Sai Kung Junk Boat

On Saturday, Drew and I were invited on another junk boat trip. It was very last minute, but we couldn't say no to probably the last junk boat trip of the season. Instead of leaving from the heart of the city, we left from the smaller fishing town of Sai Kung, known as access way to great hiking (including Tung Lo Wan where we camped a few weeks ago) and to great seafood.

Our junk boat took us to a tiny little beach, only accessible by boat. I don't even know what the beach was called. You can see one half of it behind that other junk boat. The water was nice, clear, and still warm enough to enjoy comfortably. The sand was soft and white, so there wasn't much to complain about, except for maybe the lack of waves. Some company was having a company picnic on the beach as well. It was obviously a Western company, all middle aged people with families or older. It was so funny though. They would come in on the large junk boats, then have a smaller boat shuttle them to the beach. But the small boat could only go to within 10 feet of the shore, so these people had to get into water at their knee height (thigh high if they timed it wrong) and try to scamper to shore without getting soaked. Who comes to a secluded beach only accessible by boat and wears clothes that are not ok to get  wet? Rich executives, that's who.

On the boat were alot of local Hong Kongers as well as a group of Germans who were quite fun. Maybe it was just our English, but we bonded fast and hung out all day. Unfortunately these people will only be in Hong Kong for a few more months, so else we'd probably be seeing a lot more of them. But, tis the nature of Hong Kong. People are constantly coming and going. 

This was how I spent a large portion of my day. It's funny seeing all of the snowy Colorado pictures while I am bobbing about in the ocean on a giant floaty. 

 

A lot of the Hong Kongers on the boat actually didn't know how to swim well. I'm not entirely sure how comfortable I would be going on a boat into the ocean without knowing that seemingly vital skill. Anyways, they would venture out if they had floaties, but they wouldn't stray very far. 

This junk was also fun because they had a speed boat with which we could go wake boarding. They took people out in three groups of 6, for two hours apiece. We went in the last group, and our time got cut a bit short, so no wake boarding for me. I didn't mind considering I've at least done it before, while none of the Germans had before. 

Drew was the last person to go for the entire day, so our boat driver had some fun and took us in a circle around the main junk, hence why someone on the boat was able to get these shots of us. Drew by far had the most experience of the group, so it was fun watching him take some big jumps and some big falls :) 

The Germans apparently met each other through slacklining, a club they made up that meets every Tuesday night down by the ferry piers. This guy below I am betting is incredibly good at it. We will have to go soon, perhaps this Tues, to get in a few go's before they all head back to Germany. 

Junk boating is always a nice, relaxing time. 

It's also really nice just to get outside of busy Hong Kong and get back to nature a bit. We were lucky the day was so nice. We also got a great sunset as we headed back to Sai Kung. 

Thanks Frank for inviting us and Athena for planning everything!