A walk along the water

The weather (like in many other places of the world) has been up and down for the last month - some days raining and cold, some days sunny and hot. This weather was not conducive to doing anything. It has led Colin to rely on what he calls the umbrella method of inductive logic, which goes something like this: If Colin carries an umbrella, it will not rain. If Colin does not carry an umbrella, it will most assuredly rain.


Now they have settled out - sunny and hot. This makes the city exceedingly humid, but at least stable enough in weather to plan what to wear/carry with us.

It led to us taking a walk Saturday afternoon. We took a jaunt down to the park to stroll along the water and found families with lots of children and even some bikini clad girls sunning themselves on the circular green at the park. It was a lovely day, if not a bit too warm, and it was drawing everyone outside.

Our walk to the ferry docks includes passing a dog park, which was also quite full. Several corgis and dachshunds along with a variety of larger mutts and terriers were tramping around the rectangular grassy area set aside for them.

A brief note: when I mention grass, this indicates that everywhere else there is concrete. In fact, unless I mention grass or being inside a building, you should always suppose that we are walking on concrete.

We always take the route through the mall, because the traffic tunnel in the middle of our trek is a bit dodgy for pedestrians. It was also full, but that is normal. I teased Colin about stopping at KFC (very popular here, but not on the list of foods Colin eats - an me neither, particularly).

On the other side of the mall, we've reached the ferry docks. They're set about fifty yards apart and are made up of three and four story buildings, some of which have accesses to the different ferry levels and some of which just house small shops and tourist waiting areas.

On the boardwalk (again - all concrete - no actual boards) across from the second to last of these large ferry buildings is a beer stand. Many of the shops in this area cater to the British and Aussie tourists that are visiting Hong Kong or Macau. We picked up a StrongBow (British hard cider) before making our way back to the apartment for a Friday night dinner.

This week we had Carina's Hong Kong version of Philly Cheese Steaks (I had ground beef with onions and cheese; Colin had chicken with onions, peppers and cheese - not as big of a beef fan). Ice cream for dessert - a good night. :)