Outdoors
Navigating Hong Kong's Coasts
Like most people, before Colin Tait goes to the beach, he checks the weather. But then he also pores over topographic maps, carefully analyzes Google Earth, researches wind speed and direction and studies wave conditions. Mr. Tait, an English teacher at Hong Kong University’s School of Professional and Continuing Education (better known as HKU SPACE), doesn’t just stroll along the beach—he goes coasteering.
Hong Kong's real wild sideDean Irvine CNN 06/29/2011 | Shark cage-diving stirs controversy in South AfricaLexi Belculfine McclatchyDC 06/24/2011 |
 Shopping and eating; two of Hong Kong's greatest pursuits. But just beyond the unremitting air-conditioning of shopping malls and the throng of street life is another world altogether -- one of lush mountains, country parks and quiet beaches. |  Submerged chest-deep in a cage, seven tourists clad in wet suits helplessly bobbed in the Atlantic Ocean's relentless swells. Many had traveled halfway around the world to South Africa, where they hoped to catch a glimpse of the ocean's most fierce and feared creature: the great white shark. |
Hong Kong's Ocean Park Unveils Latest AttractionChristopher Shay The Wall Street Journal 06/16/2011 | Feds Plan Huge Campground - in BrooklynGreg Wilson NBC New York 06/15/2011 |
 Hong Kong theme parks are locked in a race to build attractions as they compete for visitors. The latest splash: A 500-square-meter Amazon exhibit, unveiled by Ocean Park on Tuesday, that features a jungle raft ride, an aviary and live animals, including a now-pregnant anaconda and two capybaras, the world’s largest rodent. |  Roasting marshmallows, telling ghost stories and sleeping under the stars - in New York City? The National Park Service is planning a 600-site campground in Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett Field, a onetime airport used by Amelia Earhart. The campground would be the largest urban tent-pitching site in the nation, according to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. |
Hong Kong diving: Perfect for beginnersPhillippa Stewart CNNGo.com 11/05/2010 | Guided Hikes Every Sunday Through Wilderness Near Hong Kong OregonTravelDaily.com 11/03/2010 |
 Although diving in Hong Kong is never going to be as picturesque as diving in the tropical waters of the Philippines, Indonesia or Malaysia, it's still far better than you might think. At least according to the city's diving experts. |  If Hong Kong and hiking seem an unlikely pair, think again. Beyond its famed street life and iconic skyline lies a less familiar Hong Kong that beckons hikers and nature lovers into the great outdoors – with mountains, valleys, coastlines and picturesque walking trails all within easy reach. |
Hong Kong Golf a scenic treat Toronto Star 10/09/2010 | Finding Fireflies During the Hong Kong SummerALEX FREW MCMILLAN The New York Times 08/26/2010 |
 The pictures we see of this city usually involve skyscrapers, crowded streets and ferry boats prowling the waters between the main island and Kowloon. But there’s a quiet side to the island, which includes some terrific golf courses. |  Late summer in Hong Kong is the height of firefly season, and enthusiasts can hike one of Hong Kong’s many trails, just as dusk creeps in, and watch for the lovebugs to start blinking their affections in the gloom. |
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