Sai Kung.

Last Saturday the lot of us in the department decided to have a day of sun, sand and sea to unwind from our usually hectic life in the office. So we set ourselves to an excursion of some sort to Sai Kung!

About 8 of us started the day in Hap Mun Bay, which is a 30-minute boat ride from the Sai Kung Pier, for some fun at the beach. The ride wasn’t the smoothest as the boats were not really comfortable – it felt almost like the thing would collapse anytime – and I was just glad to have been able to make it to the beach safely. It was actually very hot, as the digital signboard at the beach displayed:

Not clear? Maybe the next one would be clearer.

37 degrees. You’re having a laugh.

It certainly wasn’t fun to be getting myself roasted on the beach, and by the time I got out of the beach, I think I was about 20% away from being completely roasted.

After the roasting session at the beach, we took a boat back to the Sai Kung Pier to meet up with the rest who, perhaps smartly, did not come for the beach session. We spent the evening on another boat, but this time round we were going to be on the boat for a few hours, trying to fish for squids.

Usually squid fishing doesn’t start until it gets darker, so before that starts, we indulged ourselves with the beautiful scenery that Sai Kung has to offer:

Even though at the end of the day I didn’t manage to hook any squid up, but I thought the whole session was still fun. I certainly won’t mind going for it again – though I would probably think twice about the sun, the sand and the sea!