Bowen Road Fitness Trail
The block of 4 garages is still there which i shared with no 14 and there.
Bowen road fitness trail. Bowen road runs from magazine gap road in the west in the central district to stubbs road in the east in happy valley near the horse race track the hong kongers are big gamblers. At around 3 4 o clock many students gather there making the road more lively. I think it was the last house on bowen road a short walk from what we called lovers rock. You can also easily access it from wan chai by slogging straight up wan chai gap road which bisects bowen road in the middle.
You ll encounter quite a few joggers and an. The bowen road is situated at a corner of the busy location wanchai where ppl d do jogging with pets. Carved out into the side of a hill this relatively flat paved path runs about 4k one way providing great views of central and wanchai just below. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
The great thing about bowen road though is that whatever pace you re going at there will be someone doing the same thing from mums walking with strollers and chatting to old people doing tai chi in the little parks dotted along to the super fit who can run up and down three times in the time it takes me to walk the trail once. Bowen road itself is only 4 km long. The trail is popular running path for residents. I have often wondered what happened to the site after i left so explored google earth and had a nostalgic walk down bowen road but my walk ended abruptly at what was no 16.
Getting there is a bit of a mission. The bowen road fitness trail is an easy trail in the mid levels above wanchai and happy valley that is 3km long nicely paved with a couple interesting things to see along the way. Greg k may 9 2015. Tucked between kennedy road and stubbs road on hong kong island is the bowen road fitness trail.
Plotted position of bowen rd fitness trail mid level hong kong n 22 16 15 8664 e 114 10 26 3316 on the map. We started from wan chia walked up the yen wah steps to kennedy road and then along kennedy to bowen drive. There are fitness stations along the way and the canopy provides reasonable shade. This connects to bowen road and the fitness trail.
Bowen road is probably the signature run in hong kong.