Discovery Bay

I got to be a tourist again yesterday - on a school day! I went on the ferry to Lantau Island to visit a school library at Discovery Bay. It was a great day! Not only was the library visit worthwhile and it was fantastic to meet the very helpful teacher librarian, but it was great to get on a ferry and go somewhere different.

Discovery Bay is an interesting residential area near Disneyland that is popular with expats. It seemed to me we could have been at a Queensland resort. Lots of palm trees, much more open and grassy, and very planned. You are not even allowed to drive cars at Discovery Bay. Very nice and holiday-ish, but I lost all sense of being in Hong Kong.

I preferred today, when I went for a drink after work with Chris and Chris. The corner at Soho has 2 small open bars with lots of small restaurants nearby and a few trendy shops, and right opposite our bar is a fantastic market street with tiny, wrinkled old Chinese people selling fresh fruit and veg. I'm not saying that to be mean - they really are very, very old!

There is also a noodle shop in that street - I couldn't help taking a photo of all the hand-made noodles hanging up to dry at the back of the shop. We ended up having noodles for dinner (not from there!) with the best prawn wontons I've tasted.

Discovery Bay, Soho corner and Noodles!