Hong Kong Trails: Shing Mun Reservoir Country Park

If never heard before of the beautiful trails in Hong Kong, take a subway to the breathtaking trail of “Shing Mun Reservoir Country Park” only with your cell phone. Then, your cell phone will show you a totally different journey you have never experienced before.

This is not a book to tell about immigration to Hong Kong, nor a guide book to show shopping malls and restaurants for foods. This is a book specifically prepared for the backpackers and budget travelers who want to see something totally different from the prevailing image on Hong Kong as a heaven for shopping and foods. This is a unique introduction only for the travelers who want to experience the breathtaking trails in Hong Kong which have never been introduced to the backpackers before.

Travelers do not easily raise their hands for a taxi to their destination. Public transportation such as subway, monorail, buses, trains, boats and ferries, would be their main tool to get the mouth of the attractions.

How to find the bus stop from the exit of a MTR(“subway”) station, is the key for your successful journey to the beautiful trails in Hong Kong. If you succeed in arriving at the entrance of the trail, no problem is remained for the rest of your journey. There are so many signposts on the trail. Therefore, if you successfully get the starting point by public transportation, there is nothing but enjoy the beautiful trails in Hong Kong.

This book contains so many photos to explain what kind of bus you have to take, how to find the bus stop without trial and error, which exit you have to go to find the bus stop and where you have to get off the bus. For the specific purpose, many parts of this book are allocated to how to find the bus stops for your destination.

With this book, you don’t need another map for the trails. Secondly, you can get the starting point only by public transportation such as MTR (Mass Transit Railway i.e. subway, tube etc.) and buses without asking to Hong Kongers who have also no exact ideas about the hidden trails in Hong Kong. Thirdly, this book shows so many photos that you can find the bus stop for the starting point of the trails. They will give you onsite information about where you have to get off the bus, which exit of a MTR station you have to come out of and how you to take a bus to return to your lodge. You don’t’ need to worry about both a successful access to the mouth of the trails and ways to return to your hotel.

Due to the principle of green preservation by Hong Kong government, there are so many wonderful trails in Hong Kong. There are 4 famous trails in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Trail, Maclehose Trail, Wilson Trail and Lantau Trail. “Shing Mun Reservoir Country Park” is one of Wilson Trail located at New Territory in Hong Kong. Some easy accessible restaurants for Yam Cha (飮 茶), the traditional Chinese breakfast with tea, will be introduced at the finish. You will find that they are all cheap but delicious.

You may come back to your hotel around 2 or 3 p.m. assuming that you leave your lodge around at 7 in the morning. Then, you can enjoy shopping or eating various foods in the afternoon. You may finish the night with the great views from Tsim Sha Tsui at Kowloon which is situated at the other side of Hong Kong Island.

Download this book in your mobile phone and take a subway to go to the beautiful trail of “Shing Mun Reservoir Country Park” in Hong Kong. Then, your cell phone will unfold a fantastic journey you never experienced before.