Date: 15 Nov 2009
Venue: Man Yee Highland Reservoir
The wind brushed my cheeks, I was tremulous from my bones and walking just like a penguin - at least in my imagination.
It was cloudy plus windy on 15 Nov, started getting cold. Joyce and I joined a local tour organized by Sporthouse to Man Yee Highland Reservoir, well, actually originally Yan was my companion, but she had a class to attend… therefore, I got Joyce :D My crazy Joyce! Anna, who initiated it joined the tour with some of her favourite friends, such was our Group Tour!
Grandeur! It’s the east dam. Super windy and cold - will get back only in summer again, haha, at least when it’d be sunny!!
The Landmark
The famous hexagonal volcanic columns! If only those volcanic rocks could talk, we’d learn all about the earth. The history of our beautiful planet. How it grew like it is today. The tour guide was a young experienced woman, she definitely knows her stuff! She also got books to show us! :D She said Hongkong was just a baby if our planet was a mother, Hongkong is so young, geographically speaking.
Basically everywhere you looked was a scene. Every rock has its story to share, every stone has a personality. The grass, the trees, the rocks and the sea. I was thrilled, by everything. Even the air thrilled my nostrils. Haha!
Shame was that I didn’t take many pictures because I forgot to recharge my camera! Good thing was, I did my very best to let myself be photographed - there were so many shots of me in Anna and Joyce’s cameras! HAHA! Hell yeah I am so beautiful!
This is the famous landmark of Man Yee Reservoir!
Here is a brief introduction about how it was formed:
“Hot volcanic lithogenous mass cooled down gradually when it was exposed to the air. Eventually it contracted into hexagonal rock columns. At this stage, the column was still in a semi-plastic state. As the lava below continued to gush up, it generated a vertical upward thrust and corresponding horizontal shear force.”
Wasn’t it marvelous and amazing?
Our group didn’t follow our guide because we decided to check out the cave not so far away.
I wished I had paid more attention in my Geography classes! Now I understand the true meaning of education (this is the definition of “education” from Devil’s Dictionary: that which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding). There are so many things I want to know and so many I don’t know still!
Joyce, was using her boyfriend’s Canon DSLR; Anna, who enjoys taking pictures more than I do, also got a super pro Canon camera. Looking at my Nikon D40… I couldn’t help but feeling small!
Here are some pictures by Anna (as Joyce never sends me back her pictures taken):
Her lens is so much better than mine - wider angel. I really need a better lens. That’s the Christmas present I am getting myself - yes, I am spoiling me :)
The dam was very impressive. The Reservoir itself is just too huge to hike in one day. Anyway, I liked all of Anna’s friends, they were so nice, warm and funny - just like my dear Anna.
Here, I give you your dearest… and most beautiful Joey Leung :D
May be I am a people-person…?!
Weirdos
Last but not the least… there were some weirdos that we bumped into…
Graduates taking pictures on a hill of rocks - please pay close attention to their shoes. Thank you… and worse…
A couple taking their wedding pictures amongst those… barracks! Check out the guy who was holding the reflector board, it was the groom.
Praise to wonderful and adventurous Hongkies! :p
Afterwards we still went to a mining site which wasn’t so fun because it was drizzling. Cold and rain. Nevertheless I had a great day and loads of fun!
Special thanks to Joyce, who dumped her boyfriend for the day and accompanied me to the beautiful Reservoir!
