Hiking - Peng Chau - Sun 2 Dec 2007
Date: Sunday, 2 December, 2007
Time: 3:05pm - 7pm
Meeting Point: Central Pier No. 6 (ferry for Peng Chau)
Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 (5=hard)
Please be on time, we plan to take the 3:20pm ferry which does not wait.
Please bring: snacks, water (at least 1 litre), jacket and a torch
Description:
We'll stroll around this small and scenic island, go up Finger Hill (95m) if we all have the energy, from where we can enjoy panoramic views of Hong Kong West, Lamma Island, Cheung Chau, Discovery Bay, Disneyland and the Tsing Ma Bridge. We'll finally relax at a local foodstore after the approximately 2-hour walk.
Hiking and Dinner Sat 3 Nov 2007: Pokfulam Reservoir to The Peak, jointly organized by Cambridge University, U of Chicago and Wellesley College
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Pokfulam Reservoir to The Peak 薄扶林水塘 至 山頂
We had 60+ people turned up for the hike and around 45 people for the dinner!
Po Toi Island with French Alumni Association 28 Oct 2007
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16 people showed up and had a great time! Nice weather too!
Po Toi is southern-most island of Hong Kong, particularly noted for its massive, strange and fascinating rocks. We'll take the 11:30am ferry at Stanley; have lunch at Tai Wan after reaching Po Toi (and tasting its famous fish congee and seaweed soup would be a good idea). Besides visiting the Tin Hau Temple and the historical Mo's Old House巫氏廢宅, our adventurous journey would cover the Coffin Rock棺材石, Monk Rock, Buddha's Palm Cliff佛手巖and Rock Carving and the Tortoise Climbing up the Mountain 靈龜上山
Violet hill to Stanley
Though Irene and I cut short of the hike, we rejoined the group at Stanley for lunch :-)
French Alumni Association - Po Toi Island 蒲苔島 28 Oct 2007
Meeting point: Stanley Pier (please see attached maps for meeting point, ferry route and Po Toi Island)
Meeting Time and Date: Sun 28 Oct 9:40am at the Stanley Pier
Po Toi Island 蒲苔島
Po Toi is southern-most island of Hong Kong, particularly noted for its massive, strange and fascinating rocks. We'll take the 11:30am ferry at Stanley; have lunch at Tai Wan after reaching Po Toi (and tasting its famous fish congee and seaweed soup would be a good idea). Besides visiting the Tin Hau Temple and the historical Mo's Old House巫氏廢宅, our adventurous journey would cover the Coffin Rock棺材石, Monk Rock, Buddha's Palm Cliff佛手巖and Rock Carving and the Tortoise Climbing up the Mountain 靈龜上山
We will have lunch at the restaurant on Po Toi Island. Bring water, snacks, towels, sun cream, sun glasses and a hat!
The most convenient way is to take the ferry at Stanley (take the bus 6A at Exchange Square to St. Stephen's Beach). The ferry to Po Toi is operated by 翠華船務 http://www.traway.com.hk/routes.html (booking enquiry: 2272-2022)
From Stanley - We take the 10am ferry
From Po Toi - 3:30pm or 5pm (we will take the 5pm one, if some people want to leave early, they can take the 3:30pm boat)
Price: $40 (round trip)
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Meeting Point (Stanley Pier) 
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Ferry Route 
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Po Toi Island  |
Hiking "Tai Long Trail" (大浪郊遊徑) Sun 7 Oct 2007
Date: Sunday, October 7, 2007
Time: 10:40am - 6:00pm
Meeting Point: Outside McDonald, Sai Kung (bus-stop for 29R)
Difficulty: 3 out of 5 (5=hard)
Please be on time, we plan to take the 11am minibus that sometimes departs a few minutes earlier Please bring: snacks, water (about 1.5 - 2 litres), towel, torch & an extra pair of socks
Description:
An ever-popular classic trail that starts from Sai Wan Pavilion to Chek Keng where greenery, beaches and scenes of villages can be enjoyed all at once.
Further to a stopover at the beautiful Sai Wan beach, we will have lunch (around 2pm) at one of the food stores at Ham Tin Village located at another beach of the Tai Long region. After passing through the Tai Long Village and the scenic Chek Keng, we will terminate at Pak Tam Au and take the bus back to Sai Kung. The whole event takes about 7 hours.
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Report: Hiking Lady Clementi's Ride Sun 11 Feb 2007
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This is a trail that never goes up, hence you will be able to enjoy good scenery with minimal effort. We'll start our journey at Police Museum. The historical Lady Clementi's Ride passes through Aberdeen Upper and Lower Reservoirs. The shaded trail terminates at Aberdeen town.
18 people turned up on a very nice cool day for a short hike, beautiful view of the reservoirs. We had afternoon tea afterwards in Aberdeen.
Hiking Log: Lai Chi Woo at Tai Po on 19 Nov 2006
There were 10 of us who took on this interesting 7-hour trip, nice view, nice trees, especially in the red forest, there is plenty of wetland. We had a late lumch at around 2:30pm with chicken congee and another chicken dish, apparently free ranger chicken, and we had the tufu flower dessert.
As we were 1-hour behind schedule, we were walking in the dark during the last part of our trip which was quite exciting.