Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Lantau Trail (Part 1)

Lantau Trail Stage 1, 2, 3 from Mui Wo to Ngong Ping 360 for a distance of 13.5 km on 23 March 2019 ... We took the ferry from Hong Kong to Lantau Island and began the trail running at Mui Wo. While it was still drizzling, we started the ascent at 8:35am, and the rain stopped at 9am. Most part of the trails were misty and cooling; we arrived at the peak at 1pm. 

Upon completion of taking photos at Lantau Peak, it started to rain again for the entire downhill journey. With the wet and slippery ground, the descent required more effort. All team members arrived at the finishing point of Ngong Ping 360 at 4:30pm, where the Big Buddha statue (of Lantau Island) is located.

Do CLICK HERE to view photos courtesy of yours truly, KC Leong.
 (front, left): KC Leong (Team Lead), Edwin Goh (Trail Leader), ChongYF (Assistant Lead), Nixon Wong; (back, left) Ivy Wong, Miki Cheah, Kristy Chew, Amy Thew, Claudia, Josephine Lee, Emily Kam, and Bee.
 Posing with the trail and distance marker. The starting marker is L001; every number shows an increment of 500 meters in distance. For this trail, letter L denotes Lantau.
 Clean trail shoes before the start of the outing
 Taking a breather amidst the misty and cool weather
 Posing with the mysterious mossy stone-wall cabins with doors securely locked with padlock; there are many of these cabins here
 Having our lunch ... eating apple, bread, buns, munchies, etc bought from the supermarket the evening before
 Arriving at Lantau Peak with the entire area engulfed in mist
Arriving at the finishing point of Ngong Ping 360 

Do click here for Hong Kong Trail 50km Section 5 - 8 (Part 2)

Do CLICK HERE for the similar outing on 24 March 2017.

Posted by KC Leong

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