I'll depart on 4th June and be back on 6h July... Well, that means I'll have 34 days there...
2,200 km / 34days = 64.7 km一天，加上山路和大城市的停留，我猜一天大概要100km吧...
2,200 km / 34days = 64.7 km/day. By reserving some times for big cities and uphill sections, 100km/day should be fair...
為了知道自己可否平安回來，特意在出發前一個月在港測試。於是， 在這個不冷不熱而又陰晴不定的4月底，我和阿武來個著名的香港大冷小試牛刀！
Be frank, I'm really, really afraid of not able to get back to hk, as a result, I've to test myself how long could I travel a month beforehand... 29th April, on this unstable weather day, I started the test with Kamo.
所謂"大冷" ，就是英文"Big Round"的廣東話音譯，從大圍出發經大埔、大尾篤、新娘潭、鹿頸、粉嶺、落馬洲、元朗、屯門、黃金海岸、深井、荃灣、葵涌繞新界一周，長約100公里。我和阿武身為觀塘人，當然就從觀塘出發，於是自行加入西貢和馬鞍山作checkpoint，多走個20里。
The famous route is called "Big Round" in Hong Kong. It's start from Tai Wai, via Tai Po, Bride's Pool Road, Luk Keng, Fanling, Lok Ma Chau, Yuen Long, Tuen Mun, the Golden Coast, Tsuen Wan and will be finished at Kwai Chung that surrounding the whole New Territories. As residences of Kowloon, we decided to start from Kowloon Bay and added two checkpoints - Sai Kung and Ma On Shan.
09:00 的早餐令我們09:45出發，花了45分鐘就爬到了清水灣道的飛鵝山山腳。
We finished our simple breakfast at 09:45 and started our journey. Spending about 45 minutes, we arrived the foot of Fei Ngo Shan.
天氣的惡劣令跑慣馬路的我們撤到行人路，大霧令我回想一年前在台東的壽卡伸手不及五指的經驗，加上香港無情的的士和小巴司機為顯示老辣的駕駛技術，特意在你身旁的0.5cm掠過，我和阿武還是安全為上，可不想"出師未捷身先死"！
This was damn foggy that forcing me and Kamo to retreat back to the pedestrian road.The foggy weather made me recalling the time in Shouka, Taitung last year. You will never find your fingertips within the fog surrounding you on 500 meter altitude. In addition to the scumbag taxi and minibus drivers in Hong Kong, you will definitely protect yourself from death!
時間一秒秒地過去，我可不想因為停下來拍照浪費了測試的時間，路過西貢和馬鞍山的我們不敢怠慢，直衝大埔而去！不想原來已經12點，因為經驗，我們預測大約2點就能到粉嶺，那就讓我們一氣呵成，到了粉嶺在吃午餐吧！
At 12:00 we arrived Tai Po with non-stop riding. According to our experience, one should get to Fanling in around 2 hours. Hm... I do want to save time for the testing purpose. Okay, let's fight against starving and rush there.
剛好遇到一隊耆英(?)車隊，互相打打氣吧！
Let's cheer up to the elderly riders!
經過大尾篤有段斜坡只准牽車上，那我們乾脆當休息吧。短短的400米，我們很快就牽上坡頂！
There's a climbing section of 400m in Tai Mei Tuk that riding bicycle is prohibited. Well, just take a rest by walking our bikes up!
重新上路！
Now we could resume by here!
下著毛毛雨的天氣，是日火警訊號應該也不可能是高吧？
If you told me the fire danger signal shouldn't be low today, you're a liar.
平日的新娘潭路往來的車子甚少，我們也放心騎道路中心。
"整條路是我的！是我的！"
(喂喂！別囂張！小心對頭車！=.=")
There's only a few cars passing by during weekend. It seems the whole road was mine, hooray!
(Hey, watch out dude! Keep your awareness~~~)
嗯......香港人大概很少時間到這些郊外看美景吧，我從來沒想到陰天也可以把相片拍得那麼美的。
Um... I think most Hong Kongers seldom come to the countryside and enjoy the view? I'd never thought of taking gorgeous photos like these in cloudy days.
14:00，神仙都沒算得那麼準，我們到了粉嶺。窮孩子就是這樣，把兩個 $8的豬柳蛋漢堡趕進胃裡後，我們又草草上路。真不敢想像到日本如是的話會有多沒趣！
Yea, we arrived Fanling in 14:00 as predicted. As a poor guy, spending $16 for 2 Sausage Mcmuffin with eggs will be the most suitable. Eliminating them within 10 minutes, we continue our test trip... Gosh! Can't imagine how boring it is if it's the same when we get to Japan.
走粉嶺公路入元朗，剛碰到貨櫃車進出關口時間。長長的櫃車就在身邊飛過，天哪！為何我要受這樣的苦？心理壓力可是很大的，要不然你騎單車，我駕貨櫃車試試？(我猜騎車的老早就被我輾斃XD)
We're on the way to Yuen Long. Okay, here's another challenge - Container trucks?! Do you wanna test your emotion by riding aside from the loooooong container truck? I would like to quit if I could......
時間拿捏得比天文台還準，16:00我們果然到元朗，也不多解釋，隨後當然又是趕路...
The prediction was even more precise than the weather forecast. At 16:00 we arrived Yuen Long.
經過兆康...
Passing thru Siu Hong...
途中見到一個大叔騎三輪車賣菜，很是好奇。唉，又顯出市區人的無知......
Here's a man selling the veg from his tricycle, very interesting....
17:00我們花了一個小時到達屯門。
Within an hour, we arrived Tuen Mun.
看到了嗎？屯門河畔那些垃圾！香港人的公德心真的是......
The river of Tuen Mun is so stinky, shame on you Hong Kongers....
經青山公路我們到達小欖了。這張相片好重要！不因什麼，只因我們在入黑前能夠單日破百。燃起了我們能在日本回港的希望！
Thru Castle Peak Road we arrived Siu Lam. This is a meaningful photo as we achieved 100km/day at that time. More importantly, it's still daytime! (Daddy and Mommy, you're now granted a little chance to see your son again 2 months later lol)
作為曾修讀物流及航運學系的我，當然要在海事訓練學院照一張！
As a High Diploma student who studied Shipping Logistics, for sure I need to take a photo of MSTI (Maritime Services Training Institute)!
路經深井
Sham Tseng!
終於抵達荃灣西！還白天呢！全程111.94公里，總算嘆得一口氣。只是屁股很痛，還是準備凡士林吧！TvT
Jesus, we're finally arrived Tsuen Wan West and the sun was not yet set, whew! An annoying fact is that my bottom was in pain. Looks like I'm going to buy Vaseline for Japan trip!
thanks for support.........
回覆刪除Very clever! Test run is so important
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