Since we've been in Macau, the weather has been anything but typical. Locals have repeatedly told us that "this is not normal". We saw little rain during the "rainy season", no typhoons during "typhoon season", and the "coldest month" of the year was not cold at all. In fact, the weather in February was our ideal temperature - warm enough to wear shorts and t-shirts and occasionally a light jacket.
With the kids out of school for a week during Chinese New Year, we took advantage of the nice "winter" weather and went to the beach. It was a bit cool and overcast when we arrived but soon turned into a gorgeously warm and sunny day - perfect for a day at the beach.
We went to Cheoc Van beach with our good friends, the Knowlers. Cheoc Van is the smaller and less populated beach of the 2 sandy beaches in Coloane (and possibly all of Macau).
When we arrived, we were the only people on the beach. The kids were pretty excited.
We walked along the beach,
climbed the giant rocks,
looked for treasures,
and played in the sand before having lunch at one of the restaurants overlooking the beach. After lunch, the sun came out from behind the clouds and our nice day at the beach turned into an even more beautiful day!
The kids threw off their jackets, took off their socks and shoes, rolled up their pants, and waded out into the sea.
Cade and Abby were a little more daring then the others and ended up with water up to their waists.
Ian, who prefers playing in the sand over the water, made a number of sand animals including this cute monkey.
We had a wonderful time playing at the beach and enjoyed the warm sunshine. Unfortunately the early season beach time found us a little unprepared. We didn't put any sunscreen on and felt the consequences later. A few of us, especially our hyper-sun-sensitive boy Ian, got our first sunburns of the year. But no complaints - we still had a perfect beach day in February!
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