Tai Tam hike sights (Photo-essay)

Although I am but a novice hiker compared to some people I know here in Hong Kong (including two friends who I think of -- and have described to others -- as the demon and mad hiker respectively!), I nonetheless think it's fair to state that I've been on my share of hikes in the Big Lychee since moving here -- and, in the process, covered quite a bit of country in the territory.

As it so happens, the Hong Kong country park I feel I know best is Tai Tam Country Park. And several hikes on in the area, including the one that is the focus of this photo-essay and the previous one, I think I will have to conclude that it's also that which I love most... and would be most readily inclined to take visitors into to give them a taste of "wild" Hong Kong.

Should you wish to have an advance taste of what you'd be seeing if you were to go on a hike in the area with me, go ahead and scroll down... ;b

A caveat: Alas, I can't guarantee blooming flowers
at all times of the year

I also was surprised to see tiny turtles, koi
and other fish happily swimming
in the waters of the Tai Tam Byewash Reservoir

Alternatively, enough water and a clear blue sky is
about all it takes to guarantee this beautiful area sight

To the south of that reservoir is a building whose
entry ways have been strangely bricked up -- leaving
my hiking companion and I to wonder what it was
previously used for (a park warden's residence, maybe?)
and why it doesn't serve a practical purpose any more

A stone bridge standing amidst lots of greenery

A smaller, more natural body of water than the
reservoirs with which Tai Tam Country Park shares its
name (one which translates into English as "Big Pond")

A place along the trail that's so idyllic
I think it's worth a second photo --
albeit from a slightly different angle :)

To conclude: spider in the sky! (And yes,
this was a hike where we saw our share of spiders!!) ;o