The Best of MDRT Exemplified by Patric Leung

Post by Bruce

The weather man was more or less correct in his forecast for the day. There were occasional thunder storms during the afternoon. It’s just that they were interspersed with light rain, and periods of torrential downpours. Fortunately we had accomplished the major event for the day before the rains started. This was to follow the walking paths to the summit of Victoria Peak – 1,800 ft. Because of the low lying clouds, we were in thick fog for the last third of the trek, and saw little but the slick path ahead of us. We’ll have to depend on the guide books and postcards to let us see what we missed. With heavy rain forecast for tomorrow, we’ll have to leave a repeat trip (on the cable car) till we stop off on our way home at the end of our Asian adventure.

As I write this, Rodger should be boarding his fight over to join us. He lands in Hong Kong just as Ed and I leave for Kathmandu. He’ll join us the next day.

Ed and I were squired around the city by Patric Leung, a ten year MDRT member, and a long-time resident of Hong Kong. He took the entire day way from his work to show us his city, one that he is obviously very proud.

Following lunch at the peak, we went to the Stanley Market to see crafts and tourist stuff. We didn’t buy anything now, as we’ll be back later, and why drag the items around Nepal? Patric introduced us to a very unique kind of French Toast. This took a while to digest this unique fried food delicacy. We wandered through an electronics marketplace back in Kowloon to build an appetite for the treat Patric had been saving for us.

For dinner Patrick took us to a local fresh fish market. Here we picked out the sea food we wanted to eat. This was weighed, and accompanied us to a restaurant on a point of land overlooking the entire Hong Kong harbor. As each of the seven courses were presented, served, and consumed, darkness slowly fell and the lights of the tall buildings that surround the harbour twinkled like live postcard.

What a start to our Amazing Asian Adventure, and such selfless generosity shown to us by complete stranger, who is simply proud to share his city with his fellow MDRT members, and very proud of what his city can offer. Thank you Patric.