Hiking Trails and Trips
Trips
20 April 2013 Cloudy with sunny periods 26 degree Celsisus. Basically it's Shek Pik Country Trail from Ngong Ping near Widsom Path to Tong Fuk Catchwater. The trail was easy and was mostly descending. However, some parts of it were made of boulders which were quite slippery with moss growing on them. In addition, mosquitoes were very annoying. Do remember to bring mosquitoes repellent.
17 March 2013 Cloudy 24 - 26 degree CelsiusA short hiking trip in the afternoon, basically Lung Mun Country Trail. There were a few light rain patches in our place in the morning. Luckily, the path was dry in the afternoon. Spring brings colorful flowers to Chuen Lung. There was no many flowers the Country Trail. However, the shades of green were lively
20 January 2013 Cloudy and Shady 17 - 20 degrees CelsiusRelative humidity 75%Great weather for the journey - dry, not very cold and no sun overhead. It's been nearly 4 years since we last visited the place. The chicken and chicken congee were still excellent in Lai Chi Wo.
2nd March 2013Rainy and misty14 - 16 degree CelsiusWe initially planned to go from Gilwell to Pak Kong in Sai Kung. The gales and rain at Gilwell made us reconsider and we decided to take a short trip to Shatin Pass instead. When we reached Shatin Pass, the rain became drizzles. We therefore went down to Pok Hong in Shatin. B&W photos are more suitable for the light condition.
15 December 2012 Cloudy 22 - 25 degree Celsius
It's been a long lapse since last short hiking trip. We stretched
our limbs this afternoon from the backyard of our home. The weather was
just right - neither too cold nor hot, not windy at the top of Golden
Hills. We did not go to Shing Mun Reservoir. We continued going down the Golden Hill Road. On Yam Estate...
15 September 2012Fine day26-31 degree CelsiusRelative humidity 75-95%Comfortable weather for a half day trip. The route is easy. Bus 51 from Tsuen Wan West MTR station to Route Twisk. Get off the bus at "Country Park" station. Beware of slippery rocks when the day is rainy. Green mini-bus at Ho Pui Village to go back to Yuen Long
13 May 2012Showers followed by fine weather26-30 degree CelsiusThe torrential rain in the morning nearly made us call off the hiking plan. Luckily, we went ahead in the afternoon for this short trip. Starting from Ngong Ping 360 cable car station, the initial part shared with Lantau Trail. Before going to the interim tower, the trail sign indicated clearly when to turn right to the country trail. It goes around the Nei Lak...
23 October 2011Warm and fine weatherIt's a whole day boat and hiking trip organized for young kids in mind. Some 40 colleagues and friends got aboard a rented boat at No. 9 Pier at Central. The boat sailed through Aberdeen to take a look of the shelter port from the sea before heading a fishing village themed attraction near Sok Kwu Wan. The lunch was served in a seafood restaurant. Then we...
20 February 2011 Cloudy 13 - 15 degree Celsius Relative humidity 72% "Three Joss-sticks" (三支香) refers to a series of three mounds at South Tsing Yi. I cannot find their names on HK maps. The official signage on the road mentions the road is leading to 細山 "Small Hill". At the tops of the mounds, there were official height poles, which look like tips of joss-sticks from afar, and thus the name. When I checked information about...
Junction at Sham Wat Road with Keng Shan Road to Tai O (Lantau Trail stage 5-6)
Lower Keung Shan, Hong Kong
Hiking | 6.4 miles
Hiking | 6.4 miles
9 February 2011 Sunny and fine weather 18 - 24 degree Celsius Relative humidity 65 - 95% We took NLB no. 23 from Tung Chung to Ngong Ping and got off the bus when it had just turned into Sham Wat Road. Going back ~ 50 meters and the direction to Lantau trail will be seen. Take the steps beside the toilet to go up Kwun Yam Shan. The weather forecast in the morning...
