Peaking Too Early

This morning Wayne woke up early to exercise... I did not. Needless to say he was quite a bit fresher than I was when we arrived at Central Station to meet Larry, Harry, Joe, Swope, Jacob and Kevin. The eight of us took the MTR to Shau Kei Wan station and then took a local double-decker bus to Tai Tam. There, we begin our hike of the Dragon's Back trail which had been suggested to us by Debbie Blount.

The trek began fairly modestly, through level and wooded terrain with occasional small waterfall. Soon, though, we began ascending higher and higher up Hong Kong Island and as we rose we enjoyed some of the most remarkable views, and windy conditions, that I've ever experienced! All around us we could see beaches, water and the gorgeous greenery of the island. We reached the peak... and then another peak... and so on until we finally hit the highest point of our journey.

We continued on, descending in serpentine fashion, until we finally got down to the road. From there, we took another bus to Shek O, a small beach village which we'd spied from our high hike. We got some dim sum there as a group and then spent a half hour on the beach, wading in the water and resting on the beach.

To get home we took the bus back to Shau Kei Wan and, the metro to Central, and then finally a cab to the Mid-Levels. Now we are resting up before our pub crawl tonight with alums!! I'll snap more photos and put them up shortly!