I have always heard that Dragon's back (also known as section 8 of the Hong Kong trail) is a pretty popular hiking trail in Hong Kong. After all it was hailed by Time Magazine as Asia's best urban hike. I had the good fortune of trying it out today with Seong and a fun bunch of people we did not know at first (MeetUp group).

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Last evening, I did my first hike since I came back to Hong Kong. In fact, we had not been doing very much since our return on Friday and I was feeling rather restless. I was too lazy to hit the gym, too lazy to go for a swim. I ended up signing for this group night hike from IFC to the Peak. I thought it would be good for me to know the city a ( Read more... )

I discovered a very pleasant walk at the Peak last week. I just took bus no.15 from outside Wan Chai market and the double decker took me round the mountain passing Stubbs Road, Guilford Road and up to the Peak. The scenery along the way was beautiful and I marveled at how the bus driver could maneuver the big bus round the mountain route every day ( Read more... )

Khiaw Pak and Khiaw Pak flew in to spend time with us over the Labour Day weekend and on Saturday, they showed us Shek O beach, one place they loved when they stayed in Hong Kong years ago ( Read more... )