5 February 2011Fine and sunny. Hazy 15 - 21 degree CelsiusRelative humidity 60-90%Great weather for hiking. We followed MacLehose Trail stage 3 from Pak Tam Au to Shui Long Wo. Holiday goers to Sai Kung were many but the bus schedule was frequent. It's really nice that KMB bus no. 94 from Sai Kung Town broadcast the names of next stops in English, Cantonese and Putonghua. The initial ascent to Ngau Yee...
23 January 2011Fine and dry but hazy13 - 17 degree CelsiusRelative humidity 66%A short afternoon trip. After we had taken our lunch in Sham Tseng, we walked the steps and paved path from Sham Tseng Village to direction of Tsing Fai Tong. Before entering Tsing Fai Tong, we followed the clear road sign to Tsing Lung Tau. The path then became rocky and undulating. After passing Sham Tseng Settlement Basin, the main...
Fine weather but hazy in visibility 13 - 18 degree Celsius Relative humidity 45% A leisure walk from Wonderland Villas to Shing Mun after lunch
High Peak Junk Country Trail with an excursion to the peak
Sheung Yeung, Hong Kong
Hiking | 5.2 miles
Hiking | 5.2 miles
1 January 2011Fine weather13 - 18 degree CelsiusRelative humidity 45%A hiking trip to celebrate the new year. :)We took green mini bus no. 16 from Po Lam MTR station and got off at Ng Fai Tin, where the country trail starts. We initially planned to finish the country trail only. As the weather was really fine and we saw many people walking up the steep High Junk Peak, we got up the High Junk...
21 November 2010Fine and dry but hazy22 - 26 degree CelsiusRelative humidity 59%We followed my wife's colleagues to take this route some two years ago. I did not have a habit to record GPS tracing by then. It's therefore been in my "would go" list for long time. KMB Route no. 51 bus departed from Tsuen Wan. The bus frequency was quite sparse on a public holiday. Getting off the bus at...
24 October 2010Fine weather, cloudy in late afternoon 27 - 28 degree CelsiusRelative humidity 61%Who could have imagined the weather was so fine in the morning. Typhoon Megi was said to be potentially causing miserable weather at weekend. Anyway, a familiar short route for a short afternoon hike.
10 October 2010 Cloudy with a few rain patches 25 - 27 degree Celsius 90% relative humidity We stopped family hiking in last few summer months because of very high temperature in day time. The mid-autumn festival was over, we joined our friends for a leisure walk on a holiday. The journey started at Tsing Lung Tau. One can take KMB Bus no. 52X to get off at "Tsing Lung Tau Tsuen"...
2 May 2010 Sunny and fine 22 - 28 degree Celsius Relative humidity 65 - 95% The weather was exceptionally fine this weekend. Time to challenge ourselves for a strenuous hike. The trail followed mostly Wilson Trail stage 2 in the reverse direction. We took MTR and came out of Taikoo Shing MTR station from the Exit B. Turn left until we met Greig Road. Walk up the road until it turned left. There's a post sign...
Tsuen King Circuit to Sham Tseng via Yuen Tsuen Ancient Trail and Tsing Fai Tong
Chai Wan Kok, Hong Kong
Hiking | 6.1 miles
Hiking | 6.1 miles
25 April 2010 Mainly cloudy with sunny intervals 19 - 24 degree Celsius Relative humidity 55 - 80% The weather forecast at mid-week was still gloomy about the weather at weekend. The change in weather on Saturday was totally unexpected. Not having enough time to plan a trip which we did not visit in the past, we took this old route with some alteration at the later part. We started at Tsuen King Circuit...
6 March 2010Cloudy with fog21 - 24 degree CelsiusRelative humidity 95%We revisited the trail with a group of workplace colleagues. The initial part of the Tung-Mui Ancient Trail was badly damaged by landslide. The path was blocked and road signs redirected us to go down to Cheung Tung Road. We walked along the road until we reached Siu Ho Wan to take the original route again. Although the temperature was not high, the...
