March 05, 2005

Stanley beach

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as you can see, the sand here is quite coarse. This is the first HK beach I've been to so maybe other ones have finer sand. I found lots of cool seashells and weathered rocks. I also saw a little hermit crab in the water :-) I took these as good signs to wet my hand in the water and taste the water a little. It was really salty but the sea water smell was much milder then I've ever smelled before. As the coldest it's been here was like 2 days of 6 C around New Years Eve, the water wasn't frigid but still a lot colder than I would like ;-) The air temp was about 15 C when I visited, this is in mid-Feb. No one was in the water while I was there. People bundle up here for 8 -15 C days, not with a scarf covering their nose kind of bundling but still wearing heavy jackets, gloves and hats. I should add that when the temp hits the Celsius teens but it is sunny- people are less bundled. I also wear my hooded Chicago winter jacket here with mittens when it is overcast and the temp is below 13C or so. I still preceive this (relatively) mild winter as cold but it amuses me because I know people back home would feel this is T-shirt winter. I consider warm to be about 25-28 C so I guess I am more at home in the semi tropics than I am in NYC/Chicago/Toronto.

Posted by Christine at March 5, 2005 12:38 AM