Tai Tan Country Trail (Photo-essay #2)

As I walked about the streets of Hong Kong earlier this evening, I found it uncommonly windy -- no doubt due to Typhoon Megi's heading over in this direction. And although it hasn't turned rainy still and no typhoon signals have yet to be raised, it seems only a matter of time before the deluge.

So, as I work on this follow-up to last week's Tai Tan Country Trail photo-essay during what pretty much amounts to a relative calm before the storm, I'm thinking that there'll be no hiking for me this weekend. Instead, the closest I probably will be getting to the Hong Kong countryside for a while is by way of looking at photos in my archive like the following... :S

The above picture gives a good sense of how fine
the day was back in December when two friends and I
went hiking out in the Sai Kung Peninsula

At the same time, there was visible evidence
along the trail of the power of nature

Looking across Long Harbour (AKA Tai Tan Hoi)
eastwards to the formidable Sharp Peak

Also across Long Harbour is a small coastal village
that looks like it remains more frequently and
easily approached by boat rather than over land

While out hiking, I make it a point to look near
as well as far in my search for beauty

It'd be icing on the proverbial cake to be able to identify
flowers like these but I must admit to often being happy
enough to be able to spot and photograph them... ;S

Another bonus of coastal hikes is coming across
nice quiet beaches like this one

This hiking trail actually came so close to the water's edge
at times that one had to look around for signs
like this one to know where to go next!

To be continued soon with a third and final photo-essay to complete the series!