I took a bus up to the base of Tai Tam moun­tain, and hiked to the sum­mit. The path isn’t too treach­er­ous, but can be quite nar­row and has no rail­ing on the sides to pre­vent falls. The ground is most­ly cov­ered in uneven foot­ing, mak­ing the trek hard on the ankles if one does­n’t have prop­er foot­ware. People young and old alike make the trip, because it’s one of the cheap­est and health­i­est past­times avail­able. The moun­tain­side has very fresh air, some­thing that the con­cen­trat­ed Hong Kong metrop­o­lis has lost from the height of the build­ings and the diesel tanks of the auto­mo­biles. The peak offers a great view of the more sophis­ti­cat­ed side of Hong Kong, such as exec­u­tive golf cours­es, beach­es, and lux­u­ry liv­ing. Being able to see so many things from one point gives one a a tremen­dous feel­ing of mag­nif­i­cence.