The Other Facet of HK

Went Cheung Chau Island today. A pretty famous weekend getaway in HK. Met up with Ray and Candice (a friend from UofC who is in HK for holiday). So many people to meet here in HK. Happy! But before we take off, Ray treated us to a wonderful sushi meal at Tsim Sha Tsui. Had my favourite caviar again. Hehe.

We took an hour's ferry ride to Cheung Chau Island. Not as great as the scenery when I took the ferry to Victoria, BC but still its kinda pleasant. The ferry was however, quite old and non-airconditioned. Wonder how people can stand the heat on summer days.

Upon arriving on the island, I noticed the stark contrast between it and the city. Neither is it similiar to rural Stanley. Old fishing boats lined the shore of the island. On the walkway, I see hundreads of people feasting with the famous seafood there. We decided to getaway from the crowd and did some hiking. On our way, we couldn't help but try out all the food from the roadside stalls. The fishball is plain yummy. Its a must try if u ever come to Cheung Chau.

Hiking around the mountains was really fun. Especially when you have a gal who is scared of ghost. U get some entertainment from scaring her everytime. Hahaha. The view of the beach from the mountain is really great. Air is much fresher there too.


Took some crazy shots around the rock area. Fooling around with the smile function of the new sony cybershot camera. Basically the camera detects smile on the face before taking the picture. Meaning no smile = no piture. Wanna know more, go google it yourself.

After the long long hike, we finally did the seafood thingy. The meal was alright. The 3 of us were so sick and tired of peeling off the shells from the prawns and crabs. Dashed off for the ferry ride back to the main island. This time around we got a fast ferry which is air-conditioned and faster. Hehe.

Rounded up the night with another round of food feasting around Mongkok. The food is just marvellous. The ducke breast is so juicy and meaty! The takoyaki ball beats those in Taka flat! Best thing is they are all so cheap. Looking forward to the shopping trip tomorrow.