Hiking up Cloudy Hill from the area around Lau Shui Heung Reservoir (Photo-essay)

After writing about a hike where I wasn't able to get to the top of a hill with the kind of name that had struck my fancy and made me want to go up it, here's writing about a hike where I was able to do what I had set out to achieve!  More specifically, here's finally putting up a photo-essay of the hike that took two friends and I went on up Cloudy Hill one cold (by Hong Kong standards!) day -- one that was made all the more special by the clouds having parted after we got up to Cloudy Hill to reveal a pretty cool view showing the panoramic scene below... :)

There was plenty of dew on the ground 

near our hike's start in the vicinity of 

Lau Shui Heung Reservoir that afternoon 

 Look how green is my Hong Kong! :)

 A quick glimpse of the reservoir was all we had time for 

as we were focused on getting up Cloudy Hill that afternoon

There's a paved path leading up Cloudy Hill but its 

cracked condition makes me think not many vehicles use it

I don't know the name of this flower but I know

that it definitely added welcome color to 

the largely gray landscape that day :)

There most certainly are times when Cloudy Hill

really deserves its name

Shades of a cloudy hike on Lantau's Ngong Ping plateau:

this was the non-view that greeted us when we got

to the top of Cloudy Hill!

As we began our descent, we noticed that it had

started to clear a bit though...

To be continued! :)