I'll sleep well tonight. Been on another Lantau hike today and somehow, although it was cloudy, I managed to get a spot of sunburn. Note to self...the clouds here are not to be trusted from this point on. Clearly the sun is closer than it felt. It was a good hike though, this time we walked up to the golf course and looked down over the harbour..visibility was better again today. After those few sunny days last week the fog returned full force and there has been no view to be seen for some days now. So whilst this photo looks rather grey and hazy, this is pretty good going.

So after a leisurely post-hike lunch in Discovery Bay we began our journey back to HK Island. First the 25 min ferry ride and then today, instead of walking the 30 mins home, I jumped on a bus to Wanchai. It was a full day and I could quite easily have settled down and put my feet up at this point, but I had a date with a boat. Our HK movers invited us both, but as usual, Alan is travelling, so I took a friend along with me for the ride. It was a tame evening of wine, canapes and chit chat with other newcomers but the swell was less tame. Well, by my standards anyway :-) It was a bit choppy and at times I had to take my gaze to the horizon. We cruised the harbour to the west and back again, passing the neon-light-strewn skyline rather quickly and then we were out amongst the cargo ships and goodness knows what else...boats everywhere around here. I wonder where they are all going. A lot of them just seem to rest there, loaded crates, balancing what appears to me, rather precariously. It reminds me of getting our stuff loaded into crates for the journey out here...is this why our stuff took so long to arrive? Was it simply sitting in the harbour for a month? Hmm...probably not, but my suspicions have been aroused.
After 2 hours on the water, I confess, I was glad to return to dry land. I will sleep well tonight.
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