Monday 25 June 2012

Holiday at Home: Part 3!


The Beach & Piazza

Here is part three of our recent 3-day weekend: the beach & Piazza! Hong Kong has a lot of coastline (733 km), but not many long beaches. A lot of the coastline is rock, or harbour, and often has very little sand. Many of the beaches are small coves, which don't lend themselves to walking along for hours as we Brits are used to. The beach at the Gold Coast was the longest beach I've seen here to date! 


The view from our hotel window


A deserted beach on a sunny Monday morning!


Another thing that made The Gold Coast unique was the piazza just around the corner from the hotel. We discovered it on our first night as we were wandering around the beautiful gardens. Behind the hotel is also the Gold Coast Yacht and Country Club


The Gold Coast Piazza
On Sunday night there was an Arts and Crafts market, which lent itself to a lovely atmosphere of stalls and shoppers. With its European-style design it feels like a little slice of the Mediterranean in Hong Kong. 


With the Gold Coast Yacht and Country Club in the background
Arts & Crafts stalls and shoppers



12 comments:

  1. Looks fantastic! Your choice of staycation was obviously the right one.

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  2. Looks good! May have to check it out when we're there in October/November! xxx

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  3. do you know if the arts and crafts market is on every Sunday?

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    1. Yes, as far as I'm aware they do. If you click on the link: Arts & Crafts market, it'll take you to their website and you can double-check.

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  4. Hey Laura :)
    Congratulations!
    I have just tagged you for the Liebster Blog award.
    Check out my blog for my information: http://anythinginfantasy.blogspot.com
    Have Fun!
    ~Emily

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    1. Super duper, Emily!!! That's brilliant, thanks so much! I'll check it out later as on my way to work now...
      Have a good day!
      Laura

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    1. Hi David, thanks for your comments. I think the idea of a 'beach date' is great and I'm pleased to hear you had such a nice time. Hong Kong has got loads of great spots where you can feel like you're in a different country! I remember coming back from Cheung Chau once and feeling like I'd been away, when the boat trip is just 30 mins!!

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  6. Hey Laura, just found this post. Very interesting reading it from the perspective of living there. I will cherish my location even more now I think, you've added a new angle to my view!

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    1. Thanks for your comments, Dana. Good to know I've made you feel even better about living there! :)

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