Hong Kong hiking guidebooks https://petespurrier.com/books/ Author of the bestselling Hong Kong hiking guidebooks Mon, 12 Feb 2024 10:47:11 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/petespurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cropped-pete-psl.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Hong Kong hiking guidebooks https://petespurrier.com/books/ 32 32 108170580 The Heritage Hiker’s Guide to Hong Kong https://petespurrier.com/books/the-heritage-hikers-guide-to-hong-kong/ Sun, 13 Mar 2016 18:55:24 +0000 http://petespurrier.com/product/the-heritage-hikers-guide-to-hong-kong/ In terms of Chinese dynasties, Hong Kong's history has been short -  but its tale has been told by a cosmopolitan cast of traders and taipans, adventurers and assassins, refugees and revolutionaries. And  despite the city's pace of change, traces of this colourful past can still be found.

Let this walking guide show you the way. Hidden behind Hong Kong's modern facade, there are wartime tunnels, backstreet shophouses, ancient shrines and colonial forts - and there's a story to each one. With clear maps and archive photography, this book will lead you on your own explorations of Hong Kong's heritage.

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]]> In terms of Chinese dynasties, Hong Kong’s history has been short –  but its tale has been told by a cosmopolitan cast of traders and taipans, adventurers and assassins, refugees and revolutionaries. And  despite the city’s pace of change, traces of this colourful past can still be found.

Let this walking guide show you the way. Hidden behind Hong Kong’s modern facade, there are wartime tunnels, backstreet shophouses, ancient shrines and colonial forts – and there’s a story to each one. With clear maps and archive photography, this book will lead you on your own explorations of Hong Kong’s heritage.

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]]> 1758 The Leisurely Hiker’s Guide to Hong Kong https://petespurrier.com/books/the-leisurely-hikers-guide-to-hong-kong/ Sun, 13 Mar 2016 18:32:19 +0000 http://petespurrier.com/product/the-leisurely-hikers-guide-to-hong-kong/ By any measure, Hong Kong is an impressive city. But there is a world beyond the impatient traffic and chic shopping malls: an older place of soot-blackened temples, traditional street markets and colonial-era museums. Travel twenty minutes out of the metropolis, and you’ll find stone-laid trails, sheltered beaches and waterfront restaurants galore.

Bring your camera, but leave the camping gear at home. The 33 guided walks in this book are quickly reached from public transport, and can be completed in an afternoon – leaving ample time for your leisurely hike to be followed by leisurely dinner. Let this guide show you how close these attractions are to your front door. An unhurried journey of discovery starts here.

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]]> By any measure, Hong Kong is an impressive city. But there is a world beyond the impatient traffic and chic shopping malls: an older place of soot-blackened temples, traditional street markets and colonial-era museums. Travel twenty minutes out of the metropolis, and you’ll find stone-laid trails, sheltered beaches and waterfront restaurants galore.

Bring your camera, but leave the camping gear at home. The 33 guided walks in this book are quickly reached from public transport, and can be completed in an afternoon – leaving ample time for your leisurely hike to be followed by leisurely dinner. Let this guide show you how close these attractions are to your front door. An unhurried journey of discovery starts here.

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]]> 1751 The Serious Hiker’s Guide to Hong Kong https://petespurrier.com/books/the-serious-hikers-guide-to-hong-kong/ Sun, 13 Mar 2016 18:29:45 +0000 http://petespurrier.com/?post_type=product&p=1744 High ridges, sparkling waterfalls, lush fung shui woods and ancient fishing communities nestled in rocky harbours. Your mind refreshed, your limbs exercised, and your senses intoxicated, you wonder at the fact that only a few miles separate all this from one of the world’s most crowded cities. And you marvel at the speed with which you have stepped outside the boundaries of that metropolis into this revitalizing landscape.

The Serious Hiker’s Guide will direct your course into that other Hong Kong which lies outside the city margins, easing your transition into a wealth of natural beauty accessible to those ready to venture beyond busy streets and shopping malls.

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]]> High ridges, sparkling waterfalls, lush fung shui woods and ancient fishing communities nestled in rocky harbours. Your mind refreshed, your limbs exercised, and your senses intoxicated, you wonder at the fact that only a few miles separate all this from one of the world’s most crowded cities. And you marvel at the speed with which you have stepped outside the boundaries of that metropolis into this revitalizing landscape.

The Serious Hiker’s Guide will direct your course into that other Hong Kong which lies outside the city margins, easing your transition into a wealth of natural beauty accessible to those ready to venture beyond busy streets and shopping malls.

To lighten your backpack the four main trails have been split up and are now bound as four individual books inside a box set.

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