squiding

a few weeks ago i got a chance to try my hand at squidding! we went on a school trip to Sai Keng and the town was so charming. right on the sea, there were tons of great seafood restaurants, people walking their dogs, and fishermen pulling up to the side of the dock to sell their freshly caught fish right off their boats.

i didn't catch any squid but i had the best time trying (even though i got horribly sea sick). the trick is to yank the line up and down quickly. the squid are drawn to the boat lights and can be seen jumping out of the water like dolphins! when you pull them up, the squirt ink and writhe on the line. the boat lady even cooked some of our catch, after i got a chance to touch it and feel the strength of their suckers.

malaysia

my malaysia blog is now done, and cambodia is coming soon.

http://aisley-malaysia.blogspot.com/

vietnam

My Vietnam blog is up..It is a little rough around the edges.

http://aisley-vietnam.blogspot.com/

TRAVY HK DAY 7!

Sadly it was t-rad's last day. We headed over to the Macau ferry terminal to take a day trip there but I forgot my passport so we couldn't go. Instead we picked an island in the guide book and found a boat to take us there instead! It was Lamma, one of the biggest.

There are two villages on the island (and a power plant) and connecting them is a long, mountainous trail. I had the bright idea that we should rent bikes, but since it is so touristed we couldn't ride more than a few feet without stopping, not to mention that the steep incline would have meant we would have been pushing the bikes all the way up the mountain. We tried for an hour and then gave up. We saw a lot of other tourists doing the same.

We made it half way before the sun was setting and we decided to head back.

TRAV HK DAY 6!

We took a trip to the space museum and it was really cool. I tried to see if I could build an alien to survive in various environments and travy played on this and tried his hand at moon walking.

Next I took him to one of my favorite places in the city..

Trav searching for crabs: