Batgung

Definitely an acquired taste, that I have yet to acquire.

These leaves covered the path down to Ng Tung Chai waterfall, and just after this point I startled a wild boar that ran off into the undergrowth. It's the only time I've seen one, but friends who live in the New Territories say they are not uncommon. You can see other photos from that hike here, and plenty more pictures of HK waterfalls here.

An essential stop on every visitor's itinerary, this is the nightime view looking out from the Peak across to Kowloon.

If you walk along the water's edge at Chung Hom Kok beach, you'll see pretty shells like these. You'll have to look closely though, as each shell is only about half a centimetre across.

In July 2003, we had a couple of weeks of beautiful clear weather, which meant fantastic views out over the South China Sea. This is taken from the Western end of the island, looking South towards Lamma Island. If you're walking on the flat road around the peak, half way around you'll come to a small park and a paved road sloping off to the left - this is the view from the end of that road. At the time we took this photo Mrs B was just getting ready deliver our baby B. We'd ended up here after walking around the Peak, passing time until we could head off to the hospital.

This will be familiar to anyone who has visited Hong Kong, the nightime view of HK Island seen from the Kowloon waterfront.