Without wanting to jinx anything, I am going to be brave and say that the weather here is FINALLY getting a little cooler. There is a breeze in the air that is no longer hot wind, and walking to the MTR station no longer means breaking a sweat at 7am or 11pm any more. The air conditioning inside has also calmed down too. A combination of these things mean that it is actually quite pleasant to be outside! Autumn is when the Hong Kong hiking and outdoor activities take off properly, and in fitting with this new found coolness in the weather, Chatteris organised a wonderful afternoon up in the New Territories for us complete with biking, boating, Chinese kite flying and an amazing BBQ complete with marshmallows and home baked cakes by the Project management team! Tai Po is further north than my school and takes about an hour to get there, but it is worth the journey because the scenery was beautiful. There were green peaks to be seen in all directions and it was less built up and more like a community town feel, which again was a lovely welcome break from Wan Chai and Hong Kong island where I am living. Many Hong Kongers come for holidays here and there was quite a holiday feel to the place.
We biked along the edge of a resevoir and although very typically hazy, it was very pretty. As you can see from the photos, a couple of the boys chose the rather more adventurous sort of tuk tuk bike and proceeded to veer and precariously overtake everyone at any available opportunity and take speed bumps at an incredible speed! In true Hong Kong style, the paths were busy and the sheer number of people there served as a constant reminder that we were still in Hong Kong and you have to fight to get places!!
As ever, it was such a lovely afternoon and a really lovely idea to get us all together and to spend time with each other outside of the Chatteris office.
T
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