“Have you got medical insurance?” asked a friend of mine jokingly as we travelled to Lobster Bay (South East Coast of Hong Kong) for a coasteering trip. We laughed and commented that only the minions would accept our coverage for doing hardcore trips like these if you give them bananas. As the taxi pulled into Lobster…
Month: Jul 2015
Spider woman goes on a second steam trek
I would like to tell you a story about my second steam trekking adventure to 馬大石澗/Ma Dai Stream. Phil and I arrived at the meeting point to find there was noone there so a quick phone call and we found out that they had decided to go for breakfast at a local cafe, so off we…
Typhoon (A Very Lame One) & Home Early
So Hayley, myself and everyone else in Hong Kong had early day off from work last Thursday. So why’s that? Typhoon Linfa was approaching Hong Kong and the observatory hoisted the Typhoons Signal No. 8, that means it’s a tropical storm with a sustained wind speed is 63 – 117 km/h and gust up to 180…
A day of lions & minions
July 1st is Hong Kong SAR establishment day and marking the day when Hong Kong was given back to China. This year marks the 18th anniversary since the British left on June 30th 1997. A colourful lion dance After a morning of relaxing / “hea” (see Phil’s previous post for a definition of hea), we decided…
Dragon Boat Festival in Sai Kung
So after Phil’s blog posts I thought it was about time that I said “hello”. It’s Hayley here. Together Phil and I have lots of adventures, but on the day of the dragon boat festival we decided to have our own separate adventures. Phil went out coastering (see previous post), whilst I had a more…
Coasteering at Sai Kung – A day of “hardcoreness”
When most people think about Hong Kong, they would think of a city full of skyscrapers, but it is in fact blessed with a large area of countryside and much beautiful scenery. In my opinion, one of the most beautiful places is Sai Kung – an area east of Hong Kong. Couple of weeks ago, I decided…
First Post & First Stream Trekking Date With My Wife
I am really excited to be writing my first ever blog post. Recently, I’ve been doing a few “first” in my life, this includes my first coasteering with friends and first stream trekking date with my wife. The last couple of weekends have been action packed and adrenaline fuelled. To people who know me, being outdoors…
Globe Trotting Adventurer 