The Great Wall in Hong Kong

On Sunday, I hiked the Great Wall of Hong Kong again.  I was there with old secondary school mates many years ago.  It has not changed much since, apparently.  

It is actually an old military road 上水華山軍路 following a series of undulating hill, including Wa Shan 上水華山,  running east-west north of Sheung Shui 上水.  

Looking to the north one can see, across the Shenzhen River, the high rises of LoWu in Shenzhen. 

To the south, Ng Tung River 梧桐河, villages houses and the town of Sheung Shui.

To the east, in the distance, the new Heung Yuen Wai 香圓圍 Highway.  Beyond that, the North East New Territories Landfill 新界東北堆填區. 

There is a popular check-in point marked by a big stone.  

Another stone marks an event a couple of hundred years ago, in the days of the Qing Dynasty,  when people pray for rain. 

There is another marker of the days of the British.  A large, brightly painted insignia of the Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) 皇家香港軍團(義勇軍) on the side of a hull facing south.  

It was hot, but not too too hot.  The road is quite steep at some points along the way.  Really interesting sights all around.