Shek'o Beach

Had a really fun day yesterday. Took the Mtr and a double decker bus to Shek'o Beach, one of the prettiest sand beaches on the island to play some beach volleyball! It was a beautiful day, only slight haze, low humidity, not too hot. The beach was very nice. Good sand, and the water was about 70 degrees, so nice and refreshing. Apparently there are legitimate shark concerns here, so all of the public beaches have shark nets surrounding the swimming areas. The waves were fairly nonexistent yesterday, but apparently some days are good enough to surf. We'll have to try that out sometime. Beach volleyball is not allowed on this beach during prime summer months, probably because it gets so packed, so this was of the rare days to play on this particular beach.

Met a lot of really nice people. A 6-4 Danish guy named Olaf was great competition, along with the event host named Gui, and a French couple who live very close to us. Starting to make volleyball friends! Also got recruited to play on an indoor team this May on a team called Kiss My Pass. Should be fun.

Near the beach was a picnic and BBQ area. That seems to be a popular way to spend an afternoon. They have first come first serve BBQ pits, and they just cook and hang out. Add a bit of grass, and you'd think you were in America. There was also a "mini golf" course, aka cement putt putt. I thought it was a weird rock garden at first.

After a few hours of play, the whole group went out to lunch at a local Thai place. Pics are from the meal. Where's Waldo?... First person to find it gets a prize. Needless to say, it was all delicious.

Today is rainy and windy, and Drew and I spent the morning watching March Madness, in particular the unbelievable comeback by MIchigan. Perhaps I'm still not qualified to be a hard core fan yet, but I thought they were done for. This afternoon, we will be heading to Ap Lei Chau, an outlet store mall on the south side of the island to look for a sofa.

I also managed to cook an edible Asian meal. It was supposed to be sweet and sour pork, but it turned out to be more of a stir fry.

Last pic is of a busy intersection that has this pedestrian roundabout above it. Pretty cool huh?