Lantau Peak- A good place to see sunrise



There are quite a lot of hills and mountains in Hong Kong. And Lantau Peak is well known for being a good place to watch sunrise as well as its steep slope. To make the 2011 to be a more memorizable new year, I joined my friend  to go to the Lantau Peak the night before the new year to witness the first sunrise in 2011.



 POSTCARD: LANTAU PEAK 


We took a taxi from Tung Chung to a place near the PO Lin Monastery around 1:00am. The sky is so dark in there. All the stars looked so brightflul. We encountered a lot of hikers on the way, guess lots of people planned to see the sunrise on the first day too.

We started our journey at 3am. Frankly, I started to regret it after the first half hour when my leg suffered a minor cramp. I didnot do any exercise for a year. I think it was a sign for me to pick up exercise again.

And a lesson for me and all of you--- WARM-UP exercise beforehand IS VERY IMPORTANT especially for hiking at night under a cold weather. But I was lucky to be with a group of friends, if not, I probably just turned back in the middle of the way. It was not a long climb but the road is quite steep and hard to walk.

       <--Lantau Peak--The second highest Peak in HK-                        934m. --> Get Ready to the Sunrise

However, all difficult path begin with a single step! We took a few breaks and finally got to the Peak around 5am!!!!! There was already full of people at the Peak that early, eating, cooking, chatting, playing video games(yes, some people just won't forget their PSP or NDS), and ALL waiting for the first sunrise in 2011.

It was my first time to see the sunrise in Hong Kong. I was so excited too.

After a long wait, finally it came.......

                         Hurray!! The First Day has started in 2011 !!!

"It was worth the trip!"