Peng Chau

On Saturday morning, we made our way to Sheung Wan to take the 10:30 ferry to Peng Chau, one of the outlying islands west of Hong Kong Island. My uncle owns a flat there and it's his weekend getaway. Upon arrival, we were met by my parents (who took an earlier ferry) and my uncle (who went there at 07:00 to start baking an orange pound cake!). We wandered through the alleyways of small shops and restaurants towards my uncle's apartment.

 

Once we got there, we were able to enjoy the warm breeze from the beach, sitting in the open living room. The flat is on the third floor, so my uncle enjoys the use of the rooftop patio as well. It has beautiful views looking to the west and is quite lovely.

 

My uncle's plan was to start making an early dinner around three or so in the afternoon, so after munching on a light snack (cold herbal/medicinal tea, orange pound cake), we decided to head out and explore the island. There isn't much here: a few temples, restaurants, stores selling knick knacks (including much unofficial Angry Birds merchandise) and housewares. But we did stop at Les Copains D'Abord, a French cafe (!!!), for a cheese board and a few glasses of wine.

 

Dinner was freshly caught seafood prepared by my uncle at his apartment. There were shrimp, squid, fish and crab. Unfortunately, Gabe started to have a meltdown at this point, so we had to leave by six or so. We ran towards the pier and caught the ferry back to Central just in time. A few docks over was a Star Ferry so we took the long way back to Kowloon. We stayed around for the nightly laser light show at 20:00 on the Avenue of Stars. This is a pretty spectacular, well-coordinated extravaganza.