Dispatch from Hong Kong #2

Just thought I’d share some more experiences. My time in HK is quickly drawing to a close, and I’m going to miss this place. In the last few weeks, Nik and I have seen a fair bit of the S.A.R. Her first weekend here we took the train up to Tai Po, halfway between HK island and the Chinese border. From there, we rented bikes and rode to a county park centered around an immense dammed reservoir and surrounded by mountains. The terrain is jagged, and isolation comes remarkably easy here. Last week I hiked the ridges of some of the mountains on HK island–on part of a trail that bisects the island north to south. Although I was never more than 5 km from the city center, I didn’t meet another soul for 2 1/2 hours.
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