Hiking in Sai Kung

This “hike” is no joke and it’s no walk in the park for the unfit person – like me.

You have cemented walk ways but it’s the never ending (felt like it) uphill climb that killed me. Yes, I do walk in NZ (okay, considerably less now since I’ve got my car) but Hastings is quite flat, okay?

All of them (Hazel, Paul and Yue Li) ended the hike without looking like they walked through rain/water…except yours truly, of course! It’s disgusting to announce it but my hair was completely soaked through because I was perspiring THAT much! Ugh! Didn’t lose any weight or inches, though.
To top it all up, I ended up with a headache/migraine because I didn’t have coffee. My head was throbbing throughout the last part of the hike. I didn’t have coffee in the morning because I thought I didn’t want to risk taking that much milk before a 4-hour hike! I ordered Ovaltine and realised that it had milk, too (and I didn’t get diarrhoea) – should’ve had that coffee!

Paul looked like he was very geram at Hazel here. Not the angry geram but the you-so-cute-I-want-to-bite-you kind.

“Hey, bite bite one cannot ah! Pain one you know.”

She didn’t say that, I thought it would be something she may say if she heard my previous comment. *hehe*

Come all the way to HK and eat bread?!!
1. I’ve not had WHITE bread in a long time.
2. Their bread here very thick and fluffy!
3. I didn’t want to be looking for a toilet for #2 during our hike – I’m paranoid!

It was a set meal and I shared with Hazel because I only wanted toast – Hazel took the noodles.

“Hmmm?”

My first minibus ride!

Then we hopped on the MTR to Diamond Hill to meet Yue Li.

Yue Li was there already, waving to us when we were getting out. If only you could see that man’s expression.

Then the double decker bus to Sai Kung.

Then a taxi to the starting point. The road leading up to here was so winding and narrow – yet the taxi driver drove like he was on an open highway. I thought I was going to be sick in the taxi if we were going to take much longer to get here.

Yes, lots of travel today – that’s why I’m paranoid to eat or drink…takut no toilet.

“This is where we get the 豆腐花 (tau foo far) and this is where we get the fried squid.”
That’s how we planned the hike – food incentive. *hehe*

Ada gaya.

Still can take photos, smile…

Are we there yet?

Got fish ah?

“We’re here!”

Taking photos of the old buildings/houses.
I meant that was what Hazel was doing, not that she was an old building/house.

豆腐花 just by the beach!

The shops we passed would display signs of 山水豆腐花 (water from the mountain) – I’m guessing it makes the 豆腐花 nicer/smoother?

Oooo! Dark brown sugar syrup and ginger infused sugar for us to add to our own taste.
*slurps*

Could not resist. I is the pig. Eat two bowls but jalan paling lambat…tsk tsk!

By the beach – it was just a tad windy.
“Hazel, don’t worry! I’ve got you!”

I thought this was heaven…because I felt like I was not going to make it!
This was incentive number 2 – fried squid!

I know the put together looks like a tacky food flyer but I don’t know how to work PSE to its full potential, okay?

Fried rice, sweet sour pork, fried udon and of course, fried squid!

While we were at this restaurant, there were a group of people with their dogs. MANY MANY DOGS! Soooooooo cute! It started to rain when we stopped for lunch (fantastic timing – thank you, God!) so with it being wet, there were wet doggy smell at the place. I guess those dogs love the beaches when they hike with their owners.

See? Steep climb, no stop/level area.
Whenever we start ascending, you hear nothing from me because I’m trying to conserve energy to continue walking.

死頂…die die must tahan. No other way out!

No more photos in between…

Happy Hazel!

Fatigued FeR.

Waiting for the bus to take us out.

The bus we took broke down half way but another was just at the back to pick all passengers up. Very efficient!
My headache refused to go away and seeing that the air was cooler, I wanted to have a hot cup of coffee. Couldn’t see any and I didn’t want to hang about looking (want to go home and sleeeeeep). The ride in the minibus proved painful – I was willing to walk from MongKok back to Poreiz’s place just to avoid that lurching in the bus that was making my headache worse.

I somehow survived – got back to take some paracetamol and down a mug of coffee! *hehe*
Yes, I’m a drama queen.

Hazel was so sweet to even THINK of cooking and she went off to get fresh ingredients from the market! We thought of eating out or have takeaways but she insisted. I guessed that she’d make 老鼠粉 because I’ve mentioned it plenty of times (tak tau malu!) about how I have missed that dish of hers and she said she’d cook it for me when I come to visit.

Cooking in progress.

Full of ingredients!

Thanks Hazel! You were still so semangat to cook – I would probably just crash into bed without dinner. *hehe*
Looking back, there are no regrets going for the hike. It was a good day spent with friends, seeing another part of HK and enjoying God’s creation!

The only problem was my fitness level…okay, the non existence of a level.

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