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Hiking in Hong Kong #4 – Coasteering

Coasteering is the sport where you find a rocky coastline and stay as close to it as possible, either on the rock, or swimming in the water! This is part 4 of my Hiking in Hong Kong series. Read part 1 on the best-known hikes, part 2 on another bunch of good hikes and part […]

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Hiking in Hong Kong #3 – Stream hikes

Pitiless Traveller: Stream hiking is a really fun adventure activity in Hong Kong which extends your hiking horizons.

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Hiking in Hong Kong #2 – Some other good ones

Pitiless Traveller: More amazing stuff that you can see if you hike in Hong Kong.

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The subterranean river

I had business in Manila on a Friday and the following Monday, so I decided to remain in the Philippines and visit Puerto Princesa on the island of Palawan for the weekend. The longest-known subterranean river in the world at 8.2 Km length is a two-hour car-ride from Puerto Princesa, where I landed on Saturday morning. […]

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Red earth, blue sky and green leaves – The monolith Uluru

The biggest monolith (single piece of rock) in the world is in Australia. It is a massive red rock in the middle of the Australian nowhere. I had wanted to visit Uluru (also called Ayer’s Rock) for a while and got my opportunity in 2018. I had heard years ago that the Anangu (local aboriginal […]