December 13, 2013 – A Simple Geeky Life

Saturday 30th November

I have never been to one of the smaller Hong Kong islands before. I feel like this time I’m going to get to know HK a little more, plus going to know more of the bus numbers in the areas. There are so many buses going everywhere, sometimes you can easily get lost and become frustrated at the same time because no one knows the exact bus number (that’s the same in London)!

Anyway, one of my cousins said she would take us to one of the islands for the afternoon, and my aunt said she would come along too. She said that Cheung Chau is quite a local feel of Hong Kong, and I would definitely like the eateries there! So it took us an hour to get to Central Pier Number 5 as there was a traffic jam, and we had to cut through the IFC shopping centre…

The first character on the left is my name “Bao” in traditional characters – 寶

Taking pictures of the city

A tram

In IFC shopping centre

Unfortunately we missed the 1.15pm ferry (because of Mr Stingy trying to find the loo near the pier, but there are also loos on the ferry), so thankfully we took the 1.50pm speed ferry which takes half the time of the normal ferry…! Excellent!! You can pay by Octopus card, and the speed ferry costs a little more to travel on, it’s about HK$22 (£1.80)… Cheap!!

Pier No. 5 to Cheung Chau!!

Taking pictures of the tallest building in HK whilst waiting for the ferry

We arrived at Cheung Chau 長洲 around 2.25pm.

We were all hungry, so we went to eat seafood at this place called So Bor Kee 蘇波記. My aunt says it’s cheaper to eat seafood in Cheung Chau than it is to eat anywhere else in HK! Wow…!! This is what we had:

Crabs

Pissing Prawns – they are so hard to peel!!

The easiest to peel!

Omelette

Fried rice… table staring to get messy!

Fried pork – my dad makes this often!!

Choi Sum

Shredded pork crispy noodles AGAIN!!

Razor Clams!! My favourite!!

Total bill came to HK$500 (£41). That is really cheap for the seafood we had. MummyGeek and I wanted to pay but my aunt said she would. Ack. Let us pay!! They had treated us the night before!!

My geeky rating: 4.5/5 (service was a bit slow, and my aunt was the one complaining!)

Address: G/F, 11C Pak She Praya Road, Cheung Chau 長洲北社海傍路11C地下

It was walking time… MummyGeek, my aunt and cousin (plus baby second cousin) took a long time to walk. So I walked in front. Mr Stingy walked further than me… Almost thought I lost all of them.