Did some rock climbing and now sporting cuts on my hands to prove it. We also trekked on an island, urban trekked (ie shopping), rode on a junk, and ate. A lot.
This is the view from central craigs, at the START of the climb. Not shown - the long trek uphill, first concrete steps, then a trail, then scrambling over rocks, and climbing a steep incline of rock with just a rope to pull yourself up. Don't look down.
Rock climbing on Tung Lung Island. Very pretty, unfortunately most of the climbs are quite hard! For more climbing info go to hongkong climbing. HK climbs are graded harder than Singapore climbs, so if it is stated as 6A, it is really a 6B.
There's more to HK and skyscrapers and dim sum. We met a guy who had done the seven peaks and both poles (he runs an outdoor shop), a whole bunch of Singaporean bankers, lawyers and academics, and had a pretty good laugh all round.
On the downside, the pollution is baaadd. On some days, even the buildings across the harbour are a blur. Residents blame the factories in China, and they have a point. Over Chinese New Year, when everything shuts down for the holidays, the skies turn blue again.
Contentment.
