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Dragon's Back

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On one of the only dry-ish day in Hong Kong before the end of my holiday. I decided to head for a famous trail call the Dragon's Back in Hong Kong Island. I say dry - the forecast of the day was cloudy with rain and possble thunder and lightning. It was low 20s and humid. But what the heck. Let's do this! I always thought the Hong Kong Island looks like a leaping frog. The start of the trail is situate at the hind leg of the island at a place call Shek O.  At this point I was a pro at public transport so I found my way to the busy town of  Shau Kei Wan (where the toy shop was) in Hong Kong Island and took a ride on a mini bus which takes me along towards the starting point.  Its now 11am.  With no time to lose I head up the stairs next the entrance sign and off I go! The climb get steep pretty quickly but the the trail is pretty well maintain so it didn't seem too difficult. But I do feel that this will be my only proper trek in Hong Kong so I was quite excited and want to
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Toy Zone HK - Vintage Toy Shop

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Not technically a 'trek' but I did walk loads around the shop.  I'm sure that counts? 😆 So this vintage toy shop is call Toy Zone (toyzone.com.hk) in Shau Kei Wan locate on eastern side of Hong Kong island.  I accidentally came across a YouTube video where some bloke was doing a video blog showing this undiscovered gem!  I thought 'Wow! I'd love to go there!'.  And being in Hong Kong, I thought I cannot pass this opportunity! Today its cloudy with light rain,  it was also humid and sticky.  Having no idea how to prepare for a day like this, I brought along an umbrella and wearing a hoodie which if I'm honest I don't really need either.  The rain have been really light, more misty than anything plus I spend majority of the time on transport or being indoors. All the walking makes the stickiness even more unbearable. It was hot!!! Anyways, I took a bus out to Sai Kung and then a minibus to Monk kwok in Central Kowloon. From there I took the underground to
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