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Although it has been raining on and off today, D & I managed to take a plunge at the Wong Lung Hang Stream with Happy our dog. Wong Lung Hang stream is well-known for it's unpolluted crystal clear water and today's water quality way exceeded it's reputation!! WOW! the clarity of the water really blew our mind! A pity we didn't bring our camera. Wong Lung Hang (Yellow Dragon) stream is the leader amongst the famous five dragons on Lantau Island, the others are namely the East Dragon stream, North Dragon stream, Hidden Dragon stream and Crouching Dragon stream. If the weather permits, we will trek the North Dragon stream soon as it is supposed to be the easiest compared to the rest of the four dragons. Recently, as I begin to trawl the internet for stream-trekking information, I discovered that there are SOOO many streams just on Lantau Island itself, not to mention the whole of Hongkong! I was so amazed by the information I gathered. I would love to list them all out, but then it might just bore you silly! The five dragons are just the tip of the iceberg!! I came across a stream-trekking website, their leading top member has trekked 443 streams in the whole of Hongkong, 83 of the streams are on Lantau Island. Their 2nd place member has a total of 415 streams record, with 95 streams on Lantau Island. Amazing! So many places to explore, so little time! Anyway, it was such a blessed and enjoyable day today, Happy surprised us by conquering her fear of swimming! Way to go Happy! You made us proud!

**Tropical cyclone Nangka : Strong Wind Signal No. 3 is in force now, squally showers and heavy rains at times tomorrow & rainy on Sunday too. That's the forecasted weather for this weekend. Guess there will be a lot of disappointed hikers around, let's pray for the sun to shine next week!

hiking activities

Tropical Storm Linfa go away, o.k.chari wants to go stream-trekking!! Yet another hot and humid day in June, temperature hit 32 degree celsius with rain, rain & more rain!

Let's recall the events that has taken place for the past few weeks.

1st Jun - Lantau Trail Stage 3

D & I went on an ambitious hiking trip, we conquered the 2nd highest mountain in Hongkong, the Lantau Peak at elevation 934m! For newbies like us, it was indeed a tough trip! I would say it felt great for me after the whole trip was over. I knew it wasn't entirely my own effort and physical capabilities that saw me through this trip. Half way through the trip, when I couldn't go on anymore, I asked Daddy God to give me the strength and endurance and for the angels to lift me up!! hahahaha... Thank the Lord! He answered my prayer! Oh, what the Lord can do for you if only you ask! It still amazes me that I actually completed the hike! Praise the Lord, Glory to Jesus!

6th Jun- East Phoenix Waterfall

D & I went stream-trekking on Lantau at the North Great Phoenix Stream and made a right detour to climb the East Phoenix Waterfall, it was a 300m climb. Picture on the left depicts the beginning of East Phoenix Waterfall climb. This was another amazing trip! Like I said, we are newbies and boy, were we in for a 'treat', hahaha.. the difficulty level of the East Phoenix Waterfall ( I found out while climbing halfway up the waterfall) was a bit beyond my level of strength and endurance, but praise be to Jesus for giving us strength, we managed to complete the whole trip intact!") * photo above showed the 1st level of the waterfall climb, can you spot me in it? : )

19th Jun
The weather was so HOT! D & I decided to take a dip in the icy
cold water of Wong Lung Hang Stream. As it has been raining

quite a bit for the past few days prior to our visit to Wong Lung Hang, we decided not to trek the stream to the main waterfall as it might be dangerous with flash flood or some other hidden danger. So we settled for dipping in the dam catchment pool at the entrance area of the stream. It was GOOD! We had company, eight boys were enjoying themselves thoroughly by taking their turn plunging into the deep icy pool! Great fun!

Wong Lung Hang dam

20th JunI wanted to test out my new pair of trekking boots which I bought from Decathlon a few weeks ago, although I have worn it a few times walking on proper road, this time I wanted to try it out on really hilly terrain, so D suggested that we hiked up the mountain 'Wo Liu Tun' , elevation 324m behind our house. The almost 'non-existence' dirt path uphill was completely overgrown and steep and exposed to the elements. It was a tough hike due to the HOT weather and there was no shelter to rest! As we were about two-third way up threshing through the bushes, I decided to abort the hike as it was getting steeper ahead and I was completely exhausted by the heat already! We back-tracked and made our way home! Will probably try it again during the cooler months! Sigh! A failed attempt! Well, as for the boots, it passed the test, it was a great buy!