Beaches

Pictures of Tai Long Wan, our hiking group and Nadja & Nadja exhausted after the hike

A rather surprising fact of HK is that 70% of its land area is open parkland out of which 40% are nature reserves. So there is much more to HK than just the city. With all of HKs winding coastlines and islands, there are some pretty nice beaches in the area. On a saturday we went for a hike in the New Territories' "Sai Kung East County Park" along the Tai Long Wan (=big wave bay) hiking trail to the best beach in HK. The fastest way to get to the beach is via helicopter or boat, but as students on a budget we were left with the walking option. Let me tell you that hiking up and down hills in 32 degree weather, 85% humidity, no shade and no wind is no joke. But as you can see, it was worth the sweat: