Honkey Holiday
Trip Start
Jan 01, 2008
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Trip End
Dec 31, 2008
Hong Kong,
Hong Kong
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Please do excuse my guest-posting on Brian's behalf. Sometime between Taiwan and the Bagh' Brian got sucked into a sinking sand pit, never to be seen or heard from again. Either that or he's too occupied staying warm in the refrigerator that is more commonly known as the Embassy. Whatever the reason, you'll have to put up with me for the remainder of this post J
Oh, and pardon the lack of pictures - Brian and I weren't so good about whipping the camera out. We were very busy stuffing our faces with dim sum and a variety of trashy Cantonese comestible delights. Drinking beer purchased from Seven-Eleven also commanded much of our attention, too. If ever you find yourself in HK, I strongly caution you away from Blue Girl (beer)
Another great photo
. Label me a beer snob, but Blue Girl is basically watered down swill on par with tepid Keystone or Natural Light. Gross! Anywho - we were super duper lucky on our vacation. Despite going smack in the middle of rainy season the length of our little trip was filled with clear skies and sunshine. This allowed for much unimpeded meandering about. To be honest it was quite a lazy trip that didn't involve much planned sight-seeing - we just headed in whatever direction our feet took us and enjoyed all the interesting randomness we came across.
Thanks to my good pal Mei Yee (way back in the day from camp) - we were able to really experience some honkiness. She took us to the Hong Kong yacht club (which isn't really honky...but kind of is) where I saw the biggest cock roach of my life. Seriously! I used to live in New York City, so it's really saying something when I see a cock roach so big I just barely stopped myself from shrieking like a little school girl and leaping into the manly arms of Brian....who was also just barely shrieking like a little school girl himself. Cock roaches aside, Mei Yee so kindly squired us about all over the City. She also referred us to the genius tailor, Anthony, who made all of Brian's dashing suits and shirts. If anyone needs a good tailor, Anthony is your man
Anthony the Tailor
! Basically, Mei Yee was wonderful and really contributed to making our HK holiday happily honky.It's hard to pick out all the highlights because the entire trip was a highlight in itself. However, Lamma Island definitely deserves a shout out. We spent a lovely afternoon there where we walked up a really big hill, picked out Little Cow's future tax shelter, and had a yummy seafood lunch consisting of veggies seeped in some kind of delicious secret sauce, clams, and a sweet and sour snapper that was likely once a great predator terrorizing hoards of innocent ocean fishies. That snapper really did have some sharp teeth - but no bones!
Brian skipped out the day before me and headed off to Taiwan. My last day in HK actually POURED rain. However, it was worth having one rainy day considering all the gorgeous weather with Brian. Enjoy the pics that are up!
Cheers,
Sue
