… make cream soda … wait… nevermind. So I ended up not waking up in time for the hike to Wong Lung Hang (黃龍坑) today. Shame too, cause I was really looking forward to it Instead, I spent the day being lazy as well as attend to some personal business, so that was good in [...]
After the exciting hike with the Trampers last week, I think I’ll join them on their Wong Lung Hang (黃龍坑) hike this Sunday. Only problem is its in Tung Chung (東涌), a good 1.5 – 2 hours of travel time just to get there. Who wakes up at 7:30 on a Sunday? Lets hope I [...]
IMG_0300 Originally uploaded by cokematic Hong Kong mosquitoes take steroids
Last Sunday, I took my first hike with the Hong Kong Trampers on their 14km hike to So Lo Pun Village (鎖羅盆). Despite thunderstorm warnings, I was quite excited about this trip, as I rearely get off Hong Kong Island, let alone go all the way up to New Territories. While I won’t go into [...]
Flickr photostream from my hike the past Sunday over at Cheung Chau (長洲), Hong Kong. edit: seems like Flickr photostream embeds are not working right now. Too lazy to fix so you’ll have to go to the stream directly via the link above.
Just realized today that I haven’t started looking at necessary vaccinations for travel to Africa. I have found that many sites and/or people recommend getting vaccinated for Yellow Fever, Hepatitis, Meningococcal meningitis, Rabies, Typhoid and Malaria. I did get all the common childhood vaccines like Hepatitis B, diphtheria, tetanus, measles, mumps, rubella and polio; actually [...]
So after some discussions with Adrian and a few emails with Kevin over at Ultimate Kilimanjaro, we’ve decided to stick with Ultimate’s 7-day Rongai trek up to the summit. All that’s left is to actually book the porters (yeah, I’ve been a little lazy on that one) and start getting all the gear (although I [...]