Awww... Cuteness Overload at Discovery Bay!

The crowd was sooooooo huge!

The government keeps saying the birth rate in Hong Kong is too low, but if you were at the Easter Egg Hunt Fun Fair at Discovery Bay (DBay) last Friday and Saturday, you would doubt that.

In fact, the scene of thousands of kids kneeling over Tai Pak Beach hunting Easter eggs was so overwhelming that it felt like half of Hong Kong’s 3-8 year-olds were actually there digging hard, while the other half were having fun at the many game stations at the open-air market next to the beach.

There were, really, many many many children in DBay the day I visited. Howls of laughter echoed through the entire bay and brightened up the cloudy day. Even the cool sea breeze wasn’t that chilly when the many sweaty, red-faced kids were running around, warming up the beach.

A big group picture before the digging began.

In its fourth year, the Egg Hunt Fun Fair had 30,000 colourful Easter eggs buried, waiting to be unearthed by the cutesy, hyped-up kids. Apart from the fun of discovering hidden treasures, the eggs themselves were actually prizes that worth of about $300,000 in total! It made the $150 entry ticket, which included a food and beverage voucher of $80, a good bargain!

Mental note to myself: Take all my little cousins and nephews to the fair next year and form my personal gold-digging army!!

Children stayed behind after the egg-hunt in the hope to dig out something other than trash.

Or, maybe they were building sand castle?

YET!!! However wonderful and profitable the egg-hunting game was, what truly amazed me and made me (almost) want to be a kid again were the super cool stall games set up next to the beach! They were no lame ring-throwing or shooting games, but creative and action-packed challenges: Sumo-wrestling! Slide in a bucket! Mini egg hockey games, paint station and also another mini egg hunt!

Wrestler champion in the making. His dad looked more determined to win than the little boy.

Fight! Bang! Clash!

more close combat action. The onlookers had so much fun watching cheering for the contenters.

MOM! ~~Catch me!


We found many colorful eggs! can we cook it tonight, mom?


Egg hockey keeps the kids screaming and running around.



Painting station

The must-haves like Easter egg making workshop, balloon castle and goldfish games were pretty popular as well. When parents were not busy chasing after their kids on the loose, there were great food and beer for the dads and open-air market for the moms.

Open-air market for mums. There were clothes, home decorations and even safety vault for sale!

Food stalls for dads.

It’s a pity that I had to leave DBay so soon that day, otherwise, I would have grabbed a book and chilled at Dymocks & Gallery Café, enjoying the coffee and the sun! OR dinner at the 2 storey ZAKS, overlooking the Disneyland firework would be a splendid idea as well!

If you have missed the Easter fun fair, there’s always a next time. Event/ticket details should be available early March. You can check out http://www.ddeck.com.hk/ or Lantau Traveller will give you a heads up next time.

Here is one good, but inconvenient, thing about DBay you have to know- you can only get in and out of the place by public transports. (That explains the exceptionally fresh air and the many white golf carts around the area) Buses from Tung Chung MTR station (DB01) and Sunny Bay MTR station (DB03) are, in my opinion, more accessible and cost-effective as the ferry service from Central (Pier 3) is rather pricey ($31) and the pier may not be considered well-located to some.

Anyway, the point is, it’s usually jam-packed on the way to DBay during holidays and special occasions. So be ready to meet the crowd way before you enter the beautiful bay.

Awww. Cuteness Overload at Discovery Bay! (愉景灣復活節尋蛋記)