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Dive bum
18 yrs ago
Last year I bought a small book covering lots of HK Island walks. Just focussed on the walks without hundreds of pages of interesting sights, flora/fauna etc. So, pretty portable. Does anyone know of a NT equivalent? The books I've seen typically cover all of HK and devote most space to flora/fauna/views etc. They're pretty big so not readily portable and they also don't seem to provide such a user friendly guide to the actual walks. As an alternative, does anyone know of a useful web site that gives details of the separate walks and which I could print off as required (eg just stage 5 of the Wilson trail)? I do intend joining a walking club but might be too unfit at this stage.
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You might want to try the "Hiker's Guide" by Pete Spurrier published by Form Asia Books Ltd. (www.formasiabooks.com). Hope this helps. The Community Advice Bureau (CAB)
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Thanks, but that's one of the large books I was referring to. It may be that this is the best out there and I just need to copy the relevant map pages when I go on a particular walk.
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Of course you should use a hiking guide, but for actually taking with me on the trail I have found the Hong Kong Guidebook much more useful. This is the street map book. The trails are marked on it, and the maps are far better than in, say, "Above the City". They have rough elevation lines (every 100m altitude), catchwaters are marked, and they are positionally quite accurate.
I typically read the passage in "Above the City", then follow the Guidebook.
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This series of books was good though not sure if you can still find them maybe need to go to Amazon.com or similar
Magic Walks
Publication: Kaarlo Schepel (The Alternative Press)
Also the AFCD has a good references here:
http://www.afcd.gov.hk/english/country/cou_vis/cou_vis_cou/cou_vis_cou.html
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Thanks folks,
We've got Above the City and liked it for its size. Getting a map sounds a sensible idea. I'll look out for the HK Guidebook. I assume not the same as the HK Directory, which is the street map we use. AFCD also looks like a good site for giving us some inspiration.
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"I'll look out for the HK Guidebook. I assume not the same as the HK Directory, which is the street map we use"
Well, they're almost the same. The HK Guidebook is the smaller size version of the HK Directory. All the pages are the same, just scaled down.
The HK Guidebook often comes bundled with the rather useful Public Transport Atlas.
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