Gay Parade to Discovery Bay to Puppy Café

This past month has been a little hectic but, I have been exploring more of Hong Kong.  At the beginning of the month, I accompanied Nigel at the Gay Pride Parade.  The parade started in Victoria Park in Causeway Bay and ended at Tamar Park in Admirality.  The walk is only about 3 km but it took about 3 hours to get through traffic.  Now, places like New York and Los Angeles have huge Gay Pride Parades. Compared to those parades, the one in Hong Kong was small.  They closed some roads but we mostly were confined to one lane while cars passed.  There was a good amount of people but there were many strange looks from pedestrians.  I overheard two locals speaking and one of them asked "what is going on?" And the other local replied, "There's some sort of protest."  Although, Hong Kong has this parade nevertheless, you can tell there still needs to be more awareness for the LGBT community.

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A few of my friends and I visited Discovery Bay the day after the Gay Pride Parade.  Discovery Bay is an area on Lantau Island.  The area is really residential and a lot of expats live here with their families.  We decided to go check out the Farmer's Market that takes place every Sunday.  The Farmer's Market has so many booths with vendors from different parts of the world.  The goods ranged from international food to wine to jewelry.  It is an adorable area with a beach right next to it

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Finally, Tamsin, Abbie, and I went to a "puppy café."  Well not really a café.  It really was an adoption center but there is an area where you can bring your own pets to play with the rescues or you can bring your lunch.  However, it didn't matter that the café wasn't what we expected because we got to play with these two bundles of joy!  They are both two rescues who are a couple months old and were both full of energy.  I really wish I could take one of them home but I don't think my flat is pet friendly.  Also, if I do return to the United States, I have no idea how I would bring a dog.  Anyway, the shelter was in Stanley, the south of Hong Kong Island, and the employees were really nice and we found a legit café that we will be going to in the future!