Kowloon Peak

21-May-2006

Kowloon Peak or Fei Ngor Shan ( 飛鵝山) is a peak at the northeast corner of New Kowloon. The peak falls in the Ma On Shan Country Park. Both of the famous Wilson Trail and MacLehose Trail passes through the peak.

We have been to Fei Ngor Shan on the last winter time. And find that the Wilson trail is not too difficult for Vincent and William. So, we wanted to give it a try for our 1st family hiking activity.

The Gilwell Campsite, owned by the Scout Association of HK. This is the place for scouts to have camping and other scounting activities.


First we walked up a slope path...seems that it's a piece of cake to William

Then we walked up some stairs to cross over a small hill.

The highest point there was the destination we want to go.

Moving closer and closer to the peak...how tiny we are in the land of nature.

Ok, this is the starting point of Wilson trail..

The higher we were, the more we see...

It's getting a little bit tough at the midlevel. KS has to hold William at certain parts to prevent him from slipping down.

Looking back...this was the path we have walked through started from the entrance of the Gilwell Campsite.

We have been continuously walking for 30 min. And the kids and I were feeling tired . So, we took a short break here. We almost there, very close now...

We admired the majestic paranoma view from the peak. Yeah, feel like we were at the top of the world. I'm happy we've made it.

Down there is the Sai Kung town, the most eastern part of HK mainland.

This is to prove that the kids and I were at the top of this unknown peak. It's too bad I couldn't find out the name of this peak.

Facing the east, this is the scene on our right hand side.

This is the scene behind...

And this is the scene on our left hand side.

Vincent can always find something to play with wherever he is.

On the way down, the kids accidentally kicked some stones and found the way it rolls down is fun. So, they picked up big or small stones and rolled it down. They were so enjoyed playing this simple game. We have to drag them to continue the hiking after they played this for 10 min.

We drove for about 5 min from the Gilwell Campsite to reach this lookout point.

William asked me to move faster, while I was taking a photo of this ....

Daisy flower, it looks very pretty in my eyes. Must not easy to survive in wild environment like this...

overlook the northern part of Kowloon.

The peak at the most right hand side there is one of the most famous landscape - Lion Rock. There is a song, "under the Lion Rock Peak" sang by the past Roman Law, described how hard the life was for HongKong people at the years of 30-60s

Vincent was writing the letter A-Z on the sand. William was watching. It was a very lovely and peaceful moment between the brothers.

A beautiful sunset. I would say this is a nice place to watch the sun disappearing from the horizon.

When we reached home that night, I looked up the sky, and see the leaves was shinning in golden color as a reflection of the street light. Our little apartment is at 22nd floor in that building block, where we have been living for more than 4 years.

As the boys are growing up, we will definitely go for more hiking again. This is the 1st, won't be the last.