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hong kong

No doubt the Chinese were tickled pink when the bright lights of Hong Kong was returned to them. Indeed, true to their word, the metropolis remains a confluence of Chinese and British culture and a bastion of world business.

Dumplings until you drop, trawling the shops until your limit is reached, oh-ing and ah-ing at the firecrackers at Chinese New Year – all on the mainstay list of HK experiences.

Yet is hard to believe that also amidst this urban entity a massive nature reserve exists in which you can hike, for up to 100 kilometres, through a trail which traverses beaches, scrubby bush escarpments, local villages and mountains.

Who would have thought the skyscrapers and stilettos could co-exist so well with hiking and hammocks?