Happy Trails with Sven

My Dear Great Ones,

Sven certainly got a good workout during his week off.  We did a 2.5 hour walk around the Shing Mun reservoir during a time when it had just rained.  Best time to go.  Sven thought the reservoir walk would be a 45 minute FLAT meander near the water.  Opps.  I forgot to tell him about all the hills and that the trail goes quite a distance away from the water.  Nevertheless, at the end, after all the griping Sven admitted it was a great walk.

Up the hill.  Good for the gluts.


Some beautiful scenery:

Interesting trees:

 Yep the scenery is amazing.

Paper bark tree is awesome.

There was also some wildlife to wonder at:

Survived and still smiling.

A week later we had a day off and took Sven up to Tai Mo Shan.  The tallest mountain in the Hong Kong territory.

Sven was expecting some flat, easy walking again.  Sadly mistaken.  But once up in the hills all was forgotten.

 View of Yuen Long (Hong Kong) and Shenzhen, China in the background.

 Sven marveling the view.

 Tai Mo Shan

 Hong Kong:

 Note the spider.

 Sven checking out Shenzhen and Hong Kong:

 Celia and us enjoying the views of  Yuen Long and Shenzhen:

We then went up to the Ozone on top of the IFC.  Great views:

 Sven left a little sore and worn out, but happy.  Next week, the final installment of Sven's visit.  What he ate in Hong Kong.  Should be good.

Have a great week.

Love adios and ping on!

Dirk