Peng Chau & Tram @ Night



Possibly Cheng Chau Island?



We had one of the more explorative weekends with walking up Finger Hill on the Peng Chau Island also taking in the miraculous view of Hong Kong on top of Victoria's Peak at night.  Both were incredible.  Peng Chau Island is a really laid back old fishing community that is as different from the hustle that is Hong Kong.  Peng Chau is relatively small and you could probably walk around the island in almost two hours.  Once we got there we decided to start walking and soon came up to a dead end, or so we thought.  Frank Klaver, being the Dutchman that he is started climbing up the rocks, me, Greg, and Clement fallowed suit.  I had to end it early since my ankle I sprained a week ago still wasn't at it's best.  So I took the rest of the group; Austin, Siobahn, Keshia, and Christophe up Finger Hill.  Once they got over the name and composed themselves we started the trip.  We actually ended up taking the scenic route and passed by an inlet with a little bit of beach and rested up there for a second.  The next side stop we took was a tomb, unknown to us at the time, so we didn't wait around long and got moving.  We eventually arrived at the peak and the view was brilliant.  To the right you could see the bay and it's beach cut out between the hillside.  Forward you could see the surrounding islands and their own rocky features. 



Top of Finger Hill



It was a pretty warm day so we stayed on top of the hill for a while and waited for Frank, Greg, and Clement to get back and once they did we went down to the bay to check everything out.  The island as a whole is pretty laid back and seemed like a nice place for people to enjoy a weekend away from Hong Kong.  But we were getting pretty hot and hungry so we stopped at the local foodmart to pick up some snacks so we could make it back to campus.



Pork Curry, so good everytime

The next night Greg, Austin, and I jumped on board with a group of exchange students going to Victoria's Peak to view the city at night.  Surprisingly we had very few hang ups on the way there and we were able to board the tram almost immediately.  The ride up was really steap and also had a lot of great views, although I was sitting on the wrong side.  We acsended to the top to what is one of the best views in all of Hong Kong.  The city was so lit up and you could make out some of the hill sides as well.  You could even see all of the really nice boats and yachts in the bay.  The group I was with found the viewing place easily so we had to wait for everybody else to catch up.  After we tried to do one of those cliche "jumping" shots we decided we should go get something to eat.  Despite the restaurant being on top of mountain it was generally well priced and I got pork curry, as well as three other people.  I think this is where my strange obsession with curry started.  I literally have ordered it at every restaurant we've been to.  It was a really great night, I am still meeting new people and getting to know everybody else better and better.







Victoria's Peak