Yesterday, Anna, Kat, Sara, & I went to Lamma Island, which is an island off Hong Kong Island. It only took us about a half hour to reach one side of the island by ferry, so not a bad trip at all. Lamma Island is known for its seafood restaurants & seafood displayed in tanks in front of all the restaurants, consisting of some of the biggest crabs & lobsters I've ever seen in my life! The staff at the restaurant will simply take the seafood out of their tank & cook it up to serve to the customers!
*Now that's a big crab!!
There are two sides to the island, so we decided to take the trail from one side (Yung Sheu Wan) to the other (Sok Kwu Wan). Before starting our trek, we stopped to have a quick snack at a cute little vegetarian cafe :) After our snack, I used my first ever squatter toilet - I was quite proud of myself after doing so, hahaha! It took us about an hour and a half to get to Sok Kwu Wan on the trail, which was very jungle-like & a bit steep. Sometimes it felt like I was going to fall backwards while climbing up the mountain, but it was well worth it as the view from the top was gorgeous!
*Me at the top of the mountain
Once we made it to Sok Kwu Wan, we explored for a bit & then figured out where we would eat our seafood dinner! We decided to share a few different dishes so we would be able to taste everything: prawns, fried lobster, scallops, squid, and fried rice. Everything was quite good! After dinner, we took the ferry back to Central as we were exhausted from the long day. I really enjoyed the island because it was so different from Hong Kong Island. It was very peaceful & there weren't thousands of people mauling into you everywhere you turned, haha! There were no skyscrapers in sight, so we were able to have a great view of the harbor as well!
*Kat, Anna, and I :)
*So pretty!
Today, Sara, Anna, and I went to the movies to see Eat, Pray, Love. I really enjoyed the movie & the HK movie experience. The seats were super, super comfortable & the movie theater was quite fancy inside with a wine bar & concession area that sold popcorn, yessss! I'm sure we'll be going back when Harry Potter comes out here on December 16th, which is unfortunately about a month later than the US, so depressing :(
I've officially been in HK for two months now, which is so surreal because time has really flown by. I'm having a great time here & am making sure to take advantange of everything there is to do & see. I'm so lucky to be having this experience! Now, if only I could concentrate on my school work, that would be even better, hahaha! Well, that's it for now, love you all!!
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