- Five insiders explain how Hong Kong’s country parks, green spaces and rural villages engage their senses
- See the views from The Peak, hear the music of Shek O, taste the flavours of Sai Kung, smell the striking aromas of Tai O and feel the earth beneath your feet wherever you go
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Hong Kong is renowned globally for its urban delights. But mere footsteps away from the gleaming, glass-clad skyscrapers and the city’s hustle and bustle is a world of nature and tranquillity. The most stimulating way to fully appreciate Hong Kong’s vast outdoors, its country parks, rural villages and green open spaces, is through the senses.
Five Hong Kong people share with us how sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch can open up another universe for visitors exploring the unique countryside.
Award-winning landscape photographer Kelvin Yuen Sze-lok feels that his home town is a paradise for anyone seeking Instagram-trending images. Since the age of 19, when he won his first photography competition, Yuen has been honing his technique for best exploiting the light and weather to convey deep emotion through pictures.
After travelling the world for the past five years, on photography assignments or on holiday, Yuen has developed a new appreciation of Hong Kong. “The public transport means it’s easy to move around the city, and you get a wide range of spectacles, from cityscapes to mountains, waterfalls and dramatic nature scenes,” he says.