****UPDATED****New pictures from my week in Pak Lap

Here's the slide show of pictures, I'll type a description of each day tomorrow....maybe




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The week in Pak Lap consisted of:
Arriving on Sunday in a junk boat (large boat that sometimes people have parties on) filled with all of our stuff, it took us 2.5 hours to get there and I slept the entire way on the couches inside.

When we arrived we had to unload all the kayaks (about 10), the paddles and pfd, 18 thirteen liter jugs of water, all of our gear, all the ropes and harnesses and climbing helmets. It was a lot of stuff to say the least.

We got it all in to shore after most of us were dumped by the large and quickly crashing waves right before the steep slanted beach, we got situated and I set up my hammock and tied my tarp on and slid it down to the end for maximum airflow.

Albert was the man that owned the building and the kitchen near the beach and he provided us with 3 meals a day until Thursday.

After a Chinese dinner and a overview of our crazy week and impossible timing for the group movement we went to bed.

I had difficulty sleeping in the hammock this week, I was actually cold enough to need to wear a fleece and cover up with my blue ALE shirt, but then I was comfortable.

The kids arrived on special buses that could enter the park around 9:30 and were on the beach and going to their first activity by 10:30 or so. Our first activity was the abseil (aka rappeling for us 'mericans) we ended up going about an hour over our time, the kids were slow and inexperienced, but it's not their fault, what we were doing was a little over their heads and we changed it for the next 3 days, instead of dropping them straight down a 40 foot rock they walked backwards down a 40 foot rocky slope and it got the same effect and everyone was able to go and it fit in the time slot.

The kids left by 3pm and we were free to do whatever for the rest of the night, which was pretty awesome. I did a bunch of things each night, played guitar, bowdrilled, made a rocksling, learned how to ascend and rappel using a single rope technique, did some slackline balancing, swam, ate, hand drilled, plus many other things it was a really great week.

The Hong Kong outward bound students showed up on our last night and I was doing some bowdrilling just as 2 or 3 were nearby and they instantly came over to watch as I busted a coal. Then they left and I played some guitar until they came back with 10 others, haha, all trying to figure out the english to ask me to do it again. So I obliged and busted 2 more coals for them and they were thoroughly impressed... They also played some guitar, but just did little riffs and things, they were ok, but it was a different guitar style, they enjoyed my pick strumming songs.

Thursday night we packed up the junk again by paddling everything back out into the sea and riding 2.5 hours back to Mui Wo to load a truck then unload it back at Pui O and wash and put away everything, it was a long day, but at least I got to sleep in my bed that night. Although, it wasn't for very long since at 6am the next morning we were back out to Wan Tsai in Sai Kung for our final pirates day event.

Long story short, one of the teachers forgot to book the busses for that day and the kids were 1.5 hours late and we had to scrap almost everything but feeding the kids and all of our pirate themed quests were useless...

That's about it (and i'm sick of typing....)


Anyway, this weekend in short has involved recovery from the last week by resting and eating good food, Katy and I bought a quilt and duvet to complete my bed setup so it actually looks and feels like an actual bed now, we went to El Taco Loco last night and had some decent Hong Kong Mexican food, then today we head out to Ma On Shan for Church and brunch with Katy's family and then caught a bus back, had pizza at the airport and then the 3M back to Pui O...This coming week will be day camps Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. I'll be kayaking with Bryan and Yvonne all 3 days it should be pretty good, although it's supposed to rain all week...