Lots of little mountains
4 April 2025
Pat Sin Leng from Tai Wo Station
Many people say the Pat Sin Leng trail is the best hike in Hong Kong. I have not done every hike in Hong Kong (yet), but I think it is the best hi....
Today I needed sunscreen
2 April 2025
Tai Mo Shan from Pineapple dam to Chuen Lung
I will get right to the point as there are a lot of pics. Sun was out, the sky was polluted, I did a hike to the highest peak in Hong Kong, althou....
Optimistic application of sunscreen
31 March 2025
Ma On Shan park from Choi Hung to Shek Mun station
I got up at 6 and put on sunscreen, expecting a long day of hiking, starting out cloudy but getting clearer as the day went on. The reality of tha....
Finally some alone time
21 November 2024
Mount Izugatake from Nishi-Agano to Shomaru station
Today I saw only 2 other people on my hike in almost 5 hours. That is more like it. The last few hikes have had far too many people. Getting to to....
Shrine filled mountain
19 November 2024
Mount Oyama from Isehara station
I have done this hike before, in 2015, when I did a hilarious rant about how Japanese girls have 2 different voices, one for when they are with th....
There will be fog
16 November 2024
Mount Tanzawa Okura ridge route
I have done this hike before, and I declared it to be the best hike in all of Japan with the best views. Today there was no view, it was all fog. ....
Slippery and ropey
13 November 2024
Hinoyama from Gotanjoji temple to Oshio station
A rare second day of hiking in a row due to the dinosaur museum being closed on every second Wednesday. I woke up to unexpectedly wet streets and ....
Short steep and slow
12 November 2024
Washigatake from Echizen-Takehara station
The farmers have started burning crops and plastic. My train ride today was up a very picturesque smoke filled valley to Echizen-Takehara station.....
The 3 Goldilocks and the bear
10 November 2024
Mount Okushishiku from Tsurugi station
A lot of photos today. Great light for hiking photos so I will try to be brief here. My hike today was from the last station on the Ishikawa line....