If You Like - Hong Kong - page 60

Hiking
Tai Long Wan Hiking Trail Emerge from the luxuriant mountains to find the idyllic Tai Long
Wan beach.
Dragon's Back A popular see-the-sea ramble that undulates to the somnolent village of Shek
O.
Lamma Island Take a gentle 4km hike across the leafy island to the embrace of waterside
seafood restaurants.
Hong Kong Cemetery Wander through this hilly, overgrown, deeply atmospheric resting place
of Hong Kong's good and naughty.
Pok Fu Lam Reservoir to the Peak A picturesque ascent past dense forests, waterfalls and
military ruins.
Ng Tung Chai Waterfall Pack a picnic and aim for the waterfall amid the lush greenery.
Tai Mo Shan Several hiking trails thread up and around Hong Kong's tallest mountain.
Colonial & East-Meets-West Architecture
Former Legislative Council Building The most imposing colonial edifice left in town.
Government House Residence of Hong Kong's British governors between 1855 and 1997.
An elegant, indubitably rare Georgian-Japanese hybrid.
Former Marine Police Headquarters Even blatant commercialism cannot detract from the
poise and beauty of this neoclassical monument.
Hong Kong City Hall Classic Bauhaus. An ode to modernism. The place to get married in
Hong Kong.
Tai Fu Tai Mansion A valuable fusion of East-meets-West interior designs for the old scholar-
gentry class.
Central Police Station & Central Magistracy The stern cousins trace the history of law en-
forcement in Hong Kong.
Lui Seng Chun A surprisingly harmonious marriage between a Chinese 'shophouse' and an
Italian villa. Chinese-medicine clinics occupy the premises.
St John's Cathedral Criticised for blighting the colony's landscape when it was first built,
today it's an oft-forgotten reminder of dear old Blighty.
Béthanie Two octagonal cow sheds plus a neo-Gothic chapel equal a new performing-art
space.