Dragon's Back with Sisters

Last weeks hike on the Dragon’s Back trail was such a success that it was decided to do it again, only this time with wives. And so at 9am we started out, walking sticks in hand. And speaking of walking sticks you have never seen a group with more, we all had one, except Sister Gibbons, and this will be a real test of them.

Group on Dragon's Back - left to right, Jacksons, Benches, Newells, Woolseys and Gibbons

We rode the MTR out to Shek E Wan and then caught a bus for the rest of the ride. The bus chugged up a steep hill and I thought, "un oh, we are in trouble, even the bus is having a hard time." We got off right at the trail and off we went. It was a nice trail, stairs and then a flat spot, then more uphill stairs, then a flat spot, nothing we couldn’t manage.

Lunch at Big Wave Beach

And as promised the views were amazing. And there was a cool breeze. In fact we all were amazed that it’s the first week of February and we were out hiking and working up a sweat. Unbelievably wonderful weather. Winter is the best time to visit Hong Kong.

Watching Surfers at Big Wave

We reached the top and then down the other side. At one point we came to a road and you can go down to Shek E Wan or down to Big Wave Beach. We went to Big Wave and it looked like paradise as we came down into the beach. White sand and blue water with big waves. In fact there were a lot of surfers there.
There is a little café right on the beach that had outside seating and ... Ta da...English fish and chips. Good, greasy, wonderful fish and chips. And there we had lunch. Then we spent sometime enjoying the beach and just enjoying the lovely day.

We caught the bus over to Shek O and the beach on the other side of the mountain. It also was lovely. Most of the couples took the bus on home, but the Bench’s and Jackson’s took a short trip through Shek O. There is a beautiful golf course there and as we walked down to take pictures of the beautiful bridges there several hang gliders drifted down and landed. They came too fast and before we had a chance to take pictures, but they were beautiful.

Then the bus ride home. We had to get a few groceries and now it’s just an evening to kick back and relax. And by the way the walking sticks were a hit. They made walking much easier and we are all sold on them!!!