Before breakfast the three of us went for a brisk walk following a Hong Hum waterfront circuit that Bobbie often follows in mornings before going to school. The walk took just under an hour and even though it was just after 07:00 the conditions were already quite oppressive with the temperature being 29°C and about 80% humidity. By the time we’d returned to Bobbie’s unit we were all dripping with perspiration.
After a breakfast that included Kellogg’s Corn Flakes (what luxury) we took a taxi from Hong Hum to Sai Kung, a large coastal town in the New Territories about one hour north-east from Kowloon.
At Sai Kung we boarded a very modern solar powered ferry that took us out to Kau Sai Chau Island where Bobbie often plays golf. This island is a richly vegetated sub-tropical paradise for golfers, having three separate eighteen hole golf courses with a central club-house and restaurant. The whole show is owned and run by the Hong Kong Jockeys’ Association and clearly there’s no shortage of money in the operation of this golf complex. The surrounding scene looks immaculate with greens and fairways appearing to be a perfect manicured evenness of green.
Golf course, Kau Sai Chau Island, Hong Kong
Corinne & Bobbie, Golf course, Kau Sai Chau Island, Hong Kong
We had a cold drink upstairs in the Club-house Restaurant and then caught the ferry back to Sai Kung. After a gentle stroll along past the harbour-side market stall we took a taxi back to Hong Hum.
Solar panelled boat, Kau Sai Chau Island, Hong Kong
In the mid-afternoon we “Face-Timed” Max and Sally in Wanaka and had a long chat, swapping news of families and recent events and made some preliminary arrangements for when the Brewers will be visiting us in Tasmania later in July.
Corinne and Bobbie then headed out on a walk to do some shopping and to arrange some provisions for our evening meal.