This is one of many teams of dragon boaters out on the water daily these days – in the sun or darkness, in good or bad weather. All are striving to improve their strength, stamina, and ultimately, their timing, in the run up to the big race day on 16 June.
Some Saturday afternoons, you have the pleasure of watching a couple of teams in mock competition, sweating and straining to please their coaches with a great performance. Other times, in the evening when you’re walking along the promenade, you will hear shouts and grunts, coming from the darkness over the water, with a tiny light bobbing up and down rhythmically as the dragon boat makes its way in towards the pier.
Move on along the promenade and you’ll go past the temporary market in front of the car park(in the top of this photo), a mix of local commercial enterprises tempting you to browse (New Funland@Sai Kung Waterfront) and some eco-themed stalls ready to satisfy your dining desires while at the same time being friendly to the environment (LOHAS Green Market).
Keep going, and you’ll pass the “temporary” cement and tile stalls – impossible to miss in their bright green and blue glory – that are meant to be part of New Funland one day in the future. As we mentioned in previous stories, these stalls were built to include “comfortable seating” for weekday visitors, and indeed, they are being used for sitting, for pretty girl and dog photography, and as a place to put your bag while you have your photo taken with the sea as a background – on Saturdays. One promenade walker said that she welcomed any seating available, whether standard wooden benches or these. So, it may not be that people are taking a liking to them – they may just need a break. Kite flyers and people running their dogs around on the grass are, on the other hand, quite restricted by the market and these structures, which are yet to be used for their primary purpose.
Do keep on walking. It gets even better as you go towards the end of the promenade – there’s a fairly shallow beach where you can have a swim, watch the kayakers and windsurfers or have a go yourself, and a few places to quench your thirst and hunger.
To explore more of Sai Kung’s waterfront, click here.
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