Nei Lak Shan Country Trail redux (Photo-essay)

Before anything else: here's wishing all of you visiting my blog today a happy new year!  And should anyone wonder: no, I didn't go hiking today because I'm one of those people who have to work on January 1.  But no problem -- it was a relatively easy day at work today and I have plenty of photos from past hikes to share, including a revisiting of my favorite hike of 2010 on a hazier day than the first time I went on the Nei Lak Shan Country Trail that nonetheless still yeided a batch of photos that I consider worth sharing:- 

A clear view of one of the landslide hit areas that

caused the trail to be closed for a time

Spotted early on in the hike (those wishing for 

a clearer photo of what's happening should go here! ;b)

I realize it involves a bit of imagination but I "see" two heads

in this photo -- with the one on the left looking like

it has bandages wrapped around it! ;b

Alternatively, I don't think it takes much imagination to think

that this caterpillar will turn one day soon into a beautiful butterfly!

This is a trail that's generally not too difficult but it does have 

its demanding moments -- as this picture shows, and ditto with 

my coming across an injured trail runner near this section of the trail

The kind of view that makes this hike rank among my favorites

of the ones that I've gone on in Hong Kong

I wonder how many -- if any -- of the people on the 

Ngong Ping 360 cable car that afternoon spotted

my hiking buddy and me! :)

For our part, we couldn't help but notice the cable cars

during the last third or so of our hike that day :)