Hike from Discovery Bay to Mui Wo

View down to Mui Wo

Our days out are counting down. Today we took the ferry over to Discovery Bay or Dbay as it says on the ferries. We walked up over the hill from the ferry terminal down to a smaller ferry terminal where the inter-island ferries come in. There is a trail there that leads up to the Trappist Monastery. Years ago the Trappist Monks had a dairy there and you can still find bottles of Trappist Monastery Milk, although the cows are long gone now, probably off living in a much more hospitable place. When I think of a dairy and milk cows I think of beautiful lush green pastures, not steep semi-tropical islands. But I guess it worked for they sold milk for many years.

View of coastal area along the trail

It was a gradual climb with beautiful beach views around every turn in the trail. The monastery is reached by a very steep road, and along the trail is the wrecked body of a very ancient Landrover that they used to drive the milk down to their jetty to be shipped out.

Beautiful plants along the way

We walked on past the monastery and continued our gradual walk up hill. At one point we had a view looking down on the Discovery Bay Golf course, what a great place to play it is. Then all of a sudden you leave the trees and begin a serious climb to the top of a VERY steep hill. Finally, out of breath and a little wet around the collar we reached the top, with it’s great view of both the Discovery Bay side and the Mui Wo side.

Resting at Trappist jetty

After a short rest we started down the other side to Mui Wo. This side is much steeper and we were certainly glad that we were going down, not coming up (love those walking sticks). Stairs, stairs, and more stairs. The trail drops down to the beach on the opposite side from the Mui Wo Ferry terminal, and we walked around the circular bay, with it’s lovely beach and over into Mui Wo central. After a quick drink we caught the slow ferry back to Central and the end of our day out.

Another beautiful flower