All this was well deserved, after I had an early start again yesterday (April 16) at 8:30am to to join the CS dragon boat (big boat, believe around 25 people, paddles on the side) race team in Stanley beach, a 20min taxi ride from downtown HK (passing through Deepwater and Repulse bay) and a different world.
Starting at 9:45 with first introductions we went on the water for 1 hour of intense paddling - 2x750m plus 4x500m full speed race like sets (and a coach in the front of the boat that complains about "tea-bagging" in the back) really get the best out of your entire body ...
After that Nitesh (a work colleague from the same floor) and I had a deserved beer at Stanley beach front (not very much worth the visit itself).
Then I nurtured myself with a good curry in Saigon restaurant, before heading to the Dragon´s back trail, probably the most famous trail on the island, and accordingly populated with people that probably have issues spelling the word "trail" (incl. a couple of incidences of flip-flops..).
The trail ends near Shek O, a very nice beachtown, where I spent the rest of the afternoon, returning to HK at arond 8pm.
In the evening Nitesh and I headed to Kowloon to check out the Ozon bar, seemingly the highest rooftop bar in the world, topping the ICC tower. Unfortunately there was a huge line up (also because they had no door policy, so the crowd was a mix of "ugly tourists" and dressed up clubbers..) and at some point our thirst was stronger than the regret for the sunk time spent in the line, so we headed to the bar of the W hotel (Living room) and then further to the Luxe Manor (Baba bar), before "coming home" to LKF street and the Hollywood bar where there was finally the party crowd again...
More pics ...
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