Because the weather has been so unpredictable over the last few days, we decided to plan a day out and see what happened.
Doing a bbq in Hong Kong is no easy task. If you're lucky enough, you can fling open your door and light up the barbi.
But like the majority of people here, we have no such luxury.
So its off to the beach. The car is packed because heaven forbid you forget a necessity!!.
We planned to meet up with friends and spend a relaxing day. We arrived at Chum Hom Kok which is normally a quiet beach just before Stanley. There's a monstrous amount of stairs to go down to get to this little piece of paradise. Add to that the sweltering heat and everything but the kitchen sink in our bags and as you can guess, we were off to a good start.
The girls were complaining.... too many stairs, too many bugs, too hot!!! So yes, any parent can only imagine!!
A sigh of relief when we finally made it to the beach. We quickly grabbed a bbq spot because anyone who has done this before in Hong Kong knows that the bbq pits disappear fast and today was no exception.
I'd told our friends about this beach because every time we have been, its been quiet with not too many people. But today it was crammed packed!! But then again driving back home we pass 2 other beaches and each one was just as full.
The guys set up the fire. What is it with men and a bbq?? I know mine rarely sets foot in the kitchen but give them an open fire and a grill and they are all over it. Anyway, no complaining here.
Cocktails on hand - yes, albeit in a plastic cup. We caught up, girls were smothered in suncream and let loose on the beach.
Sausages and chicken to keep the little ones happy and whole squid which was cooked to perfection with a drizzle of olive oil and a squeeze of lemon along with a whole snapper. It was delicious.
We built sandcastles, looked for shells, tried to save the little plastic fish that was washed out to sea, chatted, laughed and got really, really hot.
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