Blooms at Hong Kong Wetland Park

Light purple bloom

Light purple bloom

Last week I brought the kids to the Hong Kong Wetland Park.  It was a great opportunity for them to get close to nature as we live in a metropolitan city full of high rise buildings.

It was the 2nd time that they have visited the park. The last time we visited the park was 3 years ago when Tiger girl was in Hong Kong for her 1st birthday celebration.

A water lily

A water lily

There has been quite a bit of changes in the park since our last visit. There was significantly lesser insects around and we couldn’t spot any birds. I guess that the summer heat of 33 degrees Celsius was keeping the animals away in hiding.

A dark purplish bloom

A dark purplish bloom

It wasn’t easy to zoom in an take photographs as my trusty DSLR was on holiday with R in N Z. I had to make do with his Sony Cybershot with it’s limited zoom range.

A white bloom

A white bloom

I had to literally place the camera at the flower to get a good close up of it.  We didn’t stay long at the park as it was getting extremely hot by midday and the kids and I decided to call it a day and head back to some air-con comfort.

Have you been to  the park lately?

 

Hong Kong Wetland Park

Wetland Park Road, Tin Shui Wai, New Territories Hong Kong

Open from 9am-5pm

Tel (852) 31522666
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