After what felt like a particularly long week, Rus and I started off the weekend in the best possible way - curry!Saturday morning we woke up naturally (what a treat) and took a leisurely stroll armed with cameras and films down to central. Rather than go the most direct route, we opted for some back alleys where lots of the chinese set up their stalls, selling clothes, fish and tourist tat.
We had no real plans on where to go, so after stopping for lunch outside the IFC, we went to the ferry terminal and jumped on "the next" ferry, which happened to be to Peng Chau.
Although Rus had been there before, it was my first time so we stood lower deck overlooking the water and on arrival we were the only westerners in sight and we heard some locals referring to us as Gwailo's (google it). Anyway, jokes about our skin colour aside, we had a really lovely time, walking through the island and round its winding streets. Out by the water, the tide was in and we got some pics of the boats etc and then found a small street cafe (well, someones front room selling cans of drink) where we sat down and spoke to a Scottish couple, who have lived in HK for 12 years. They had just rescued a beautiful puppy that I wanted to keep!!
Back on the ferry we were surrounded by sleeping locals who have a marvellous talent of falling asleep on ferries, on the mtr - you name it - always sleeping! we stopped for a coffee on the way back to the apartment.
This evening we headed down to where the bright lights are and I took some long exposure shots with the box camera and Rus experimented with slow shutter speeds and twinkly lights. It was very chilled and very leisurely and we finished the day with some food at the reclamation street diners and a quick beer at the wheel on the way home. I wish every day was like today!
Emma x x
