Hong Kong 2: The people, the Symphony of Lights, and the Dragon's Back Trail

I haven't spoken much yet about Hong Kong itself yet.  The city is much more multicultural than Taipei, which is not surprising.  People here are also more fashion conscious, opting for many western fashion trends.  People are, however, much less interested in being polite.  People will cut you off without so much as a thought.  One person, during the hike that I will talk about on this post, while on a mountain trail, threw an empty bottle into the woods, hooking it over their head like the basketball shot.  It was almost cartoonish how it was done.  We have witnessed countless occasions of people having complete disregard for others.  I have read about this sort of behavior on mainland China, but was not expecting it from Hong Kong.

Two nights ago I took Miles out to the Kowloon side of Hong Kong, to watch the nightly Symphony of Lights.  At 8:00 PM, every night, a few buildings on each side of the water synchronize lighting to music played on both sides of the water.  It was a night that the words on the buildings would be written in English.  It was cute, with decent music, but it was a shame that only about 7-10 buildings participated.  Though, to be fair, even getting that many buildings to sign up for a free nightly performance is commendable.  There were hundreds that lined up on our side for it.



Afterwards we walked a little along the water, eventually catching what I believe to be the Hong Kong Dukling ship, which has been sailing for sixty years.



I was exhausted the next day, so I went back to sleep after breakfast until noon.  We took the train and then the bus, to reach the southern entrance to the Dragon's Back Trail.  We began the trail at 2:15.  We climbed the steps upward until we were on the dragon's back, the top of the mountain that had a trail that led from peak to peak.  The views were very nice.



After about two kilometers, the trail led us down to a flat trail that encircled the mountain, bringing us north, east, and then southeast to Big Wave Bay.  There were handful of good views to be found.  It was at the point of the second picture below that I witness the man hurl the bottle into the vegetation, while his woman companion watched.  I glared before moving on.



Just as we were about to begin our descent, Miles pointed out these two bugs.  He actually thought this first bug was an ant carrying things, but when I got back to review the pictures, I found that this was not the case.  I don't know what that bug was.



We reached the beach at 5:05.  It was really an unremarkable looking beach to me, but the guide that I followed for guiding us through the hike recommended it.



We took a minibus back to the train station and then went home.  We then returned to the Japanese ramen restaurant before relaxing for the rest of the night.