The most popular trail runs across the hilltops of the New Territories, 100 kilometres from east to west. It is named after Murray MacLehose, Hong Kong Kong's hiking colonial governor from 1971-1982. The Country Parks were his legacy to the countryside.
12 Jan 2002
On a typical not too cold winter weekend in Hong Kong, my colleagues suggested for a hiking outing at SaiKung area. Despites of getting my self trainned for at least 2 weeks, the hike was till far too challenging to me. We started early from Hong Kong island and got off at SaiKung fishing village bus terminal. The guys decided to start from Sharp Peak, hopped on to a small boat from Chek Keng to Wong Shek Pier, that led us to a beach as our entry point. Sharp Peak is sharp indeed and it was the most challenging path for me that each step took extra energy to move. I almost wanted to return to the pier with the original boat. However, once I got over the up hill part, I am pretty alright with the rest of the not so steep journey. The view was fantasitc. Check out the superb panoramas view from the slideshow.
The journey supposed to be just an average of 5 hours, but it took us 7, not because I slowed everyone down but rather we did take time to really enjoy the fresh air and the wonderful view of the journey.
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