N.T. N.E. HIKING

Went hiking at North East of New Territories today. It's good to breathe some fresh air and go for a hike but it was really hard for me to wake up in the early morning. We met at Tai Po KCR station at 9.15am!!! We all bet that Lim would be late or no show but surprisingly he was the 1st one to be there!!

Our route was from Bride's pool >> Wu Kau Tang >> Sam A Tsuen >> Lai Chi Wo >> Fan Shui Au >> Bride's pool. It wasn't a rough route but we hiked for nearly 7 hours!!

Last month there was a fire and all the trees were burnt. This area was bald and dark!!

The weather wasn't fine today. It was humid and cloudy so the pics look a bit gloomy. I hate this kinda weather!!

I was so tired and I felt like my legs weren't mine!! Next time we should arrange to hike on Sat!!

HIKING AT HIGH JUNK PEAK

Hiking at High Junk Peak today!! Its height is 344m and it is the 2nd high peak in Hong Kong!! I didn't know the route before hiking and I thought it wasn't a difficult route but unexpectedly it was as rough as the Sharp Peak!



We scaled the heights and we shared the food there!! It was very windy and we had to protect our stuff just in case the wind would blow them away!!

The view from High Junk Peak was good!! I think it would be better if it was sunny day!! I didn't bring my DSLR camera coz the weather forecast said it would be rain! Thanks god it was only cloudy!!

A very deep slope that we had to climb up and down! A bit scary but it was fun!! We hiked for nearly 8 hours!!

I was exhausted and I got aching muscles after hiking!! We then went to Kowloon City to enjoy cheap Thai food. Quite delicious!! Maybe becoz we were so hungry and the food was even better!! :D

HIKING AT LAMMA

It was a nice sunny day and we went hiking at Lamma Island. I didn't really like hiking in hot summer coz it is too hot and I will definately get tanned so I try to avoid it in summer. But Yiu has asked us for few times so we chose a easy route to hike.

We took the ferry to Yung Shue Wan and then walked to Sok Kwu Wan. It wasn't too far away but we walked slowly, stopped to take pics and eat so it could spend us whole day there.

We walked up to the Lamma Winds, the only one wind power station in Hong Kong. It was my first time to go there. It was a nice power station tho I head it doesn't work anymore.


Then we got some rest and spent some time at the beach (Hung Shing Yeh Wan). A very small beach but not so crowded. I wanted go swimming so much!! It was extemely hot!!

After hiking, we took ferry back to Central and we had dinner at WanChai. We went to the Thai food restaurant that we often go and had some nice food again.

HIKING AT SAI KUNG

It was a nice sunny day and we went hiking from Hoi Ha to Wong Shek Pier. It was quite an easy route and we only hiked for around 5 hours.

Yiu and Mei Ki brought the cooking set with them so we could cook some simple stuff!! What a shame that Chef Lim couldn't join us!! I still haven't had chance to taste his cooking yet!! We only boiled the sausages, fried the hams for making sandwiches, made tea and cooked sweet dumpling for dessert!!

It was my first time to see the real star fish! But I guess it was dead already :D Didn't dare to touch it tho... We found many living things on the beach since the tide was out. Someone even wanted to kill the crab :D So cruel!!

After hiking we had dinner at a Korean restaurant at Sai Kung city centre. This restaurant is opened by a Korean couples. We ordered a 4 people set with stone pot rice, stewed ribs, Korean pancake, roasted mackerel and spicy soup with beef. The stewed ribs and the rice was so good!! Yummy :)

NAM SHAN WAI

Many people say Nam Shan Wai is very beautiful and photographers like to go there to take pics. My colleague suggested to go there to see how it is, it locates in Yuen Long and it's very far away. We should have assembled earlier at Yuen Long Western Railway but we all were late so finally it was nearly 4pm when we arrived Nam Shan Wai. We walked along the path but we all were not sure if we were on the right way. Nam Shan Wai wasn't as good as I expected. There were rivier, birds, trees and flowers but that's only what I could see LOL :D we only took few pics and didn't walk a long way coz the sun was setting and it was growing dark. I think next time we have to collect all the information before!!

YUEN TSUEN ANCIENT TRAIL + LAO FAO SHAN

++ yuen tsuen ancient trail ++

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Hiking at Yuen Tsuen Ancient Trail!! Last time I couldn't finish this trail becoz I was sick, today I'm in very good condition!! We hiked for 6 more hours!! I'm extremly tired and I feel like my legs are not mine now!!

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++ opening oysters ++

After hiking, we went to Lao Fao Shan to eat fresh oysters. The grilled Oysters and Deep Fried Oysters tasted so fresh and good!! But I liked grilled Oysters more! It was so cheap and delicious!!

++ sunset at lao fao shan ++

HIKING, DYING

I felt so sick today! I haven't recovered from my sickness yet. We planned to hike from Tsuen Wan to Yuen Long but becoz I was too sick, we just hiked around the hill at Tsuen Wan. I didn't feel wrong before hiking, but when I walked up to the hill and stairs, I was so sick. I felt like vomitting and I had difficult on breathing. It's really strange coz I had never felt that before when I went hiking. Today I had to keep stopping, resting and then walking again. The route wasn't rough but I felt like ages after finishing. I'm really worn out! Thanks god I can come home safety....

BOAT TRIP 2

++ Heading to Gwai Po Wan ++

Went for boat trip at Gwai Po Wan again! We planned to go to Long Kei but it was too windy so we went to Gwai Po Wan instead. The weather was cool and bad today. It was cloudy and shower sometimes. I didn't swim coz it was too cold. I only played with the dogs at the beach.

Afternoon we went to Salt Farm to have a walk. It's my first time to go hiking with beach slippers! LOL

++ dogs running at the beach ++

SHING MUN RESERVOIR

Hiking at Shing Mun Reservoir today. I haven't hiked for a long time! It's good to choose this place, so easy to hike! But the weather wasn't good, it was cloudy, humid and hot. I didn't know there are moneys and those moneys are so clever! They can recognise plastic bags and they know people bring food with plastic bags. They rob people's food! That's scary.

After hiking, we cooked food coz my friends took the cookset and it was really fun to cook simple food like noodles and fish balls. The food was simple but delicious coz after few hours hiking, we all were so hungry. We suggested to cook rice and chicken wings and cured sausages next time!

HIKING IN SUNSET PEAK

Haven't been hiking for a long time! I'm so tired. Remember last Spring I hiked almost once a week. I don't really like hiking in Spring, it's so humid and the mist causes poor visibility. I hiked in Sunset Peak which is from Tung Chung to Lantau Island. I heard it was the 2nd highest hills in Hong Kong. Is that true? The path wasn't rough but there was so many stone steps! It was so tiring to walk to the top. I didn't take many pics coz the weather wasn't good.

There were little huts on the hill and I heard they were built by the British armies long time ago. The huts were locked so I couldn't get in it. It looks like a good place to play war game.