DISCOVERY BAY

The last few months have been exciting. In June, Tyler's parents came for a visit, which was very exciting. We weren't too sure how they'd handle the different variety of foods, but they were troopers, Dad even learned to look the other way and ignore the chicken and fish heads laying on the table! We kept them busy here in HK with some hiking, shopping, good eats, a few touristy things, and Mom had a very close encounters with dolphins (planned event) and monkeys (not so planned). Angie's family arranged for us to go to Mainland China for a few days, though the weather didn't want to cooperate and we ended up cutting our time there short, but that just gave us more time in HK.

View from our balcony in Discovery Bay. Disneyland is the lights in the middle on the left, HK skyline in the far background.

Moving!

In July we moved to Discovery Bay. Discovery Bay is on Lantau Island and is only about a 20 min. boat ride from the heart of HK Island. Originally it was supposed to be developed as a resort starting about 20-30 yrs. ago, but plans changed and it has become a residential location; though it does almost seem like we're on a never-ending vacation here. Our new place has a balcony and 2 bdrms, all of which have a great sea view. We can see Disneyland and the nightly firework show they have just across the water in front of us and further beyond that across the water in a different direction is the HK city skyline. The beach is about a 10 minute walk away and just next to the beach are the ferry pier, a lot of great little restaurants (one is a Mexican place, woohoo!!!), and a little shopping plaza. Last week we discovered that about a 5 minute walk up the hill next to the plaza lies a stream w/ some waterfalls about 12 ft. high that have about 9 ft. deep pools below where you can cliff jump into. You wouldn't even know you're near a residential location at all, it's a nice step into the country. And the mountains that rise to the West of Discovery Bay have some of HK's best hiking trails. It still baffles us how Discovery Bay is one of the cheaper residential locations in HK (not counting the little areas in the far-reaching corners).

Our homemade Enchilada and Strawberry Pie

Angie enjoys many things about Discovery Bay, lately her favorite new toy is the oven. In our short time here we've already made a few home-made pizzas (made the crust and all), some strawberry pies, enchiladas, mexican cornbread, cookies, brownies, and other wonderful treats. Tyler likes having an oven too, but for different reasons ;). Tyler works from home so he loves the quiet, relaxing environment and the fact that crickets can be heard chirping during our walks at night. Stewie enjoys playing on the beach, the freedom to run around w/o needing to be leashed, and the abundance of canine friends to be found. Needless to say we are loving our new home. Enjoy the pictures!!!