Being tourists

As it looks more and more likely that we will be leaving Hong Kong within the next few weeks, we have been getting out and seeing places we haven't visited yet.

A couple of weekends ago we went to Aberdeen, on the western side of HK island. It was a lovely day and we did a sampan cruise around the fishing boats and luxury cruisers that are moored there. I added some photos of this area last week.

On the Chinese New Year long weekend, we decided to go to Lamma Island, which is a thirty minute ferry ride. When we got to the ferry piers at Central we couldn't believe the length of the queues for Lamma, so we quickly changed our minds, and made a snap decision to visit Peng Chau instead.

I googled this island on the way there, so we had some idea what to expect. And it was lovely. Peng Chau is a small, unspoilt island, with no cars, but great walking trails and we did a great coastal walk before stopping for lunch. When I say walk, there were a lot of uphill sections where we passed peaceful beaches, with views across to Discovery Bay. After a reasonably steep climb, we headed back towards town, and found ourselves wandering through a pretty farming valley; as it was a glorious sunny day, we really enjoyed it. I took masses of photos, though once again I only had my phone, I will add photos to the gallery page.

Back in town we stopped for a Thai lunch, and the food was very tasty. Lots of places were closed as it was the holiday weekend, but we were not disappointed by Tino Thai. And after our long walk, a couple of Tsingtao beers went down really well too.

We did get to Lamma Island, on the day after Glynn finished work. I will write about that soon.