A Weekend in Cheung Chau!

Hello! It's Saturday following a busy week- and I'm finally getting the chance to sit down and write to you all about our delicious weekend in Cheung Chau. An island south of Hong Kong Island, Cheung Chau is probably best described as a "fishing village" and summer house locale for Hong Kongers. The sun set as we arrived on a ferry. The tents you see are the docks where the ferry let us off.

Brett and I stayed at the

one hotel on the island- The Warwick. It was nice- with complimentary breakfast served

on our private patio overlooking the south China Sea. We woke to more adventurous tourists (and locals?) windsurfing on a VERY windy day. I don't expect

you to keep up with the local weather, so I have to tell you that typhoon was blowing past and the repercussions of gusty winds did reach us on our long awaited vacation. But no matter! Our first day was spent sleeping late and then getting Chinese massages.

We did venture out for dinner. We crossed the island on foot (the only way if you don't want a ride from a bicycle taxi). There are no cars allowed on the island (with the exception of an ambulance- and a fire truck, I think). It takes less than 5 to walk across the narrowest point.







Dinner was spent waterside for seafood, in Brett's case! See the photo of scallops served on the shell piled with garlic. Brett was in heaven. We also had pork and broccoli- aslo very good, though not from the water! Note the very large Tsing Tsao Beer.
Dinner
Here is the beach just outside the hotel. We went looking for sea glass to add to our collection. (We also have some from our Macau April trip.)

We spent Monday travelling back to the main island, but headed south to Ocean Par

k, a local theme park in HK. Check out that Panda, and Brett probably wishing he was as relaxed as the sprawled big guy.

It was a great trip- and one

we'll likely recommend as a side trip if you can come visit us in Hong Kong! :)