As the first post-Hong Kong International Film Festival weekend (one that -- touch wood -- the weather forecasters currently predict will be without rain on Sunday) looms, my thoughts have turned once more to hiking. So rather than continue with my HKIFF reviewing at least tonight, I'm going to go ahead and put up another set of hiking photos from several months ago -- taken just one week after the previous hike (whose photo-essay I put up here):-
Early on in our hike, my companion and I caught sightof this unusual botanic arrangement
Not what you'd expect to seeout in the wild or a country park
...but this pillbox that I'm thinking dates back tothe Second World War is a reminder that sections of
what is now country park land in Hong Kong were
where troops marched through and battles were waged
The kind of scenery one expects more to seein a country park -- even one which actually
is not all that far away from civilization
Small waterfalls along the path of a hill stream that flows down
into one of the Aberdeen Reservoirs
Another rusting metal door spotted
Another World War II-era structure --this one in not as good condition as the one
we came across earlier on this same hike
My hiking companion likes to take photos of bugsand I of flowers -- so this scene satisfied the both of us! ;)
To be continued... but of course! ;b
4 comments:
Wow... that's a crazy plant! Looks like some kind of succulent. Have you been able to identify it yet?
And those WWII structures are pretty evocative.
I always find it interesting to go on hikes that combine nature and history. Looks like this trail has some interesting examples of both.
hi ytsl,
Another alien life form in the guise of a weird plant form??!!
Are the boulders in the bottom of the fourth photo down from the top part of the trail?
The WWII remains are cool too.
This is one of my favorite and to me more intersting of your posted hikes as I like the dense looking green vegetation, the relics left by humans and the close (I think) proximity to urban life.
Hi duriandave --
Alas, I haven't been able to ID that plant. Am hoping someone comes across my photo and can be of help.
And yes, indeedy, re those WWII structures...
Hi Maya --
I like hikes where I see many interesting things -- be they cultural or natural, or both. :)
Hi sbk --
Heheheh re your first comment.
Re your query: they may have been... but from a long time ago.
And re this hike in general: many things to see and so easy to get to! :)
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