Whats Up!
Today i got my cardio in! I went to Ng Tung Chai village and hiked up a mountain to see four different waterfalls. It was amazing! It was in the New Territories, which is north of Kowloon up the Blue Line, meaning that there are no sky scrapers, no traffic, and Carly and I were the only white people to be found for miles! Hahaha, needless to say we got a few stares, especially due to my tank top with an Asian dragon and my bandanna to really make me look intimidating. but it was needed. i had no idea that getting into this it was going to be a workout that had my quads shaking by the end of the trip. Oh well, the work was definitely worth the amazing views and the nice serene environment that surrounded them.
We took the MTR (subway) to the stop at Tai Po market, then from there took a cab, which i had to show a map to because he did not understand any English. We finally arrived at the village center, and after walking in a circle and looking like total idiots, the local family pointed to us, then said "wattah fahhh" and pointed to a tiny little concrete path. So up we headed. We came to the first waterfall, and I saw a rock that i had to climb, so i did, and the locals said to Cary "I'm afwaid fow him." but it was great! everyone there took my picture cause they were too chicken to the climbing part. :-)
Then we continued on to the next three waterfalls, each one getting progressively higher and higher up this mountain. Finally after the fourth one we head back to the village. This is where we found a "shop" or to everyone else in the world a little home with cold drinks and food if you fancied. We re-hydrated and caught a bus back to the MTR.
So we got off the bus, and at this point we were starving, into the Tai Wo Plaza we headed in search of some food to mow. We ended up being drawn into a Chinese Restaurant, believe it or not, and there were no English menus, and none of the waiters spoke English. So whats the logical thing to do? Ask EVERYONE in the restaurant if they know English. hahaha. Lucky for us a man sitting alone, introduced himself as Jimmy, this guy was born and raised in Hong Kong btw. So we had Jimmy order our dinner for us! hahaha it was the coolest/weirdest thing ever. So we dined on Chicken, Grupper with broccoli (which Jimmy called cauliflower), and Grupper Stomach with Bitter cucumber. it was all delicious! Jimmy was also two tall boys of Blue Girl and a Guinness foreign stout deep into his dinner, just to make it more interesting. So needless to say after all this we headed home.
Day=Success!
Till Later,
clint
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We also found a "hut" that was called a restaurant which we indulged in coca colas and some noodles. I don't really understand where the food came from, or how they made it, but I ate it happily since I had just hiked my butt off. After this we found ourselves some nice beach chairs and took a little nap. Not to bad of a day if I do say so myself.
Oh and on a side note, I was working out in the gym the other day, and a little bald headed Asian kid introduces himself to me as Tiger. He is the captain of the rugby team and asked me if I had ever played rugby before, I answered with "no, but I played American Football so sign me up!" So this past Friday was my first Rugby practice, and our first game is this coming Saturday, one week. It should be some real fun!
