Karla's Birthday began grey and early. Today we are off to Lantau Island the largest island in Hong Kong to have some beach time with friends. To catch the ferry we were out of the house by 8 and that meant birthday gifts and cereal! The weather report was for sun and 23C but it was bleak as we boarded the ferry. Our friends Kevin and Liam were coming to play with us today on the beach as Liam's mommy had to cancel last minute. Like most trips in Hong Kong we sample a variety of transportation modes. This trip has taxi, ferry, and bus. At 10am we are on Cheung Sha Beach and we are the only ones enjoying the sun warmed sand. We set up camp at the Stoep a South African restaurant and the kids are shoes off into the sand.
What follows is a leisurely Saturday as we watch the kids play and eat great food. Sean and Liam are totally occupied in the sand and toys. The weather is perfect and we finish the day with a walk down the beach to explore the rocks at the headland. Bus, fast ferry and taxi take us home to Tai Tam for naps.
Although Dad had bigger plans, once the cake arrives in the house the birthday girl calls "cake for dinner" and how can that be undone! So we eat cake and watch movies and call it a day. As I write this Karla is watching "Charlies Angels" and Sean is sleeping.
Take a look at photos from the day @ our photo site.
Happy Birthday Karla!
Well that explains why no one was home when we phoned at 1:00pm...we don't have Chris' iPhone #. What better place to spend a Birthday than at the beach!
ReplyDeleteWow that's quite a cake! Looks like there'll be plenty left for us to sample when we arrive Tuesday am, unless, of course, Karla decides to have it for dinner every night! See you soon!
Looks yummy Karla,
ReplyDeleteJust checking the blog now, haven't seen much action on it for a while so kind of gave up......
I know Sean ate a good bkft the next day, we watched him.
Glad you are back on, sorry to hear you won't be blogging on your holiday,
Would love to hear,
Nana
Nan