With the hiking group we explored the Yuen Tsuen Ancient Trail (Chinese: 元荃古道), also known as Yuen Tsuen Traditional Footpath. This is a trail linking Yuen Long and Tsuen Wan in the New Territories of Hong Kong. The trail was the major trail for travelling between two major towns for villages trading their necessaries before… Continue reading Hiking: Yuen Tsuen Ancient Trail (the first part)
Category: Hong Kong
Hiking: Hong Kong Trail Stage 8 (Dragon’s Back)
Hong Kong Trail Stage 8 is the final stage, a final 7.5km to get you to the end of the 50km trail. I've walked it in both directions, either starting at Shek O or ending there. Either way it is a nice walk. The one that I took the pictures on was a walk from… Continue reading Hiking: Hong Kong Trail Stage 8 (Dragon’s Back)
Hiking: Hong Kong Trail Stage 7
After a little break we finally decided to go on Hong Kong Trail Stage 7, which is 7.5km long with a 6km stretch of concreted trail alongside a water catchment. It is easy to walk and gives you great views of Tai Tam Harbour on a sunny day. The Starting point for this trail is… Continue reading Hiking: Hong Kong Trail Stage 7
Tai Lam Country Park Hike
A few Saturdays ago I joined a group of hikers in the West of the New Territories, on a forest walk along the Route Twisk. The route starts at Tsuen Kam Au (we took bus 51 from Tsuen Wan MTR station to get there), beside Route Twisk, and heads south-west through the hills. It is… Continue reading Tai Lam Country Park Hike
Hike: Po Toi Island
So now you might be wondering why I was in Aberdeen and also looked at the Jumbo Kingdom Floating Restaurant in the Harbour. Well, that's easy to explain. I was on a junk boat to Po Toi, together with members from the Hong Kong Hiking Group that's on Meetup. We were so lucky that one… Continue reading Hike: Po Toi Island
Hiking: Hong Kong Trail Stage 6
The sixth stage goes from Mount Parker Road to Tai Tam Road. Another 4.5km to walk, but mainly down hill. The hardest part is probably getting to the starting point, if you don't come from Stage 5 you will have to walk an hour uphill on Quarry Bay Road. For most of the way, this… Continue reading Hiking: Hong Kong Trail Stage 6
Hiking: Hong Kong Trail Stage 5
Stage 5 is one of the strenuous hikes. It is shorter than some of the other hikes with just 4,0km length, but because it goes up and down it is quite tiring. The starting point is at Wong Nei Chung Gap, next to the pink Park View houses. We started walking on the joint trail,… Continue reading Hiking: Hong Kong Trail Stage 5
Hiking: Hong Kong Trail Stage 4
Hong Kong Trail Stage 4 starts at Wan Chai Gap, so we had to walk up all the way from Hopewell Centre to get there. We could have taken bus 15 from the Exchange Square too, as this also goes to Stubbs Road. The walk begins at Lady Clementi's Ride. This ride is named after… Continue reading Hiking: Hong Kong Trail Stage 4
Namsangol Hanok Village in Seoul
In order to gain a glimpse into the lives of traditional Korean, five houses were moved here or rebuilt to create Namsangol Hanok Village. The houses represent houses from different social classes, ranking from peasants to the king. The houses display various types of furniture and household goods that would have been found in the… Continue reading Namsangol Hanok Village in Seoul
Hau Wong Temple in Kowloon
On our way to the Kowloon Walled City Park we passed the Hau Wong Temple at Junction Road in Kowloon. It sits at a street corner, but is dwarfed by the surrounding high-rise buildings. The Hau Wang Temple in Kowloon was built around 1730 but has been renovated a number of times. While there is… Continue reading Hau Wong Temple in Kowloon
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