As I just wrote in response to a comment by regular blog visitor Willow over here, I've been on another couple of hikes recently -- and yes, before you ask, they also yielded copious amounts of nice photos, a few selections of which I do intend to put up on this blog to share with its valued visitors. Before doing so though, here's presenting a second set of eight photos from the half-day hiking trip I went on back at the beginning of this month; one which feels like it took place so long ago now -- so all the more reason to remind myself via this photo-essay of how wonderful it (and much of the scenery on view over the course of it) truly was... :)
Similar but not the same:Close to where I left off the last time around
Another sample picture ofHong Kong Island's green rolling hills
(and a reminder that this hike took in
hilly as well as beautiful country!)
View of one part ofthe Tai Tam reservoir system
from another, lower-level portion of it
One more view of part ofthe Tai Tam reservoir system
and the nearby green hills
Lest there be any doubtas to where we were... ;b
Can you see some of the 1000 plus stepsleading straight up one of that formidable pair of hills
known -- no thanks to Gillian and Charlene! -- as
The Twins over in the background of this photo?
For the record:I elected not to climb up The Twins
and, instead, contented myself with scaling
smaller hills like the one pictured above... ;)
After our (hot weather) exertions, water like this looked really inviting...
but my hiking companions and I managed to content ourselves
with drinking in views of what really is
a beautiful as well as important reservoir system :b
2 comments:
Those are magnificent pictures. It wasn't until I enlarged the one of the steps that I could see just how they go up that (very large) hill. People go up that way? I feel weak at the thought ;)
Hi a. --
Am glad you like the pictures. The scary thing is that I think my last two hikes have yielded even better photos! ;)
As for that large hill: Yes, people really go up that way. And after a few hours of hiking for there's no other way to get there. One of these people was my friend the hike leader of the hike I was on. Pointing there, she suggested that we hike up there one time. I was like "no, thanks". Misunderstanding me, she said "not today but some other day." I was like "You don't understand, I NEVER want to climb up those 1000+ consecutive steps!!!" ;D
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