunity
“It's easy to talk about healthy eating at home. And where will I look for healthy food on vacation?! Yes, and nothing will happen to the children in a couple of weeks - let them eat plenty of fruits, and eat cereals at home, ”- this, unfortunately, is how many parents argue. It is unacceptable to feed a child on vacation with adult spicy Asian food, fruits and ice cream alone! When moving, immunity decreases, even if acclimatization passes completely unnoticed. Therefore, 7-10 days will be enough to thoroughly undermine the health of children.
It is clear that in this case it is not necessary to talk about the benefits of rest. But the main purpose of a trip to the sea is to improve children's health, increase their immunity. Therefore, it is necessary to approach the issue of nutrition of small family members with all responsibility.
Choosing a healthy diet!
There are certain requirements for the nutrition of children for each age. But the general rules are not much different. A healthy diet is varied and healthy food. Every day the child should receive carbohydrates, fats and proteins with food.
Don't try to give your baby a hearty meal right after you arrive at the resort, and don't worry if your baby has a poor appetite for the first couple of days. A long road and a change of familiar environment is stressful, so let him get used to a new place and adapt. Children can be overexcited, tired and even scared, don't let that put you off. After a while, they will get used to it, and everything will return to normal if you take care of a healthy diet.
General rules for feeding a child on vacation:
Every day the child needs to eat porridge. In Asia, there is no such variety of cereals as in Kazakhstan. But there you will be offered more than 30 varieties of rice and a lot of dishes from it. Asians also eat oatmeal (look for it in the muesli section), lentils, rice noodles, wheat pasta. Therefore, there will be no problems with such food. If your child only eats buckwheat, then take a couple of bags with you.
Children need dairy products. In Asian countries, you can buy milk in tetra packs and yogurts with fruit additives in the supermarket. In Vietnam, in jars like yogurt, you can buy a fermented milk product called Kefir. The Vietnamese cook it according to their own recipe, but it really tastes like our kefir. And in Thailand there is sour cream (called Sour cream) and salted cottage cheese (Cheese). Thais themselves practically do not eat cheese, but they are in supermarkets.
Do not think that Asians eat only cockroaches with bugs - there is also plenty of meat here. In Thailand, as in the Philippines, fatty pork with lard is sold everywhere. But for children, such meat is not worth buying. Chicken is sold everywhere, you can buy fresh meat in the supermarket (if you are going to cook on your own), and order rice with chicken (the second course) or meat noodles in a cafe - something like our traditional soup.
All Asian resort countries have a lot of fish and seafood. They are sold in the market, in supermarkets, just on the street and in restaurants. It is quite possible to give such dishes to a child. The cheapest fish is in the Philippines, but it is also inexpensive in other countries. This is a wonderful prevention of iodine deficiency, which many of our children have in one form or another.
Vegetables are sold both fresh and frozen (carrots, zucchini, cabbage and even potatoes, although they are expensive). But Asians have a bit of their own preferences in this regard. For example, in Vietnam they prefer "tops" - beet tops and zucchini flowers. And Thais eat a lot of legumes and corn. But if you want, you can buy any vegetables.
In supermarkets, you can buy quail or chicken eggs, and order an omelet in a cafe.
Little kids, little problems
With the nutrition of babies who eat formula milk, there are no specific problems in Asia. It sells mixtures, cereals and purees of European and local production. You can buy Nestle, Danon and Wyeth Nutrition milk formulas, Baby Natura and Nestle Cerelac oatmeal, rice and wheat porridge. Purees are more fruity, but you can find vegetables and vegetables with meat. If you don’t have a kitchen at your disposal (in a hotel), then buy an inexpensive blender and rice cooker - this is the same multicooker, just called differently. In it, porridge with vegetables or seafood is cooked in an hour, soup is cooked. It costs 700 baht (about $20).
