Saturday, December 5, 2015

Hiking from Discovery Bay to Mui Wo

Thanksgiving and the weeks around it were especially busy for us. We did a homeschool outing with the teen group...a hike from Discovery Bay to Mui Wo, a family trip to Stanley Market, had a thanksgiving feast with friends, "high tea" with the younger homeschool group, and a trip to the playground in Tung Chung to hang out and play with the larger Hong Kong meet up group. Throw in church and gymnastics and when this week rolled around, we were all pretty tired!

First, the homeschool teen group decided to hike from Discovery Bay to Mui Wo. Mui Wo is a neighboring village...probably the closest village to Discovery Bay, BUT there is no road between the two. You can travel by ferry a couple times a day, but there is also a well traveled hiking trail. It is about 6 miles long, up and over the mountain between the villages. It is quite a hike... But we did it and enjoyed it. Once we arrived, we walked through the village of Mui Wo and up to the Silver Mine waterfall and had a BBQ. Here are some pictures from that day.

 

The hike begins along the beach front in Discovery Bay, basically through people's yards and gardens!

There is a gentle slope up as you walk. Here you can see the bay and someones garden.

We stopped at the monastery about halfway up. Once the trail left the beachfront, it was steep!

 

There is a pretty garden outside of the monastery.

 

You must hike down a different trail to get to the actual monastery. We didn't go that way, but the sign was cool.

When you finally climb up to the top, the views are stunning.

 

We took a short break at the top.

 

And then started the long walk down, down, down....here's the thing about steps in Hong Kong. No two steps are the same height, but they are all the same width...way too small for my giant feet. The steps are simply so tall you cannot gracefully walk down them. I sort of lurched and stomped all the way down.

 

 

We arrive in Mui Wo late in the afternoon, went by one of the family's homes, gathered things for the BBQ and then walked on through town to go to the waterfall.

 

Cows just roam free in this village. They are all tagged and cared for, but they just walk through town...lick random Americans and moo loudly when you tell them to stop.

The Mui Wo ferry is an older one....a throw back to an older Hong Kong...but safe!

 

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