Hainan airlines now fly vientiane to haikou )hainan island) twice a week. im thinking of going next month while the kids are on holiday. They say its the hawaii of china? havent booked anything yet as i have a broken arm. This shouldnt be much of a hinderance ? as i plan on travelling by train. plane and ferry mostly and will be treating myself right , will see the doc on thursday and if all good will get shit booked and grab visa etc. my plan thus far is to fly 1 way to haikou, take the train to sanya, and back. then take the train ( The train goes inside the ferry )interesting)) to Guangzhou, (sleeper car) Either Train to Guilin or fly, then train or fly to lijiang. followed by train to Dali then train or plane to Kunming and fly back to Lao, I nutted all this out in Theory while i was in hospital . Bit of a train enthusiast myself (coz i drink beer without nobody fucking with me) and i reckon the wife and kids will like it to. or should i leave them at home?