The 16 hour nap was amazing. And if we hadn't planned a kickass day at the beach I could easily have slept passed both ten, eleven and twelve a.m Exhaustion had a face and that face was mine. But bunny did a good job kicking me out of bed and making me a delicious cup of noodles. High budget life ✌️

We met up with Thomas, took the MTR to Shau Kei Wan and from there we grabbed a bus to Shek-O beach. Bus fare was 6.90 HK$ per ticket.
Shau Kei Wan and Shek-O is still on HK island so I really didn't expect to be able to swim and tan just 30 min from the heart of the city. The weather was perfect and after some serious waves and a cider we had lunch at a local restaurant. The portions was huge, the food delicious and going Dutch landed us on a total of 115 HK $ each. And you usually don't tip.

After Shek-O we headed back to our hostel, showered and got ready for dinner. Thomas invited us to join him and his friends for something called hot pot and even if I thought the food was okey bunny wasn't all that impressed. He was weirded out by everything coming separately and he didn't get the feeling of having a "dinner meal" per say. The company was nice though, the atmosphere lively, the room very steamy and the waitresses rude and in general it was a good evening.
Something my stomach wasn't all that appreciative of sadly. At one point I was praying to all gods known to man to heed my wish and spare me from the demons inside. Eventually they did and after an awkward visit to the powderroom in a random coffee shop we went to an amfie theatre where there was a huge outdoor party, free of charge, with a bring your own drinks policy and with DJs playing until 01.
After dinner and drinks we did fuck things up by not making the last MTR at 00.50 back to the Kowloon side so we had to get a taxi to get back and apparently the taxi drivers aren't that keen on driving thru the tunnel. But finally we found one that would take us and I was forever grateful. Even when I thought the driver would fall asleep then and there as his blinking got slower and slower and he started to nod off just so very slightly. The ride was thankfully not that long and was over in about 15 min.

We noticed that they do service differently in HK and China. There doesn't seem to be a need to be nice or polite at work and we've had both waitresses, cashiers and drivers with the worst attitude and it has been quite entertaining to go out for dinner and shop in grocery stores.

Since we're on a budget of 10 000 a month, which ruffly translates into around 334 kr a day, we decided to get our basic supplies from the supermarket and to try to keep the eating out to once a day. We did alright in HK considered it being the most expensive city in the world but we blew the budget sky high when we were in Finland and Vasa. So we were already more than 2000 over budget arriving to HK. As we were doing the math we both cringed and cried a little but Finland was such an amazing experience so how can you regret it? We're counting on to make up for it in Thailand.
In other words our breakfast was mainly noodles in a cup, bananas and apples. And even if the backpacker lifestyle is all about stretching your budget it's worth every second of it. We're happy. And that, our beloved friends and family, is the only thing that matters.
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