Dragon's Back Hike

Elder Newell bought a book of strenuous hikes in Hong Kong and I bought a book of leisurely hikes in Hong Kong. My goal is to take all hikes found in my book before returning home. Don’t think I will make it, we don’t have enough weekends left.

Left to right - Dew, Elders Halversen, Bench, Gibbons, Newell and Woolsey

Today we took one of Elder Newell’s hikes. It was beautiful. Those that went were Elders Newell, Gibbons, Halversen, Bench, Woolsey and Jackson. We went out to the east end of Hong Kong Island near Shek O. From there we started to the top of the mountain on the Dragon's Back. The Dragon's Back trail allows you to walk along the ridge line of the mountain looking down on the west side at the Stanley peninsula and the east side at Shek O and Big Wave beach. What a spectacular view and to top it off, it was a blue sky day, with little haze. We started around 9:40am and climbed and climbed to the top and then followed the ridge line to the north and descended down to Big Wave beach. We finished around 1pm and took five watching surfers riding the waves.
We then hike down to the bus stop and returned home. It was a wonderful hike.

View - Shek O and Big Wave (east side of Dragon's Back)

View - Stanley Peninsula (west side of Dragon's Back)