Food for big kids
Toddlers eat what they are given, but older children have their own preferences and often ask to buy them everything that catches their eye. But you can always find a way out. For example, in Thailand there are enough European cafes that prepare dishes familiar to us and even have a children's menu - everything here is designed specifically for tourists with children.
If you went to a Thai cafe, then say that you need no spicy (not spicy). Everywhere you can order "kau man gai" - rice with chicken and broth. For breakfast, “khao nyug ma muang” (rice with coconut milk and fruits) is suitable. You can order just boiled rice for a child, and bring a jar of vegetable puree with meat with you. Noodle soup is a pasta soup that is quite edible and quite tasty. But fried noodles are noodles fried in sauce, usually generously flavored with spices.
There are many mobile express cafes on the street - trolleys on wheels. They sell boiled rice and a variety of food on sticks: sausages, fish and meat. You should not get carried away with such products, but if the children ask, then you can buy - there is nothing wrong with them, meat sausages and very tasty. Just tell them not to pour sauce on your food - almost all of them are very spicy.
Grilled and deep-fried fish and squid are sold on the streets. The first option is also suitable for children, but it is better not to buy deep-fried children. Here, in general, everyone likes to fry: squid, noodles, bananas, rice. Food is sold on every corner, because many Thais do not cook at home at all, but eat on the street, buying breakfast, lunch and dinner in those same express cafes on wheels.
In most hotels in Vietnam - Buffet, where you can find scrambled eggs, butter and muffins from the usual European cuisine. Supermarkets always have food courts, where there are not only hamburgers with pizza, but also ravioli, pasta with bolognese sauce, chicken broth. National Vietnamese cuisine is not too spicy, but in the south all dishes are seasoned with herbs, so picky children may refuse such food. Many cafes have cream soup in different interpretations and the famous pho soup - meat broth with noodles.
As you can see, food in Asia is not as exotic as it is traditionally believed. Everywhere there are a lot of tourists who prefer European cuisine, so there are any cafes. If you are not going to get into the most remote province, then you will surely easily find tasty and healthy food for children.
In Russia, it is customary to give small children cereals, fruits and vegetables as complementary foods, and when it comes time to introduce meat into the diet, it is usually either chicken or turkey. Have you ever thought about what mothers from Mexico and China feed their children? We invite you to look into the plates of tiny inhabitants of various countries of the world.
Bulgaria
The menu for babies here often includes veal, rabbit meat and fennel. They are also given mashed potatoes from cabbage, broccoli and other vegetables with a pronounced smell, while fairly neutral potatoes are rarely used to feed children. Bulgarians are guided by a very unusual logic that if a child gets used to strong tastes, then it will be easy for him to fall in love with weaker ones.
Germany
In a country where sausages and beer take pride of place in the diet of adults, great attention is paid to the nutrition of children. The Germans are very picky about the menu of their kids and buy only the leanest meat (for example, pigeon or rabbit). From vegetables, pumpkin, potatoes are most often used, and from cereals - rice.
USA
In the United States, as probably everyone knows, there has been a problem with the nutrition of the population for many years, and this is confirmed by the fact that more than 50% of Americans are obese. If we talk about the smallest inhabitants of the country, then in this case the percentage is, of course, somewhat lower, but it also causes serious concern about the health of children. IN last years American doctors are sounding the alarm and urging parents to take care of the quality nutrition of the younger generation. Therefore, more and more mothers here prepare food for their children themselves, and do not buy ready-made cereals in stores, which often contain too much sugar and carbohydrates. From vegetables, sweet potatoes are very popular here, from meat - lean chicken, and from fruits - apples and prunes.
Japan
Perhaps you think that Japanese children eat raw fish from birth? Actually it is not. Their diet is mainly based on rice, boiled white fish, spinach and burdock root (it tastes very good and resembles both potatoes and parsnips).
Canada
In the past few years, exotic cuisine has become very fashionable in Canada, so the inhabitants of this country often prepare cocktails for their children from various tropical fruits. Of meat, turkey is the most common, of vegetables - sweet potatoes, and of cereals - young corn.
