Tai Tung Shan
"Sunset Peak"
- conquering the second highest
mountain on Lantau -
Tai Tung Shan
- village Mui Wo, - Silvermine
Bay -, and Tai Tung Shan to the left in the background -
Photographed from the ferry
in 1979
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
Tai Tung Shan
- on the trail up, - on the
slopes of Sunset Peak in 1979 -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
Tai Tung Shan - "Sunset Peak"
- the trail -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
Tai Tung Shan - "Sunset Peak"
- on the trail, - looking down
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(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
Tai Tung Shan - "Sunset Peak"
- excellent hiking country
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(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
Tai Tung Shan - "Sunset Peak"
- central Lantau Island landscape
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(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
Tai Tung Shan - "Sunset Peak"
- getting a little bit hazy
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(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
Tai Tung Shan - "Sunset Peak"
- and "Mother Nature" starts
to play with the light -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
Tai Tung Shan - "Sunset Peak"
The Scottish highland???? -
No! This is Lantau Island, Hong Kong.
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
Tai Tung Shan - "Sunset Peak"
- on the slopes of Tai Tung
Shan -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
Tai Tung Shan - "Sunset Peak"
- view to Lantau's highest
mountain, - Fung Wong Shan, - Lantau Peak -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
Tai Tung Shan - "Sunset Peak"
- on the trail -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
Tai Tung Shan - "Sunset Peak"
The top and ME, - photographed
by ME (self-timer), - as proof of having conquered Tai Tung Shan -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
Tai Tung Shan - "Sunset Peak"
On the trail down - looks like
the Moon, but is is central Lantau Island -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
Tai Tung Shan - "Sunset Peak"
The trail down, - Lantau's
highest mountain, - Fung Wong shan -, is seen in the background -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
Tai Tung Shan - "Sunset Peak"
Trail going down, - the massive
Fung Wong Shan, - "Lantau Peak" -, is seen in the background
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
Tai Tung Shan - "Sunset Peak"
Finally, - signs of civilization
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- the Tung Chung road, - the
cross island road -, can be seen below -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
Tai Tung Shan - "Sunset Peak"
- towards the valley below,
- the bus, - and the end of the trip to the top of Tai Tung Shan -
- the slopes of Fung Wong Shan,
- "Lantau Peak" -, in the background -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen)
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for images from the trip to the top of FUNG WONG SHAN -
- the highest peak on Lantau
Island -
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