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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