As the first quarter of 2009 came to an end, our colleagues decided to throw our leader a farewell party. They’ve selected the Lamma Island, the closest island to Hong Kong on the south-west. Had to catch a ferry to get there obviously and it didn’t take long. We got there around 2:15 in the afternoon and as soon as we got there, we had something to eat. One of colleagues suggested that we should go eat kebabs at a well-known fast food shop, so off we went. It was indeed very nice. At round about 3:15, we all gathered and started the day’s plan.

Lamma Island

Haven’t flew a kite for years. Last I remembered was when I was in Sydney, spent hundreds of dollars on a kite. Played with it for… I guess… once at Bondi Beach and that was it. Today, we have a kite for every 2 of us, with around forty-ish kites on the sky at the same time. To be honest, it was quite a scene.

40-ish kites

We spent about an hour flying kites and at the end, we were tying strings off other reels and joining them together. Our kites flew higher and higher. At that point of time, there was another activity. We had to make something from whatever were on the beach to something interesting. Well, obviously, sand and rocks were the best choice… or the only choice…

At first, we had no idea what to make and was just piling a stack of rocks for no reasons. Eventually, we come up ideas like…

Let’s make an Ox! (Since it’s the Year of Ox)

Let’s make a fish!

Let’s make a turtle!

We went through quite a lot of ideas! At the end, we decided to make a shark! Well, no special meaning really. Just wanted to make one. Then we made up stories on why we wanted to make a shark at the end.

The shark we made...

Not bad huh? Well, it was almost 5 when we’re done with this. So we quickly packed up then moved on. Our next activity was to walk from Yung Shue Wan to Picnic Bay. There’s this nature walk trail that leads to Picnic Bay from where we were at the beach. The walk took just round about an hour, but as for my conditions that day, it was hell…

On the way to Picnic Bay

By the time we got there, the sun was just setting. Very good timing! We were so hungry and as soon as we got to the restaurant, our orders were served. Everyone was getting really tired after the trip and we all went home as soon as we landed back on Hong Kong Island.

It was a really fun day!

PK Lai