August and September are Typhoon months in Hong Kong. Those months bring many storms and tons of rain. We were pretty lucky to have a very mild August but September has been crazy rainy. We've had some pretty hard core storms in which I was pretty sure our building would crumble down the mountain at one point (irrational fear, I know) and this weekend has rained non stop. BUT, my buddy, Nate Justiss from College of Charleston was here in Hong Kong and we were not about to let a little rain stop us! So, we started the day at a Vietnamese restaurant up the street where we enjoyed a good noodle lunch....
This is Nate, who I hadn't seen in 6 or 7 years before meeting up again here in HK. He was just as fun as I remembered, so that was a plus.
This sweet sweet old couple came in and sat at the same side of the table to eat their lunch and I just had to get a pic of them to show how awesome they were....
After our Vietnamese we decided to hike up to the Peak and the waterfall was splendid because of the rain....
Nate got this pic because my friend Gray always told me people like pics of scenery as long as people are in the picture. See, Gray, I haven't forgotten your life lessons....
The rain makes it so green and beautiful!
Some of the scenery on the hike up to the Peak....
A huge snail we saw on the way...
A hike in the rain wouldn't be as rewarding without a foot massage after. Nate is crazy ticklish so we didn't know how he'd do with the reflexologist (there was fear at one point that he might kick him/her in the face) but he was ok in the end
It was so fun to reconnect with my buddy and I can't wait till work brings him back!
That is a great life lesson, and I love the picture of the waterfall even more. And, I think you've described Nate perfectly--"just as fun as remembered." I saw him recently at a friend's bday party, and it was great to catch up.
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