Outdoor Activities

Finally, after being here for a month and a half I had my first solid session of outdoor physical activity. People have been telling me that HK does have a fair bit to offer but most of the poeple that I know don't really get involved with too much.... shopping/hitting the bars for a couple of beers seem to be the more poplular activities, although I do partake a little too extensively in the second one mentioned.

Anyay, a couple of days ago after complaining to some of my co-workers about how I missed doing outdoorsy things one of my co-workers, Tony mentioned that he was going to do a 25 km hike of the island know as dragon's back. At the time I didn't think much of the name but as we hit the trail this morning it quickly dawned on me... since the trail descended and ascended the various peaks of the island which caused havoc on me knees. It also turned out the the hike was more fo a run than anything else, it took 3 of us and sandy the dog about 3 1/2 hours to complete it - perhaps I shouldn't have mentioned to Tony that I claimed to be some sort of runner. Anyway, after all was done I'm glad that I did it, though my quads and knees are complaing now and I'm sure they are going to complain more aggressively tomorrow.

It was a nice way to get a view of the south west side of the island, and eventhough it is winter here now the weather was perfect... warm enough that I wasen't absolutely freezing but cool enough where I wasn't completely bathed in sweat by the end of it.

After that we grabbed some good Thai food with about a ton of Aussies, uhh probably closer to seven. The food was fantastic, but I'm sure how good the meal tasted was in no small part caused by the hike. Anyway, after that we proceeded to partake in one of my more commen activites - grabbing a couple of beers at a bar on the beach of Big Water Bay.

All in all, this has been one of the most enjoyable Sundays that I have spent here... outside of setting up my IKEA furniture off course!