Day 3

We got up at 8 and went for breakfast at a local place around us as I spotted they had a top of the range coffee machine ‘La Mazoracca’. We had some nice poached eggs and avocado on toast as needed energy for our hike.

Today was a sunny warm day and humidity was crazy so we wanted to go early till avoid the main heat on the afternoon. Sinéad’s cousin who lived in Hong Kong for 3 years recommended us a hike to do called the ‘Dragons Back’ which went over the south part of the Hong Kong island and had great views up on top of the clouds. We took the metro to Shau Kei Wan and then got the bus down to the start of the hike!

Took us around an hour to get to the top which was tough with our rucksacks through the jungle! I don’t think I’ve ever sweat as much! We went above the clouds, for some great views of the jungle with huge skyscrapers sticking out before going down and then another 2 hours round the side of the peak towards a cove we’d been recommended to go to called Big Wave Beach! By this stage we were soaked through with sweat so the idea of a swim on the beach was amazing!

We had brought our swim stuff with us and towels so had an amazing dip in the sea and went for a drink in a local bar there in the cove. Sinéad had her first coconut and I had a smoothie which was refreshing! We then took another bus to Shek-o another nearby town. We were recommended to try a Thai place there for lunch which was delicious. After we got the bus back to Shau Kei Wan and metro back to the flat.

We got back at 4pm (peak heat and humidity) and had a much needed shower and chill time. Yesterday when walking through the financial district we noticed alot of businessmen in nice suits and we when walking back we passed a tailors near the hotel. I decided to get a new suit as I needed one for work so I went in and chose my colour and material (French navy + cashmere wool) and got measured. The tailor convinced me that this tailoring would be 5x more expensive than the UK but unsure if that was true of just his sales tactics!

After I got fitted (we will need to come back again for more fitting 1pm tomorrow) we decided to go to a rooftop bar we had looked up in our area for sunset. We got to the building and took the lift to the 30th floor with amazing views of Hong Kong island. We had some nice cocktails and some nuts and shared some Japanese chicken!

After drinks and watching the sunset we headed down around 8 and stopped for a bite to eat at a Vietnamese place.Read more