Gwai Mui in the Green OR White Girl in HK's Great Outdoors

Of late, my interest in Hong Kong has become quite focused in the greener parts of this great city. As I mentioned in the last entry, although Hong Kong is famous for its bright lights, exotic food and cosmopolitan lifestyle, there is so much more to this dynamic place that I have called home for the last two years.

In fact, 2 weeks ago my boyfriend Zeno took me to a favorite spot of his childhood, the so called "Monkey Hill." He told me of this romantic place in the hills with a glimmer in his eye and a glistening smile.

While the park, including the resovoir indeed painted a beautifully pastoral scene, the monkeys were far from sweet--one of them jumped on Zeno's arm to get his water bottle! Unfortunately, the years of people feeding them have corrupted their innocence, and they are now rather aggressive animals. Zeno and I armed ourselves with sticks and made our way through the wild on that beautiful day in November...