Hong Kong... normally its thought of as an urban metropolis, with skyscarpers filling the air and housing the masses of millions that live in its crazy concrete jungle. That is what I thought of it after my week long stay there a couple years ago. However after working a Autumn season for Asia Pacific Adventures in HK city my perception of the place has dramatically changed. Unfortunately the pollution and smog was still there but this time I got to see so much more than just central!
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| The sweetest trip to Brides Pool Waterfall! The only time the falls run with this much water is when its puking rain... like when we were there! |
Highlights of the trip included visiting outlying Islands, surf beaches, climbing and bouldering spots, hiking and cruising around in the untouched Nature reserves (that surprising make up 70% of Hong Kong). I'm not sure if the hotcupping experience was a highlight... but it was definitely memorable!
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| Picked the wrong day to go to the Giant Buddha... on a public holiday! |
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| Incense much? |
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| Raft building on program at Wan Ye Chao |
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| It seemed like such a good idea at the time... hot cupping hurts! |
We lived on Lamma Island in an old fishing village that has now been revamped into a rather large expat community, with great restaurants, beaches, biking and hiking tracks everywhere. It was a 20min ferry ride from Central and the perfect way to forget the craziness of the city... plus travelling to and from work by boat was awesome!
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| The fishermans village on the other side of Lamma |
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| Nice backdrop to run urban OE programs on! (Lamma Island) |
Program venues were so close to the city... but were actually extremely beautiful and resonably untouched!
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| Luk Wu Gorge... crystal clear waters! |
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| Luk Wu Gorge with a whole lot of clients... geeeeeeezzz |
Even though we were there for 3 months, a couple cyclones rolled through town and cancelled some programs so we actually had more time off than we expected... which provided an opportunity to chill and explore some more of Lamma and HK City as well.
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| Passing the time with a bit of slack lining |
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| All you can eat sushi! |
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| Some would call it a nice sunset... others might say a product of pollution |
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| Cool little dude that was outside our house |
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| Dave bouldering on Lamaa |
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| It was never a problem finding Dave in the crowds! |
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| Not the usual view I see while hiking... but it had its own beauty |
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| Nice sunset on the ferry back home |
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| Chillaxing after a bit of bouldering on Lamma Island |
It was definitely a great experience checking out HK for a longer period of time... I got so much more out of this trip than the previous one!
