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From the airport the visitors then disappear as fast as possible to get by the airport express, taxi or bus to Hong Kong and all the shops and first come back again when they have to leave again, or some might come for one visit to the islands biggest attractions; the big buddha and the Capel car up to that, and -of course- Hong Kong Disneyland. So on the north side of this Island there is a very busy road to the airport and the new town of Tung Chung just close, and across the mountains at the south side, a quiet and very relaxed side of Hong Kong opens up for the visitors who in fact manage to find their way here. It is not so easy to get to, and the only way is by boat from Central or the train to Tung Chung and then by bus over the mountain. I maybe thats the good thing about it, because nobody can just go there by car without a special permit. So what you'll find there is nice quiet roads, lots of bikers, sleepy villages and beautiful beaches. We always go there by ferry from Central to Mui Wo and as soon as we leave the ferry the difference to to other parts of Hong Kong is obvious; thousands of bikes is lined up just at the pier and on the streets only a few taxis, cars and trucks. Big signs at the road out of the town proclaims Road closed except for bikes.
We wanted to go to Chung ha beach and also to find a south African restaurant called "Stoeep" so we hired bikes in the friendly bike shop. I went to a restaurant to ask the way to this place, and a guy told me it would take 20 minutes by bus. "And by bikes?" I asked. "Which kind of bikes" was his reply, and I started to worry, but didn't tell Catriona and Yvonne as I saw them come out of the shop with two lady like Hallo Kitty bikes, whereas Bob and I had two mountain bikes with a lot of gears. And as we found the way I understood his question. It just went up, up, up and I had to struggle in the lowest gear possible with the sweat just running down. On the way to our destination we had to climb two steep hills and down again and we arrived so late that we only could sit and rest for 40 minutes at the Stoeep restaurant and the beautiful beach of Chung Ha, as we had to return back before it was getting dark. 
We did have time to eat some of the delicious food. Next time going there we will be aware of the time we need, and leave earlier so we also can enjoy the lovely beach and not just only think of restoring burned calories.
For Bob and I it was dark even before dawn.when we finally came back to Mui Wo the most incredible full moon lightened up the sky and the island of Hei Ling Chau and Hong Kong island with Kennedy town in the horizon.
Unfortunately I was to busy riding my bike up hill, so I forgot to take any photos, but who would like to see four soaked tourists on Hallo Kitty bikes on a steep hill?
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