I had the opportunity to visit the Hong Kong Wetland Park today. The Hong Kong Wetland Park is located at Tin Shui Wai, New Territories. It was kinda far from Hong Kong Island but the visit there was worth it. Hong Kong Island is so congested with tall buildings...it's nice to be able to see so much greenery...and with an entry fee of only HKD30...it's a great place to relax and unwind and to breathe fresh air...

  

 

The first thing we saw was Pui Pui's home...Pui Pui is actually a cute little crocodile...apparently it was found in one of the residential areas in Hong Kong so it was caught and now make its home at the Hong Kong Wetland Park...it has its own little enclosure....it must be sooo much more comfy than wandering around Hong Kong and frightening the poor Hong Kong people. But it's really a pity that people first bought Pui Pui as a pet but just chuck it away when it got bigger and wasn't so cute anymore. Talk about being irresponsible.

 

Anyway, we started the trail after visiting Pui Pui's home. We waited a while for the guides so that we would know what we were looking at. It was the right decision to wait cos they were really good at explaining and at least it gave us an idea what we were looking at.

 

The tree above is some kinda fig tree...it's actually called a opposite-leave fig...the reason is cos the leaves actually grow in pairs.

 

This is a yam tree...there are actually two kinds of yam tree in the picture above. The one that we eat is actually on the right. You can see the leaves with the round water droplets. The reason the water droplets stick to the leave is cos they are a bit furry. The other one with the smooth surface is inedible and is actually poisonous.

 

 I've forgotten the name of this tree but those veins on the leaves are actually due to worms living in between the leaves and eating it.

 

Beautiful lotus flowers

 

This flower is really amazing...it's actually yellow in colour...but once a bee sucks its nectar...it will blush and turn a pretty pink...

 

After a tiring walk along the trail...and it's really really a big place....we had a look around the visitor information centre. It's really a good place for students cos there were a lot of interesting learning tools and information on wetlands and nature. Although I wasn't really paying attention anymore cos I was too tired.......hehe....

 

All in all it was a good trip and I was glad my colleague invited me to join her. Time for me to zone off soon....really tired...zzzzzzz.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At the Queen Wilhelmina Park - Don't I look chummy with the Queen?

 

I'm too small...so have to point out my location...hehe...isn't the lake beautiful?

 

Try and guess what this is...answer will be revealed in the next blog...

 

Beautiful scenery...

 

My sis looking cool on a crooked tree branch...I'm a great photographer rite...haha...I know self praise is no praise...but as if I care...this is my blog and I have the right to give praises to myself.