1153. Shell on Sand (2/5)
The hotel where Li Du and the others stay is called Beikesha, because the beach behind the hotel is called Beikesha Beach. The beach here is like snow, with white color, which is amazing.
In travel magazines, Shell Sand Beach is introduced as the only beach in the world composed of delicate shell fragments. The name Shell Sand explains this carefully: shells like sand.
They are indeed made of fine shells, but not natural, but an artificial landscape.
The hotel will not admit this. There were indeed large areas of shells washed up on the beach here, with the wind and sun, the waves and rain, crushing the shells.
No one wanted to come here at that time. One reason was that the shells smelled like glass, and the other reason was that the shells were broken and shattered, which could easily hurt people's skin.
The hotel noticed the business opportunity. JPMorgan Chase’s service company bought the beach that was notorious in Sydney. The price was very low at the time. Then they took away all the smelly shells and replaced them with shell powder.
Of course, shell powder has no edges and will not hurt people. This mixes sand, and a large number of small shells are scattered on the beach, giving the beach a wonderful name, and a scenic spot is born.
Next, JPMorgan Chase began to advertise vigorously, hiring a large number of travel magazines and landscape websites to introduce the beach, and circled it and made it into a private beach.
In this way, Shell Sand Beach has changed from a garbage place where no one is approaching to a famous romantic place...
After several years of development, Shell Sand Beach has indeed become very beautiful now.
On the beach, the shadows of coconut trees, red flowers and green grasses shine together.
There are reclining chairs and massage chairs placed in the shadow of the coconut forest, and handsome men and beautiful women in cool outfits are constantly passing by on the beach. They are holding drinks in their hands and can drink them at will.
It was the first time that Li’s father and mother came to such an environment, and they were a little embarrassed. Li Du found a place for them to rest. Li’s mother also asked: “Is it cost money to lie here?”
"No." Li Du took two cups of cool salt water.
This is a kind of sea salt soda, which is quite famous in Australia. It is decorated with mint and lemon, plus Shanghai salt and mountain spring water, and the taste is better than that of a drink.
The waiter smiled and bowed so that he could get the salt water. Sophie put ten dollars on it as a tip.
Seeing this, the waiter bowed slightly again and asked, "Do you have any other needs? I am happy to serve you."
Sophie said: "Thank you, no need for the time being. If you need it, can I contact you?"
"Looking forward to serving you." The waiter stepped back and left.
Father Li said: "This drink is not expensive."
Li Du handed him salt water and smiled and said, "This is also free."
Li's father quickly reacted: "It's all free? Then living in this hotel must be expensive!"
Li Du said: "You don't have to spend money anyway, enjoy it with peace of mind."
Because it is a private beach, pets can be taken here. There are several dogs playing on the beach, such as Labradors, Huskys, and Great Dane, all of which are big dogs.
Both Australians and Americans like to raise large dogs, and small dogs such as Teddy and Chihuahua are not popular.
The weather was hot, and Wu Xiao found a shaded place to lie down. A husky noticed them and walked over curiously. Ali jumped up and punched it. The husky immediately ran away with his tail.
But after running away, it did not leave, just looking at them from afar, to be precise, it was looking at Ao.
Li Du blew the sea breeze and smiled, "Aao is a big girl, right?"
Sophie glared at him and said, "Of course it's a big girl."
It was still a little hot under the shade of the trees. Ah Meng had the nature of digging holes and started digging on the beach.
Honey badgers are very good at digging holes, and are even more powerful than small raccoons. They quickly dug out a hole with fine sand flying all over the sky, and water seeps out.
Seeing this, Ah Meng was happy. It got into it and stuck it in the sea water, and the heat dissipated.
I just went to dig a hole in the noodles, but after it was dug, it was occupied by Ah Miao.
Li Du thought that it would be occupied by Ao, but Ao didn't pass by, so he lay beside him and Sophie, licking his butt from time to time, and his rare temperament of restrained and gentle.
They arrived in Sydney at noon and spent the afternoon resting on the beach and waving the sea breeze.
Sophie went to buy sunglasses for Li’s father and mother. Seeing that the two of them were wearing sunglasses, Li Du smiled and said, “Hey, mom and dad, you all of a sudden feel fashionable, it’s very fashionable.”
"Take a photo and take a look, haha." Li's father said happily.
The old couple wore sunglasses and felt very good on the beach. There were sour and sweet sea salt soda to drink, and various Australian fruits to eat. The sea breeze was humid and cool, and it was very comfortable.
Compared to the Martins, they were more like tourists. They were on the beach and even went to take a sea bath, which was like a child.
Li Du went to play with Martin and his wife, and Sophie accompanied Li's father and mother. In this way, the elderly on both sides were very satisfied with them and got along happily.
But in the evening, the Martins and his wife felt uncomfortable.
It had nothing to do with Li Du, and the two of them put on their clothes at the same time, saying why the weather suddenly became very cold.
Li Du felt inexplicably and said, "No, the temperature is quite comfortable."
"Come and help me, help me." Mrs. Martin suddenly spoke a little stuttered.
Li Du went over to support her and found that Mrs. Martin's hands were very cold, and when she got close to him, she noticed that the other party's face was also very pale.
He felt something was wrong, so he quickly asked Sophie to find the waiter on the beach.
A waitress hurriedly ran over, she helped Mr. Martin back and sat down, and said, "Are you tourists? You came over the northern hemisphere just now?"
Li Du nodded and said, "Yes, what's wrong? Is there a doctor in the hotel?"
The waitress said, "I'll call you a taxi immediately. You're going to the hospital. The wife and the husband should have some heat stroke..."
Li Du was speechless. It seemed that his parents were really right. Martin and his wife didn't take the climate change seriously, and they were at a disadvantage now.
The hotel arranged a car to take the two to a hospital in Sydney, but the hospital got off work now. They had to queue up in the duty room, where all the diseases were treated.
When Li Du went over and saw that the team was long, with more than a dozen people standing in front of them.
There is no way, they can only wait, here the disease is the only privilege, otherwise even if the Sydney mayor comes, he will have to line up according to the rules.
Fortunately, the Martins and his wife were just a little dizzy at first, and the dizziness symptoms later were relieved, mainly due to chills all over, frequent sweating and fatigue throughout the body.
After queuing for more than half an hour, it was their turn. After the doctor checked, he told the two that the Martins and his wife not only had heatstroke, but also had a fever cold, and their heatstroke was caused by a fever cold.
In this way, the two of them came to Australia less than half a day and were admitted to the hospital...
Chapter completed!