Poland
Obviously, most Poles want their children to grow up to be big, strong and powerful heroes. How else to explain that from a very early age, kids are taught to eat “serious” food such as hearty meat soup with the addition of veal and vegetables, pork goulash with vegetables and noodles, or minced meat with the addition of boiled meat?
Mexico
Little Mexicans are really lucky, because it is always warm in their country, and therefore the season of fresh ripe fruits lasts all year round. Moms here feed their babies healthy mashed tropical fruits like mango and papaya. Such food is not only tasty, but also extremely rich in vitamins and minerals.
China
Many people believe that Chinese kids eat only rice and soy sauce, but this is not at all the case. Most mothers in this country prepare delicious homemade food for their babies. They try to make sure that the food is nutritious, but at the same time easily absorbed by the body, for which they use chicken meat, lean fish, asparagus, bamboo shoots and Chinese cabbage. In addition, the little ones are given to drink herbal teas made from a mixture of chamomile, lime blossom and other healthy plants.
Greetings, friends!
This summer, my husband and I decided on a joint holiday with a child abroad. For our daughter (2.5 g) everything was for the first time: an airplane flight, an endless sea, and people speaking a different language.
But the most important and dearest was invariably: mom and dad were there, and this is the most important thing for a child. Moreover, we have retained the usual daily routine for our daughter.
We rested in China, on the yellow sea in Beidaihe. Why China? The decisive factor for us was the distance: to the resort in Beidaihe - 2 hours of flight by plane + 30-40 minutes by bus.
Residents of the Far East are unlikely to be surprised by holidays in China, although some still said: “how to go to China with a small child?”. Today I want to tell you a little about the features of holidays in China with children, sharing our experience.
Introduction
Beidaihe is a resort area of the town of Qinghuangdao, located near Beijing (4 hours by bus) on the shores of the Yellow Sea. The climate is temperate continental, similar to our Far East, but only milder. There are sandy beaches, picturesque park areas, many amusement parks, the best safari park in Asia, the Great Wall of China begins here.
Sea
The yellow sea is not like the azure sea depicted in beautiful photos. It is grey-yellow, due to the countless amount of light suspended sand in the constantly swaying sea space. It is very difficult to collect seashells here as a souvenir, because very, very early in the morning, hardworking Chinese collect them and make all kinds of souvenirs from them that you can buy right on the beach.
The sea is warm and calm during our stay: only twice in 14 days it pleased us with good waves.
What to eat?
The traditional question of parents with children traveling to China is: “How to feed a child?”. Chinese cuisine is very specific, it has many different unusual sauces and flavor combinations. However, the Chinese have already adapted to a large number Russian tourists with children and in almost every restaurant you can order dishes suitable for children, for example, boiled chicken, Peking duck, rice. Some restaurants prepare a good shish kebab, without an abundance of seasonings, reminiscent of ours.
There are many restaurants in Beidaihe with Russian cuisine, where you can taste borscht, our Russian soups cooked in Chinese style, mashed potatoes with a cutlet, pilaf, Olivier salad, etc. Of course, all dishes are different from our traditional Russian ones: for example, a lot of coarsely chopped onion in half rings and chicken meatballs float in the soup with meatballs. In supermarkets you can buy children's yoghurts, milk, cookies.
Our particularly picky eater Anechka ate rice, meat, Chinese soups (she did not like Russians), yogurt, vegetables and fruits. By the way, the prices for fruit here are twice as low as in our country, however, everywhere you have to bargain a lot. Anyutka always ate quickly, and then she ran to the aquariums with marine inhabitants: octopuses, fish, shrimps, mussels and watched them for a long, long time, while we dined slowly.
Hotels
Almost all hotels in Beidaihe are three-star. We stayed at the Friendship Hotel. We chose it because of the vast territory surrounded by a forest park and the presence of a children's playground. There are many flowers, flowering trees and pine trees everywhere, creating a heady pine aroma on the territory of the hotel. Pines are not ordinary: low, spreading and with large needles.
