Walk it off

Krisi and I are walkers. We both share the love of spending entire days walking around the city of Montreal (mainly in the summer). So, of course we are walking everywhere we can in Hong Kong (and are immensely frustrated with what we now refer to as "Hong Kong Walking Speed," which is barely above a shuffle. So, we walked through all the markets on Friday, down the "steep trail" from Victoria Peak on Saturday, around the city some more on Sunday, and across the Dragon's Back on Monday: http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/touring/hiking/ta_hiki_141031.jhtml
We are broken. Apparently walking down a steep incline in sandals is a bad plan re: blisters. I also got shinsplints, but only in my right leg (shinsplint?). My right shoulder was a bit wonky for a while, don't know why. And my quads are a tish bit sore from yesterday's hike. Krisi's calves have been stuck in flex for about 3 days, and she has a wide variety of cuts and bruises. Our new philosophy? Walk it off. Leg pain? Walk it off. Too much dim sum? Walk it off. It seems to be working!
Sunday was an incredibly eventful day. We did the Dragon's Back hike all the way to the beach town of Shek O, where we waded in the ocean and enjoyed an awesome Thai lunch and a beachfront restaurant. Back home for a quick shower, then off to the Hong Kong history museum. It was pretty cool, but we only had an hour in there so we had to cram in some quick learning time. Next we went to the Peninsula hotel for afternoon tea, which was very nice, but probably a bit over-rated. From there, we took the ferry to central to meet up with Lisa's friend Lindsay, who has been living and working in Hong Kong for a few years. Lindsay gave us the ex-pat view of Hong Kong, taking us to 3 incredibly cool restaurants and bars clearly populated by the ex-pats. I usually try very hard to only eat indiginous food when in foreign countries, but I have to admit I gave that up in Hong Kong. I'm not fussy about chinese food in Canada, and the Cantonese cuisine in Hong Kong was all the things I hate about chinese food multiplied by ten. Basically gristly meat shards coated in batter and swimming in sugary gloop sauce. So, it was a realy delight to enjoy a mediterranean tapas platter, a mozzerella salad, and a chocolate mango daquiri with Lindsay. It was definitely a side of Hong Kong that suited me....after the beautiful hike, the history speed tour, and the experience of the nightlife, I'm definitely feel like Hong Kong is a city in which I could definitely live. I think I will have to marry very, very rich to do it, though.
So, after a lovely night of food and drinks with Lindsay, Krisi and I took our jet lagged and tipsy selves home to pack up for our flight the next day. We didn't take the escalators down, though. We walked it off.