Gorillas (or was it just a wild cow?) in the Mist

Farewell 2009, hello 2010 and the start of a new decade! This is a tad late perhaps but I am only just feeling up to blogging. I said goodbye to 2009 by having one (ok, perhaps rather more than one) too many drinks and could barely make it out of bed on New Year's Day. I only hope that the saying that the way you spend the first day of the year is a sign of things to come for the rest of the year is not true. The second day of 2010 was rather more active, with a walk around the streets of Kowloon followed by a couple of hours of tennis.

Today we embarked on a hike up, around and down the highest mountain in Hong Kong, Tai Mo Shan. The walk promised fantastic views, however as we spent most of it in cloud, we could barely see ten feet in front of us, let alone the sweeping vista of Kowloon and across the harbour to Hong Kong Island. With the cloud lying low over the dense forest, it was very Gorillas in the Mist. The Husband thought it was incredibly amusing to race on ahead of us and then pop out from behind a tree/bush/boulder, thumping his chest like a primate. We did not. Lush valleys, babbling brooks, verdant hillsides, a wild cow or two, and stunning waterfalls made for a wonderful if rather exhausting walk. I'm now off to collapse on the sofa with a G&T.