Happy Chinese New Year! (or Kung Hei Fat Choi!)
The year of the tiger was rung in with fireworks over Victoria Harbor. We had a great vantage-point from the 59th floor, but unfortunately the cloud of smoke produced by the fireworks obstructed the view for most of it :)
During the Lunar New Year weekend we undertook a walk through old parts of Wan Chai, Central and Shueng Wan. We came across an old blue house which apparently still has no running water and which is still visited by night-soil collectors.
The urban hike culminated in a visit to Hong Kong's oldest temple. We followed the tradition to visit a temple and to light incense for good fortune, health and prosperity for the new year. We also got to see a Lion Dance outside the temple.We also ventured out far far west in the New Territories to explore the second of two heritage trails. We already did the first heritage trail a few weeks back and this was the second of only two heritage trails in Hong Kong. This trail boasts Hong Kong's only ancient pagoda (picture below). Hong Kong Wetland Park also formed part of this urban hike. The Wetland Park has a strange feel with one of Hong Kong's satellite towns overlooking it.
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