I heart long weekends.
We have completely lucked out this month, as we have two long weekends in a row. Yay! For our first long weekend, a group of four of us hiked along McLehose trail in the New Territories and camped at Tai Long Wan beach. Hong Kong is known as a booming metropolis, but the New Territories takes away all of the typical HK hustle and bustle. For those in the area, take the MTR to Diamond Hill station (red line to green line), exit to the Transport area, then take bus 92 to Sai Kung. from Sai Kung take the 94 to Pak Tam Au. There, cross the road and begin Stage III of the McLehose Trail. The (brief) challenging hike is about 1 hour and 20 mins and at the end is an amazing reward in the form of a beach restaurant with the most delicious salt and pepper calamari. This restaurant also rents out tents, sleeping bags, coolers, and sells charcoal, flashlights, drinks- you name it. If you want more isolation, continue hiking to the left where you will get to another section of Tai Long Wan that is more secluded. We made a fire (I sacrificed my crappy book, so bring newspaper), roasted hot dogs, drank beer, and made s'mores. it was the perfect evening! The view is spectatcular and the sound of the waves crashing at night made me sleep like a baby (despite sand as a mattress!). The swimming is nice as well, even for being salt water.
I first did this trip a year and a half ago, and will definitely make this trip again.
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