Day 2
Didn't wake up as early as yesterday, but early enough to have yummy breakfast! Today's menu, pig blood porridge!! This was once available in Singapore but has been removed ever since, I think due to hygiene reasons. But it's tasty!
Felt a bit out of sorts this morning, forgot to bring some stuff and had to return to the room to get after breakfast. Getting to the trail start is a journey in itself. MTR-ed down to Admiralty and looked for the bus....which took ages to come. Then I realised....when there is an "X" after the bus number, e.g. 43X, it means the service is only for morning special service, so after around 9+ am the bus is no longer operating. Well my internet info (www.hkwalkers.net) didn't include this important piece of info! So I took another bus which stopped 2 stops away from my destination, and had to take (yet another) bus for the remaining 2 stops. All these took valuable time....by the time I got to the place it was already 11am!! Noon run!!
Quickly backtracked from where I left yesterday. Ok found the (damned!) junction without much difficulty. I realised how I took the wrong route yesterday....one goes uphill, one goes downhill, my mind naturally tells me to take the downhill! Mistake mistake.... And because it's downhill, within a few minutes you're WAY OFF COURSE! And back-tracking uphill is of course exhausting.
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| One uphill, one downhill, which will you choose? |
I recognise the Chinese boats with the colourful flags docked in the sea, that should be the Aberdeen Fish Market area which I passed by in the bus.
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| Iphone panorama function is good |
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| GoPro fisheye function is good too! |
Over here you may also spot the Hindu Datura. What's that?? Nothing really, just one of HK's 4 most poisonous plants. Hopefully I didn't touch any along the way.
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| Found a playground along the trail, looks un-used for very long. |
Section 2 is only 4.5km, very soon it's section 3, Peel Rise.
Section 3 also has a lot of greenery but the path also crosses many streams. The bridges will always have the "flash flood" warning signs, but I doubt anybody will ever turn back.
There's something interesting about section 3. The first part consists of a big loop of about 2.5km, but there is a short-cut about 200m, which saves you the trouble of going the big loop. 200m to save 2.5km, very tempting!! Just as I was contemplating a group of HK uncles were gesturing me to follow them, saying "shortcut".
ARGH, DON'T LEAVE WITH REGRETS!
Ok I went the big loop. It was tough, uphill most of the time. But I found a forest path that led to the stream below and decided to take a look. OMG.... this is the reward for not taking the short-cut! Fresh flowing cold water on a hot afternoon..... Reminds me of days of Gunung Tahan.
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| Fresh flowing water |
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| Underwater with the GoPro |
It was here that I realised my phone was not functioning anymore! Due to the cracked screen, there's no more touch-screen function and I can't even swipe to turn on my phone. Oh man this is bad! Not that I will Watsapp or Facebook people in the trails, but I rely on it to store important trail info like maps, trail info, public bus info etc. ARGH.
Moving on.
What can you expect to find along a HK trail? Add foot reflexology to your list.
By the end of Section 3 I was dead tired. And the afternoon heat took its toll, though still not as hot and humid as Singapore. It's almost 2pm.
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| Giving the tired legs some rest |
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| Food and water. Life-savers. |
End of another day. At least I didn't get lost, that's an improvement. And clocked more distance than day 1.
Section 2 completed Pokfulam Reservoir to Peel Rise Distance: 4.5km Difficulty: Fairly difficult
Section 3 completed Peel Rise to Wan Chai Gap Distance 7.5km Difficulty: Fairly difficult
Total distance: 12km
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