I had to work the first half of Saturday over the weekend and was really bummed out that I couldn’t go hiking because of it. Thankfully I managed to get my hiking fix on Sunday. The slightly warm weather was also perfect for hiking. I didn’t have to go far to get to the meeting point for Sunday’s hike – I only had to make my way to Chai Wan MTR station which is only a few stops away from where I live in HK Island.


From Chai Wan MTR station, we walked across to the cemeteries. There are several cemeteries for different religious groups in Chai Wan. There’s a Buddhist, Muslim and Christian cemetery. This coming weekend is the Qing Ming Festival weekend but many people were already going to pay their respects to their ancestors a week before. There were traffic police around to marshall traffic because of the crowds. This particular cemetery in the photo above, though, was a picture of calm and serenity. Mainly because the people buried there were British soldiers who had died in World War II. They were all men who had their candle snuffed out too early.


From the back of the cemetery, we walked through the hills to get to the trail leading to Dragon’s Back, one of Hong Kong Island’s most popular hiking trails. The view from Dragon’s Back is one that allows you to appreciate the beauty of Hong Kong Island’s south side.


A paraglider hovering above Dragon’s Back after taking off from there. I have never paraglided before but I’d imagine it’s heaps of fun to be soaring above everyone else and having some quiet time to yourself.


From Dragon’s Back, we made our way to Cape D’Aguilar. We hiked up to its peak and then made our way around it and landed back down at Shek O beach which was the end point of our hike. This is a shot taken by a fellow hiker and I’m the person on the left admiring the lovely view before me at a spot not far down from the peak, at about 300 metres above sea level.
Anyway, I’m off to the Land of the Rising Sun for a holiday!
Konnichiwa Nippon!