Hiking from Mui Wo to Discovery Bay

The sun was finally out today after a week long of gloomy weather so CharK and I took this opportunity to test out another hiking trail. This time we took a ferry from Central Pier over to Mui Wo to start out hike. We happened to catch the fast ferry and was able to get to the island in a little over 30 minutes.

A rare view of the front of a hydrofoil (Photo: CharK)

It's been awhile since I've been to a beach in HK and I've really missed watching the tides flowing in and out. It was so relaxing to walk along the Silvermine Bay Beach just enjoying the cool breeze and sunny weather. No wonder this island resort was so busy. It's literally beach front property.

This beach side resort has a beautiful view of Mui Wo (Photo CharK)

The sand on the beach was really fine but full of crab holes and empty shells (Photo: CharK)

 After the beach, CharK and I made our way up the mountain towards Discovery Bay. The hike up was all along narrow concrete steps. I was really amazed by the age range of the hikers--we came across grandparents with their toddler grandchildren as well as middle aged folks and teenagers. I'm glad I was only walking up the mountain rather than coming down, because it was a pretty steep hike on those narrow steps.

We walked well over hundreds of steps up this mountain between Mui Wo and Discovery Bay (Photo: CharK).

But the final view from the top of the mountain was well worth the hike. It was great to be able to see how far we walked from Silvermine Bay Beach.

The spectacular view of Silver Mine Bay in Mui Wo from the top of the mountain (Photo: CharK)

The other side of the mountain overlooks Nim Shue Wan and Peng Chau. The hike goes downhill from this point and it was a much easier path because it`s just paved paths rather than steps.

The small island on the right is Peng Chau (Photo: Chark)

 The trail towards Discovery Bay took me through an old village that's still inhabited by local residents. These are traditional type of single floor houses made of brick and metal sheets. Many of these residents grow a variety of vegetables like cabbage and other herbs. I've never seen papaya or pomegranate up close like this before.

The pomegranate and papaya tree were being grown in people's front yards (Photo:CharK)

The sun set by the time reached Discovery Bay so CharK and I decided to have dinner at Berlinger, a German Bar and Restaurant. Their schnitzel and Nuremberg sausages were delicious. I love the sauerkraut and mashed potato combo that came with the sausages. It was a great night to be sitting out on the patio. 

My new favorite beer is this blackcurrent flavored Weiss Beer (Photo: CharK)

Discovery Bay Beach was pretty empty except for a heart outlined by LED candles/(Photo: CharK)

Today's hike was great, because I finally remember to put on some mosquito spray. I really dislike the smell of this stuff, but it works so well. I didn't get a single mosquito bite! This Deet-free repellent claims it contains all natural active ingredients like wild tomato extract, eucalptus citriodora, and eucalyptus globulus. In past hikes to Victoria Peak Garden I came back with 10+ bites, and now with Dengue Fever being a concern in HK these days I'm happy this works so well.

An natural mosquito repellent that smells like Sandalwood soap (Photo: CathC)