Junk Boat Trip 2012

 Our friend Kale, Ammon, Caleb and Haleigh

heading out to catch the junk boat we rented

for the day.

 Our junk

 Loading the boat

 ALL of the kids, including the 3 grown

ones on the dock, were excited for the

journey to get under way.

 My 3 sailors

 We put in anchor at Lama Island

to enjoy the water.  Here the kids

are getting ready to jump off the

top of the junk.  They were waiting
for an adult to go first.
I snapped this picture and ran and jumped in!
Let the FUN begin!!

We thought it very strange that we were the only private

boat out on the water on a Holiday.

When we returned to Discovery Bay we learned

of the "NO SWIM" warning for Lama Island

because of SHARK INFESTED WATERS!!

The day prior to our excursion, a group

out on their junk encountered a 12 foot shark.

THANK GOODNESS it was a 

Whale Shark which has no teeth

and only eats algae -- AND

THANK GOODNESS we did NOT see it!

The poor thing would have died from a heart attack

from all the SCREAMING.

FUN day that turned in to a CRAZY story!!

A Trip to Disney Resort

We made a trip to the Hong Kong Disney Resort

for an afternoon of "feeling like we are in America". 

 We visited the Disneyland Hotel and 

shopped the gift shop.

 We walked the maze in the hotel gardens

 and tried to cool off in the fountains.

THANK YOU Disney for helping us begin 

the process of easing back in to American life :).

Only one and a half weeks left.

Dragon Boat Races 2012

The Dragon Boat Races in Discovery Bay

Geo Park and Sai Kung

 From geopark.gov.hk

A geopark is a unique natural area with special geological significance and natural and cultural landscapes, and serves the three objectives of conservation, education and sustained development.

 The black hole on the opposite side of the reservoir

is a cave.  Ammon went "swimming with bats" there.

--Sai Kung--

 Restaurants where you choose your fish

and they cook it for you.

SO FRESH!

 Fishing out a lobster.

 Our crab

 Our fish

 Our shellfish

A Fishing Boat 

THANKS for a WONDERFUL day Cathy!

Happy Father's Day

TO MY DAD!!

(MY - how I LOVE this man!)

To the men of Discovery Bay Branch

Chocolate bars wrapped in a suit.

 and to the LOVE of my LIFE!!