Guides and Trips

7 August 2012 Fine and SunnyThe last morning of our Tokyo vacation. We planned to explore the downtown streets of the Shinagawa that we'd been staying for six nights. An interesting walk to see the old neighborhood shops and street scenes. There are lots of small restaurants as well, and should be an interesting place to explore more for eating.

25 March 2013 11 degree Celsius Fine and sunny weatherPhilip highly recommended Daigo-ji to me when I started planning my trip. Many travel guides stated that Daigo-ji would be "exploded" with tourists during Sakura season. Fortunately, there were not many tourists in this Monday afternoon. We had a wonderful walk in this place. We took JR subway from Kyoto Station to Yamashina Station (山科). Then we took Bus no. 22 and got off the bus...

27 March 2013 12 degree Celsius Cloudy and shaded After spending 2 days in Kyoto, we went for a day trip to Nara and Uji. We took JR from 京橋 to 鶴橋 and then changed at 鶴橋 to take 近鉄特急 to go to 近鉄奈良駅. It took me some time to figure out I should drop both JR and Kintetsu tickets together for changing gate. :PMy initial plan was just visiting 東大寺. I was glad to...

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.

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.

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...

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...

30 October 2011Warm, fine and dry24 - 27 degree CelsiusIt's part of Yuen Chuen Ancient Trail and it's a familiar trail we took to warm ourselves up for the hiking season. The initial stepping up the hills was a bit taxing. After going through Shek Lung Kung, it's an enjoyable walk. Sleep lotus in Tsing Fai Tong was a pleasure to view in this fine weather. 

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...

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...