Hiking to Pokfulam Reservoir

This weekend, we decided to hike the nearby mountain. The place where we live is called pokfulam, it is the location of Hong Kong University and Hong Kong's first reservoir. It was a short hike of 3/4 hours to Victoria Peak from the entrance of the park. The welcoming ceremony was feeding the mosquitos, giving us countless mosquito bites as souveniors. Ignoring the body torture, we continued our trip bravely and started looking at the nature. It was mostly trees and leaves without many scenic views on the path. After a 30 minute walk uphill and 3 stops, a small but colourful reptile suddenly appeared in front of our eyes, it was a small lizard. This little creature reminded us to observe nature in more detail. The trip was becoming more enjoyable. There were dozens of beautiful butterflies of different types flying around, while a big cool spider was taking its afternoon nap in its magnificent web. The turtles were swimming with their friends and families in the reservoir peacefully, enjoying life in a quiet way. Just 5 minutes by bus from where we live, there is a totally different world.

Snorkeling in HK

We've been jonesing for some time in the water, so last weekend we grabbed our fins and snorkels and headed to the northeast part of Hong Kong to a place called Sai Kung. One of the areas in Sai Kung has a preserved sanctuary type area with hundreds of types of coral. There wasn't great visibility because of all the people swimming around and kicking up dirt, but we could see down about 2 meters and there was some beautiful and really interesting looking coral (a few pictured below). When we first started diving we were usually preocuppied with checking our air and learning how to be bouyant and looking for big fish. Now that we've adapted to the underwater environment we find ourselves looking for the little things; tiny fish feeding on the coral; fish that are camoflauged against the ocean floor; crabs or sea cucumbers creeping around. I'm starting to understand what my dad meant when he said, "I always liked the fact that my job took me outside hiking around and being in nature, but it wasn't until I started being more observant and learning about my surroundings, why things are the way they are and how they interact with each other that I really came to love it." I feel the same about the ocean. It's a completely different world and we're excited about learning and observing it more fully.


A scary sea monster!

Some stud! (you can guess who did this post)

An amazing weekend at home

It's our weekend, one of the best:

Waking up at 10am t0 Rolling Stones music

Having a wonderful breakfast of two pieces of hot toast and a sunny side up egg with a glass of great fruit juice

Watching 5 hours of the Best American Band in our bed

Ordering Mcdonald's delivery for a late lunch

Taking an afternoon nap,

and finishing with 3 scoops of ice cream with magic shell for our dinner.

It was a luxury day of laziness.