Day hike to Lantau Peak 2-8-21

凤凰山一天遊, 伯公岰 – 凤凰山 – 昂坪
凤凰山一天遊, 伯公岰 – 凤凰山 – 昂坪
伯公岰 +325m
Lots of hikers hiking the trails on either side of the road
大东山 Sunset Peak +869m
On August 26, 2003, the B-HRX, an EC 155 B1 helicopter from the Government Flying Service crashed at Pak Kung Au. The pilot and the aircrewman were fatally injured.
东涌道
东涌
Steps all the way up to the peak 凤凰徑天梯
沙咀
Left Trail to 水口
牛塘山 +649m
牛塘山 +649m
水口湾
Looking back
大东山 Sunset Peak +869m 香港第三高
大东山 Sunset Peak +869m
大东山 Sunset Peak +869m
凤凰山
机场
凤凰山
凤凰山
凤凰山
南天門
羅漢塔
斩柴岰
狗牙嶺
狗牙嶺
Top of Lantau Peak
Wind shelter 避風站
香港第二高的山峰
Lantau peak +934m
The Indian fritillary (Argynnis hyperbius) 斐豹蛱蝶
The Indian fritillary (Argynnis hyperbius) 斐豹蛱蝶
Wind shelter
羅漢塔
天门棧道
港珠澳大桥
昂坪
石壁水塘
 The white commodore (Parasarpa dudu) 紫單帶蛺蝶
斩柴坳 +810m
大佛
心經简林
Stray cattle

Day trip to Lantau Island: Luk Wu, Tong Fuk Beach and Cheung Sha Beach 2-6-21

大嶼山一天遊, 鹿湖, 塘福泳灘, 长沙泳灘 2-6-21
昂坪巴士 #23 @ 深屈道口
石壁水塘
深屈道
羗山
延庆寺2009年重修是羌山邻近众多佛教寺庙里规模最宏伟的一栋
延庆寺
柳明心开始将大屿山鹿湖的延庆寺发展成违规骨灰龛埸,并成立延庆寺有限公司,出任董事一职,其他董事还包括柳晓萤和柳洁妍。地政处职员曾点算过寺内,发现有超过5,000个骨灰龛位。鹿湖及地塘仔一带本来是佛教禅林,位于大澳与昂坪之间,山林里大概有约40家寺院或道场。自该区规模最大之延庆寺被收购后,多家寺院遭到收购、恐吓、骚扰、破坏等恶意行为,及后一众寺院组成护持大屿山佛教禅修胜地关注组,并召开记者招待会,群声反抗,一时惹来多家传媒报导。现任延庆寺主持为释智诚,为宝莲寺主持释智慧之徒弟。另一家鹿湖管理有限公司的董事则为柳日梁,除延庆寺外,悟彻、慧莲、寂光和青莲寺四间寺院亦已被收购。
供奉有释迦牟尼像,高达12米,是香港罕见的室内佛像,像前分立“阿难尊者”像及“迦页尊者”像
政府于2010年底公布私营骨灰龛名单,位于大屿山鹿湖的延庆寺被政府归类为不符合法规定。
凤凰山
观音山, 羗山
智精林
青莲寺已被收购
行願门
韜光堂
智德蓮苑
覺囊精舍
塘福泳灘
远眺茶果洲和石鼓洲
芝麻湾半島
Rocks between the two beaches
長沙泳灘是全港最長的泳灘,全長3公里
上長沙泳灘
Paragliding from cliff off 伯公坳
上長沙泳灘
No social distancing
Butterfly Crest Pavillion

Tianwen-1 image of Mars

China’s Tianwen-1 Mars probe sent back its first image of Mars. It has travelled about 465 million kilometers, reaching more than 184 million kilometers from earth and 1.1 million kilometers from Mars as of 8 pm Friday.

Satellite-6

2-4-21 China has successfully sent its communication experimental satellite-6 into preset orbit by a Long March-3B carrier rocket at 23:36 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province.

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Day hike Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula, Kap Shui Mun Bridge to Fa Peng Teng to Inspiration Lake to Disneyland 2-3-21

青洲仔半島一天遊, 汲水门大桥 – 草湾 – 花坪 – 花坪顶 – 迪欣湖 – 迪士尼
青洲仔半島一天遊, 汲水门大桥 – 草湾 – 花坪 – 花坪顶 – 迪欣湖 – 迪士尼
Bus Interchange
Always lots of hikers
汲水门大桥
汲水门大桥
汲水门大桥属于8号干线青屿干线的一部分,跨越汲水门,将马湾和大屿山青洲仔半岛连接起来。大桥主跨长430米,连引道全长为820米,车速限制每小时80公里。汲水门桥及马湾高架道路是直接通往赤鱲角香港国际机场之中两座重要的桥梁。
汲水门大桥
Trail starts with steps
Workmen
Workmen maintenance
汲水门大桥
汲水门大桥 马湾
汲水门大桥
First pavillion
First pavillion
Second pavillion
Down towards 草湾
花瓶石
草湾
草湾
草湾
草湾
草湾
草湾
花坪
花坪
岩口石
花瓶石
Creek
花瓶石
Old building
Trail ascendd
花坪
花瓶石
花瓶石
花瓶石
花瓶石
花瓶石
花瓶顶 +273m
新界大嶼山竹篙灣臨時檢疫中心
大阴顶 +186m
大阴顶 +186m
青洲湾
阴澳湾 长索
欣澳
Steps down to the bus interchange
Trail to 花瓶顶 +273m
Victoria Harbour
大帽山
迪士尼 坪洲 喜靈洲 明日大嶼
Penny’s Bay Power Station, Inspiration Lake to its right
阴澳山 +108m
Inspiration Lake
屯门
This way for the descend trail
Penny’s Bay Power Station 竹篙湾发电厂设有3台100MW单循环燃气涡轮机,总发电量300MW。机组以柴油运作,能够在12分钟内投入运行。
Trail end
Trail end
Disneyland Resort Magic Road
迪欣湖 大山 +291m
迪欣湖活動面积约12公顷中心人工湖称为迪欣湖,于2005年8月16日对外开放。每天早上9时至晚上7时,免费开放。
迪欣湖活動中心
迪欣湖活動中心
Fantasy Road
Idle buses
Park Closure
Park closed
Disneyland Metro station
Disneyland Metro station
Disneyland Metro
Disney train
At Sunny Bay 欣澳

Australian hero

Ned Kelly was a scoundrel, bushranger, cattle and horse thief, bank robber and cold blooded killer who led the Kelly gang from 1870 until his death by hanging in 1880.

It says something about a nation that reveres a criminal and serious lawbreaker as a national icon, a man idolised for his contempt of authority and the law.

Australians are mostly law abiding citizens, respectful of the authority of government and the courts but somehow this villain and his legend has won their way into the hearts of a very large percentage of everyday ordinary Australians.

Ned Kelly was no ‘Robin Hood’ stealing from the rich to give to the poor. In fact on occasion he would steal from the poor as well, and threaten them with extreme violence if they did not surrender to his demands. He certainly had a great hatred of the police, troopers or traps as they were called, and had no hesitation in shooting them in cold blood, armed or not.

To understand the Australian psyche, study their value system.