Jaspa's Junk

On Sunday we finally took one of the famous Hong Kong Junk rides. Friends of ours rented out a Junk from a company called Jaspas. We boarded from the Marina at Causeway Bay (about a 10 minute walk from our apartment) first thing in the morning, and from there it was about a 1 hour cruise to a beautiful cove/beach called Clearwater Bay.

The Junk is fully staffed, and Lunch and Dinner and Snacks are served throughout the day, along with ample beers and soft drinks.



Although the cruise to Clearwater Bay was fun, the main point of a Junk trip seems to be to spend as much time in the water as possible. The entire 3 Story Junk becomes a floating swim platform and we couldn't decide what was more fun, jumping from the top yourself, or watching others try to get up enough courage to do it.


Also, there was a water-ski boat that we had use of for 4 hours - all the kids got to ride on a banana boat and adults could ski or wake-board.


When we pulled back into the marina, the sun was setting, "Empire State of Mind" was blaring on the radio, we were all comfortably tired, and I think the entire family was more relaxed than any other time since we arrived in Hong Kong.