Lucille Wong

  • Three weeks in Brazil – Part 2

    Three weeks in Brazil – Part 2

    After two days in Salvador, we took a seven-hour bus bound for Lençois, the base for exploring the Chapada Diamantina National Park. We were here for our four-day hike of Paty Valley. Unlike the Inca Trail (mountains, clouds, ruins, rent-a-crowd) and the W Trek (mountains, snow, glaciers, lakes), this hike would take us through lush…

  • Hiking the W Trek in Patagonia

    Hiking the W Trek in Patagonia

    My love/hate relationship with hiking continued in Patagonia, the deep south of South America. After catching two flights from Salta (bought a dirty street hamburger outside Buenos Aires airport in transit) and two buses, we arrived in Torres del Paine, the national park in Chile where we began our hike of the famous W Trek.…

  • The lies of Colca Canyon

    The lies of Colca Canyon

    Having smashed (crawled) up the four-day Inca Trail a week earlier, my hiking confidence was at an all time high. Is hiking like childbirth? Because within days, I have forgotten the pain of Dead Woman’s Pass (the long, uphill climb at high altitudes – peaked at 4215m above sea level) and the Gringo Slayer (the…

  • Hiking the Dragon’s Back in Hong Kong

    On the first day of our family holiday in Hong Kong, we tackle the city’s most popular hiking trail, the Dragon’s Back. Time Asia Magazine voted it the best urban trail in Asia in 2004. Nearly ten years on, the trail continues to attract crowds of locals and tourists every day. We set the alarm…