Weekend events Issue 5 Aug 2002
Dominic's Home, Hiking, Restaurant guide,
Foreign Movie Guide, World Travel Guide
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  • Hiking 02#05: Sat 17 Aug 2002 Lamma Island hike plus seafood dinner
  • How was Hiking 02#04? Sat 15 June 2002 Ka Lung Tam, Luk Keng, Fan Lin
Hiking 02#05: Sat 17 Aug 2002 Lamma Island hike plus seafood dinner
  • Time and Date: 12:45pm Sat 17 Aug (Ferry leaves at 1pm sharp)
  • Meeting place: Pier for Outlying Islands, Central, look for the one to Lamma Island (The piers are located along the shore, behind IFC, Central)
  • Difficulty: 1 (1-5, 1 = easy)
  • Time: ~2hrs walking time
  • Description: For this hike, I have decided to choose an easy route and probably most people are familiar with. We are going from Yung Shae Wan to Sok Kwu Wan, stopping by Hung San Yee Wan (beach) where you can swim and/or play with the sand. Dinner at around 6:30pm the famous Rainbow Restaurant at Sok Kwu Wan. If you are not having dinner, you can take the ferry from Sok Kwu Wan back to Central. For Ferry schedule, click here.

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Hiking 02#04: Sat 15 June 2002 Ka Lung Tam, Luk Keng, Fan Lin

(Source: www.traveler.com.hk)


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Trip plan: Since the weather is getting hot, I want to pick a short, gentle walk that is cool and with interesting scenic spots. Ka Lun Tam contains an interesting geographic feature in which the big rocks along the stream has many small round holes. They were formed by the abrasion between the rocks and small stones or sand trapped in the uneven surface of the rock and stream provides the energy and made the stones and sand to move in a circular manner. Some of these holes are actually connected to each other. We should be back to Fan Lin by 6pm.

Click here for detail description and photos (Chinese only)

Trip report: The weather turned out to be really nice, it was cloudy but did not rain. So it was actually, pretty cool. We missed the mini-bus and took a taxi instead. The final section where the stream was actually located took us a while to find. We merged with another group and together we found our destination - Ka Lung Tam. It was quite a pleasent surprise as the easy rock climbing part along the stream was very interesting. Better than hiking through well-defined path. The pot-holes are fascinating, we were amazed by the size of these pot-holes and in some cases, they are interconnected. You have to see it in order to appreciate it.