The way I remember it, the High Junk Peak Country Trail hike that my regular hiking companion and I went on close to the beginning of this year (yes, I'm that way behind in terms of putting up photo-essays of hikes I've gone on!) was one of the best I've been on in Hong Kong. But while selecting photos for last week's photo-essay, I got to realizing that the air was not as clear on the day of the hike as I would have liked. Consequently, I not only wish I saw more than I actually did but, also, that the camera could have captured the distant vistas that the naked eye could see but the camera could not.
Nonetheless, I hope that both last week and this week's photo-essays will be able to give a good sense of the sights that could be gleaned over the course of this hike -- one that I'd definitely deem good enough to go on again; only next time, I know to do it when the air is clearer...
Even when viewed from a distance on a not optimallyclear day, I reckon that High Junk Peak's summit
looks formidable and uninviting to most folks
The kind of vista (and trail) that I didn't realize existed in Hong Kong prior to moving to the Big Lychee
Hiking on a mountain but overlooking the sea
An optical illusion creates the impression that part ofthe road below is actually on higher ground
than where I stood when I took this photo!
On the other hand, it alas is all too real that land so closeto the trail and Clear Water Bay Country Park
is being majorly cleared and "developed"
It's not just me who sees a stone pig atop the rock, right?!
Also, if I were to let my imagination loose,I kinda see a figure lying on the slope... ;b
Alternatively, no imagination is needed to tell youthat this photo shows that we haven't gotten to
the end of the trail by a long shot yet!!!
So, yes, to be continued (and hopefully to the approval of at least a few of this blog's visitors)!!! ;b
7 comments:
Stone pig--most definitely. I may have missed the cute little porker when I first looked at the picture looking again makes it unmistakable.
I don't really see the reclining figure although the rock on the far right--farthest up the hill--looks to me like some type of animal with a longish snout. Not a pig or a cow, perhaps a small bear, looking directly at the camera.
Hi ewaffle --
Wow - I hadn't looked closely at the rock on the far right of the hill photo -- you're right! As for the figure -- I kinda see a big-headed foetus all wrapped up while reclining head down... ;b
hi ytsl,
I like these photos of the rocky dirt trail. What was the temperature as you climbed up the steep trails in the first photo?
Hi sbk --
Ummm... I declined to climb up that steep trail! (Instead I only walked on the side of High Junk Peak...) Still, if you are wondering, I undertook this hike in January -- so am thinking it was probably 10-15 degrees Celsius when I did so. :)
Looks like a Henry Moore to me, the reclining figure. :)
Definitely a pig...my personal year animal.
Hi HKP --
Hey, that's a good possibility! Trust you to come up with an artistic interpretation! :)
Hi baroness radon --
Am glad you "see" the pig too. :b
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