First excursion

It's not like we've been cooped up until now, but we haven't been very far afield. THere's been plenty to do exploring around our area (Wanchai at the moment), going down to the harbour, shopping...but today we went on our first proper excursion to Shek O, somewhere we'd never been before. It's a small village on the south-east of the island, with a nice beach and plenty of cheap restaurants.
To get there we took a tram (slow but the best way to see things, and dirt cheap) all the way to the east end of the line at Shaukeiwan, where there's a good street market and a few small temples.
From there we took a hair-raising bus to Shek O and found our way to the beach. It's a good beach, and the sand was scalding hot underfoot. We avoided the old ladies offering to rent us umbrellas, and walked back into the village to find somewhere for lunch.

We settled on one of the many open fronted places selling Chinese and Asian dishes, and had some crispy fried noodles and pineapple fried rice - some of the best I've had, and only 70HKD with drinks. After that we went back to the beach, paddled in the water and then found a spot under a tree to while away some time.
We also made our way through the village to have a look at the rocky headlands which are quite wild looking. It's amazing how varied Hong Kong is, with lush countryside, beaches, wild cliffs and of course the unparalleled city itself.