The rooms have everything you need: a refrigerator, air conditioning, two single beds, a wardrobe, a TV with Russian channels and a shower…. with water going straight to the floor. Only some Baidaihe hotels have baths. And so, even in new cottages (such as ours, after renovation), after taking a shower, the floor is half filled with water. True, thanks to a good hood, it dries quickly.
A separate issue is the cleaning of the rooms. Travel agencies warn all tourists in Baidaihe about this sensitive issue in advance. The cleanliness of the room is not important. We had to monitor the regularity of changing towels and bed linen ourselves, and before going to the beach to show the “kun” (Chinese girl) what and where it was necessary to clean. By the way, the hotel staff does not speak Russian or English. But we remember this with a smile, because. Initially tuned in to a positive vacation.
Excursions: where to go with a child?
We did not set ourselves the goal of actively attending excursions, although there is something to see in Baidaikha. Nevertheless, we still visited several local attractions (we chose what would be interesting for my daughter). Separately, I want to say about the cost of excursions for children. Height meters hang everywhere at the entrance: if a child is less than 120 cm, he passes for free, from 120 to 140 cm - for half the price, over 140 cm - with an adult ticket.
With young children in Baidaiha, you can go to the safari park, botanical garden, lantern park, Olympic park and hot springs.
It takes a lot of time to visit the safari park and the botanical garden (you can devote the whole day to the botanical garden). These days, we had daytime sleep in the bus/taxi: Anyutka slept while we were driving back and forth.
At the safari park you can see many animals, almost in their natural habitat: tigers, lions, bears, wolves, wild boars walk freely through the forest, and tourists pass by them by bus or train.
Almost all animals (except predators) can be fed. The Chinese make good money on this - small bags of food are sold everywhere. For Anyutka, this was real entertainment: she fed the monkeys right from her hands, which ran freely around the “city of monkeys” - a huge aviary with a lake, rocks, a waterfall; peacocks walking around and waiting for food; miracle fish, with huge mouths that sucked on the nipple and pulled water from the bottle with small larvae; giraffes, ostriches and goats.
IN botanical garden in addition to outlandish long cucumbers hanging overhead, and other beautiful plants, there is also a valley of butterflies, tropical garden, a pet park (where Anya finally saw live geese) and many children's attractions. Therefore, we alternated the excursion with riding on carousels, catamarans and electric cars.
Hot Springs best to visit in bad weather. While it is raining outside, and there is no opportunity to swim in the sea, you can have a great splash in the pools with mineral water. Two pools are under the roof, and one is right in the fresh air, surrounded by picturesque mountains. Whether your child likes the springs depends on how much he loves the water. All pools are deep (so that an adult can stand in them), and the child must be in a circle or in the arms of a parent. Our Anya is a big fan of splashing, but indoors the water seemed too hot to her, and we spent all the time outdoors, swimming and admiring high mountains around.
To the lantern park and it is better to go to the Olympic Park in the evening, when it gets dark. Fortunately, in China it is already dark at 7-8 o'clock. Lantern Park is a fairy-tale park with mysterious lakes, a roaring dragon and a fairy-tale castle with many passages, passages and interesting rooms. There are many different lanterns in the park, and even adults begin to feel like children, getting into a fairy tale.
Olympic Park famous for its singing fountain and beautiful laser show. A huge dancing fountain with illumination impressed Anyutka so much that she told us about it for a long time afterwards.
You can go on almost all excursions on your own (except for hot springs). This option is best for parents with children. This way you can explore the local sights at your child's pace and not be in a hurry. The main thing is to have a business card of the hotel with you (to return back by taxi).
This concludes my brief account of our journey.. Although in fact, for each item, I could write an entire article. If interesting - ask questions. And next time I will tell you more about the rest of the sea.
