hiking and biking

Karen (Larry's sister) visited us for the past week. it was really nice to have family visiting us, even if just for a short week. we'll take what we can get.

her first day here, we took her on an attempted-hike in Sai Kung with with some friends. our friend Garrick organizes group hiking trips practically every Sunday, so we try to go if we're available because the hiking trails are usually nice and scenic, the exercise is good for us, and we've met many really nice people on these hikes. Sai Kung is known for it's beautiful scenery, so we were looking forward to the hike. as luck would have it, it started pouring rain while our group was riding the bus up to the trail. instead, we all ended up taking a brief tour around the campus of UST and having afternoon tea in the campus canteen.

then Larry took a day off from work and we brought Karen to Shatin in the New Territories to go bike-riding. we rented bikes and biked for about 2 hours all the way up to Tai Po and back. we've gone hiking quite a bit in the last few months, but we should really go biking more often too. the biking trail is only a 30-minute train ride away, the bike rental costs under $4 USD, the scenery is pleasant, the ride itself is leisurely, it's good exercise... and it's good fun!

ok, we'll go biking more. no more excuses...
except when it's hot and humid.