Saturday, weather sunny and dry but threatening to rain.
We hopped into a taxi. HK taxi drivers notoriously claim to not know where you want to go. Our taxi driver claimed to know everywhere in HK and advised us of this in a semi-reassuring tone as we hopped in.
We hopped into a taxi. HK taxi drivers notoriously claim to not know where you want to go. Our taxi driver claimed to know everywhere in HK and advised us of this in a semi-reassuring tone as we hopped in.
Traffic was bad so it was a reasonably long journey. A few minutes into the ride said driver advised he liked singing and would we like to hear a few lines. Cue a drive with two English songs (short, a lovely effort, no idea what the songs were), a mandarin song (this one I actually recognised) and a long piece of Chinese opera. How I wish someone had not recently described Chinese opera to me as "like hearing cats being strangled". We were killing ourselves in the back of the cab trying not to laugh! I feel mean saying this, but seriously, you should have been there...
Stop one was a restaurant called Dim Sum for, well, Dim Sum. Delicious! As ever we over-ordered. We did make one ordering error. The menu listed "deep fried milk" as an option. We ordered this to find out what it actually was (English translations often confusing). It turned out that it was indeed deep fried milk. Deep fried condensed milk to be accurate. Not my top dish but another fit of the giggles...
Back in the taxi and we went to Shek-O beach. We had packed swimmers and towels but it was actually so hot that we opted for sitting in the shade at the "surf cafe' reading our books. I felt slight guilt at sitting on a beach in HK planning a holiday to Bali. Almost like planning a holiday, while you are on holiday. Regardless, the Bali trip plans do now look super-cool.
Shek-O is lovely. A tiny beach although not ideal for swimming. Strong currents, someone drowned there only 2 days ago and someone had to be rescued while we were there. No one pays attention to the red flag being raised and repeated calls of the lifeguard towers (is there a proper word for these) for people to get out of the water if they are not strong swimmers. The nice chap at the surf shack was explaining how they are trying to work with local schools to educate children about the dangers of water and swimming etc.
The beach and surrounding area does have a real holiday feel about it. Lots of little stalls selling snacks, ice cream and beachwear. Given upcoming holiday I was having the bikini-diet or new bikini dilemma. Am now firmly in the new-bikini camp. Four week starvation diet wholly unrealistic (I have chocolate and mini cheddars sent from home to eat still) and there are some really lovely bikinis here. Yes, you have guessed correctly, I am about to become a holiday bore!
So the day had been a combination of eating and sitting. Wonderful. Home for a change into glad-rags then out for a wander through Lang Kwai Fong (always good people watching on a weekend), a few drinks in a lovely little bar I will definitely be going back to, and dinner in Pecatto Soho. Delicious.
Just as we finished dinner a thunderstorm alert was announced and the rain started POURING down. I have now learnt what to do and immediately hustled us into a cab home. Lovely evening though.
Rain appears to be holding off this morning but forecasts indicate this will not last the day... Possibly a spa day methinks.
Stop one was a restaurant called Dim Sum for, well, Dim Sum. Delicious! As ever we over-ordered. We did make one ordering error. The menu listed "deep fried milk" as an option. We ordered this to find out what it actually was (English translations often confusing). It turned out that it was indeed deep fried milk. Deep fried condensed milk to be accurate. Not my top dish but another fit of the giggles...
Back in the taxi and we went to Shek-O beach. We had packed swimmers and towels but it was actually so hot that we opted for sitting in the shade at the "surf cafe' reading our books. I felt slight guilt at sitting on a beach in HK planning a holiday to Bali. Almost like planning a holiday, while you are on holiday. Regardless, the Bali trip plans do now look super-cool.
Shek-O is lovely. A tiny beach although not ideal for swimming. Strong currents, someone drowned there only 2 days ago and someone had to be rescued while we were there. No one pays attention to the red flag being raised and repeated calls of the lifeguard towers (is there a proper word for these) for people to get out of the water if they are not strong swimmers. The nice chap at the surf shack was explaining how they are trying to work with local schools to educate children about the dangers of water and swimming etc.
The beach and surrounding area does have a real holiday feel about it. Lots of little stalls selling snacks, ice cream and beachwear. Given upcoming holiday I was having the bikini-diet or new bikini dilemma. Am now firmly in the new-bikini camp. Four week starvation diet wholly unrealistic (I have chocolate and mini cheddars sent from home to eat still) and there are some really lovely bikinis here. Yes, you have guessed correctly, I am about to become a holiday bore!
So the day had been a combination of eating and sitting. Wonderful. Home for a change into glad-rags then out for a wander through Lang Kwai Fong (always good people watching on a weekend), a few drinks in a lovely little bar I will definitely be going back to, and dinner in Pecatto Soho. Delicious.
Just as we finished dinner a thunderstorm alert was announced and the rain started POURING down. I have now learnt what to do and immediately hustled us into a cab home. Lovely evening though.
Rain appears to be holding off this morning but forecasts indicate this will not last the day... Possibly a spa day methinks.
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