Last weekend was lovely and chilled out. On the Saturday I went to the Hong Kong museum of history to get a bit of culture and then headed out to Stanley on the south of Hong Kong Island with Rachel and Scott. Stanley feels a bit like a Mediterranean seaside town, with a market in some winding streets and a promenade full of bars and restaurants. I had an expensive chilled cider outside a bar called the Boathouse whilst Rachel and Scott tested out their offer on fish and chips! The chips, sadly, turned out to be potato wedges, but were quite tasty nonetheless.
On the Sunday there was a Chatteris outing to a place called Tai Mei Tuk in the east of the New Territories. It's an area with a big reservoir and we were all able to really appreciate the clearer 'country' air, particularly since the weather's been getting a little cooler recently. We went rowing on the reservoir, attempted some fishing (no-one caught anything!), cycled along the reservoir wall and flew some kites before retiring to a quirky little pasta restaurant for a good feed. The views from the reservoir wall were beautiful and the breeze coming off the water is just perfect for kite flying. The cycling was a little more dangerous due to the large amount of bike traffic, including some interesting bicycle-buggy type things with stripey canopies that reminded me of Victorian beach huts. All in all a really lovely day.
My rowing skills.
The chaotic cycling route
Kites at sunset
This weekend Hong Kong is celebrating Halloween. Apparently trick-or-treating/guising is not a big thing here, but everyone still likes to get dressed up and party. Nicole (one of my teachers) invited me to a party at the Hard Rock Cafe last night as one of her friends had dropped out at the last minute so I went along. The restaurant was covered with spider webs, big furry spiders and spooky looking paintings in gold frames. There was free face painting, a special halloween menu and a show going on with a bunch of entertainers in crazy costumes. The show was all in Cantonese, but that somehow made the whole experience more chaotic and exciting, and Nicole and her friends (who are all trained English teachers) tried to translate things into English for me (when they understood what was going on!). The Hard Rock party finished around midnight and I took Nicole along to meet up with some Chatteris people at a party. I think she enjoyed it, although she may have been a little overwhelmed at the large number of people, especially as everyone was dressed up and looking even odder than usual!
Scary teachers at Hard Rock Cafe
Today shall be more relaxed day. I'm off to do some shopping as we got paid this week!
I bought a plant!
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