Lung Mun Country Trail one wet day (Photo-essay)

As I write this, we're deep into autumn here in Hong Kong, with temperatures this week being due to go down to as low as 13 degrees Celsius at times and the air being so dry that I have had to slather mosturizer on my skin once again. Back in June when two friends and I hiked the Lung Mun Country Trail however, it was hot and very humid.

Indeed, it had rained so much the day before that the mountain streams were swollen (and in a few cases, overflowing -- as will be seen in a few photos below) and there had been a few landslides in the area! And to add to the sense of danger, this was the second hike I've gone on in Hong Kong in which I happened to catch sight of at least one snake; albeit ones that slithered out of sight too quickly for me to photograph -- something I have to say I'm not all that unhappy about!! ;S

This stream in the village of Chuen Lung
near the beginning of the hiking trail
gave little inkling of what the other streams would be like

I think it'd be fair to state that
this mountain stream was on the swollen side

Also, that this other mountain stream was in full flow
(And was I glad that there was a bridge over it!)

This other stream, however, didn't have a bridge
over it -- and normally wouldn't need to but
times when it overflows onto the hiking trail
surely aren't all that normal!

Very fortunately, although the skies looked threatening,
the heavens never opened during our hike!

Seems pretty clear, right?

As it so happened, however, we elected
to cross this overflowing stream as the other alternative
would have been to spend more hours than we wanted
to back-trekking along the trail... ;(

So why do I hike? Among other things:
for exercise, to be closer with nature and for fresher air
but, also, to be able to behold grand views like these! ;b