Park Island, Ma Wan, Hong Kong

Pacific Coffee has opened on Park Island! (The photo below is Copyright of "Mark", who posted this on the Park Island Blog earlier today). Pacific Coffee on Park Island The cafe is located in the Park Island Town Square which you walk though just as you get off the ferry. (Is the official name "Shell Square", or am I imagening that?) I must say, the cafe looks really nice, with nice big lounge chairs, and I think it is an excellent edition to the growing number of shops on Park Island. There are some places in HK that I think a Pacific Coffee or a Starbucks should simply not be - Lamma Island is a good example. But for Park Island, and the types of residents we have here I think its fine. I think Pacific Coffee is definately better than Starbucks, but having said that I also think Pacific Coffee is not quite as good as it used to be when it was first established by the ex-pat guy who later sold it (for 200 million I think it was). I will probably keep going

This photo of a typical Park Island lobby will only really be of interest for someone who has not yet been to Park Island but is considering living there. Pretty nice huh? The Park Island lobbies also have nice lounge areas, which can be used if you are waiting for friends to come down from their apartments and join you downstairs, or if you want to enjoy a bit of aircon before going into the lift. The lifts themselves are modern and fast.

There is a facebook Group for Park Island, called "The Ma Wan Network". It looks like it well become a great resource for Park Island expats, and the Ma Wan community in general. Take a look at the current group members, which seems to quite accurately changing profile of Park Island residents currently underway. The stated aim of the Park Island facebook group is "to keep you up to date with what is happening on the island, what is available on Ma Wan, group activities and Park Island news". Details: Name - The Ma Wan Network. Email - MaWan@groups.facebook.com. Website - http://www.facebook.com/groups/MaWan

Its always interesting to see what blog pages were most popular over the last week, based on the data provided by blogger.com. Last week, this page received the most hits of all pages on the Park Island website: http://parkislandhongkong.blogspot.com/2011/05/pool-facilities-on-park-island.html Interesting that the temperature in HK has also been at its hottest during this time period :)

"...on a blanket with my Baby - that's where I'll be..." Or at least that where I was until she got bitten by a mosquito :) Here are some pics taken of the bridge the goes over Ma Wan. Most people from Park Island never venture this far across the island, but its actually quite a fun walk.  Under the Tsing Ma Bridge on Ma Wan  Tsing Ma Bridge

Interesting clip here of a person filming how to get to Park Island by ferry.