OK this should really have been written about earlier !!!

A much awaited trip to Cheung Chau happened on the weekend and it was really really fun. I had to cancel my Chinese class to go but I felt it was really worth it. FredBear, JanBear, GAHil, GABish and MrTW came along as well. We met up at pier 5 and after a little discussion, went on the luxury class level of the ferry. Basically it had air conditioning, compared to the open air decks below. Haha. We even had luxury toilets and an outdoor deck which was barred to prevent other people from coming to it. When I say luxury though, it was more like just clean. Played some cards, made some plans of what to do in Cheung Chau and it seems like the journey just whizzed by. In reality it was probably around an hour.

It was a totally different world when we stepped off the ferry. It looks like a little fishing village with a lot of tourists ! We looked at some shops selling local produce and also at some bicycle shops. Had a seafood lunch, before starting off. We rented bicycles for HKD30 each and rode Southwards. It felt really good to be wheeling along, free, with the wind in our faces. The best part was that we were far far away from tall buildings and work, and busy people. It was very relaxing. When we reached the tip of the South we went back to the pier before moving North. This time, I tried the 3 wheel cycle, which pulled a long a covered seat for a passenger to sit behind. Quite fun. We went all the way South this time and took pictures at a beach.

Then it was back towards the Pier before heading East this time for dessert. We ended up at a place for watersports. It was a very nice beachy cafe and we stopped to rest and had cool drinks. We also watched some people sail. fly kites and just hung around the beach until it was time to go home. It was quite sad to return the bicycles and get on the ferry home, but I guess every holiday had to have an ending. At night, we started to ache from all the cycling and I decided that I would just stay at home on Sunday to rest.

Until someone asked me to go karaoke.

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