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Orienteering trip to the Baltic coast: overview

Orienteering trip to the Baltic coast: overview

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Overview My route for this trip is as follows: Hong Kong → Shenzhen → Guangzhou → Kaliningrad → Yantarny → Svetlogorsk → Zelenogradsk → Rybachy → Morskoye → Nida → Juodkrantė → Klaipeda (3 round-trips to Smiltynė) → Riga → Daugavpils (1 round-trip to Riga – Sigulda) → Riga (1 round-trip to Mazie Kangari, 1 round-trip to Šiauliai, 1 round-trip to Sigulda – Turaida, 1 round-trip to Jūrmala) → Guangzhou → Hong Kong A total of 22 days, 11 orienteering…

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3rd Egypt International Orienteering Championships

3rd Egypt International Orienteering Championships

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Earlier this month, I went to Egypt for the 3rd Egypt International Orienteering Championship (EIOC) in conjunction with 7th Mediterranean Championship in Orienteering (MCO). There were 5 competitions in the whole series, 3 FootO competitions and 2 TrailO competitions. I departed Hong Kong by Turkish Airlines flight on 29th January to Istanbul and arrived on 30th January, joined the free layover tour and flew to Borg El Arab afterwards, and stayed in Arab Academy of Science, Technology and Maritime Transport…

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Beijing O Week – Day 8 (Linqigu, sprint) and conclusion

Beijing O Week – Day 8 (Linqigu, sprint) and conclusion

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The final race of Beijing O Week was held outside Beijing, in Linqigu, Yongqing, Langfang. I was told to stay in Yongqing town, and get on a bus for local students to the event. However, the organiser bus was late and I didn’t arrive on time, which made me start last instead of first as originally arranged. The race was held in conjunction with China Open, which had many classes including competition classes and non-competition classes. My performance in this…

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Beijing O Week – Day 7 (Old Summer Palace, sprint)

Beijing O Week – Day 7 (Old Summer Palace, sprint)

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The sprint WRE race was held in the Old Summer Palace (圆明园). The terrain was mainly open, but there were impassable bodies of water separating various areas requiring the use of bridges between. At the beginning of the race, I couldn’t match the map and the terrain quickly and wasted a lot of time, and there were some little hills in the middle of the course where I couldn’t get on quickly and need time to recognise the shape. Also,…

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Beijing O Week – Day 6 (Qinglonghu Park, sprint)

Beijing O Week – Day 6 (Qinglonghu Park, sprint)

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Sprint race continued in Qinglonghu Park in conjunction with Beijing Students Orienteering Championships. After breakfast, we took a Fangshan taxi to the park. There were many participants in multiple classes in that race. I made minor mistakes and finished the race in 28 minutes and 36 seconds, while the winning time was 13 minutes and 46 seconds. After the race, we took a bus to Fengtai Dongdajie where we would be staying the following night.

Beijing O Week – Day 5

Beijing O Week – Day 5

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After the middle distance race, we had a rest day. As there were no attractions in Fangshan, we went back to the city. We originally wanted to visit the Military Museum, but it was closed for renovation. We then visited the Capital Museum. It is a large museum with multiple floors, with free entry. We then went to Wangfujing, where I visited 7 years before as part of a family trip. However, it was uninteresting and we left after having…

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Beijing O Week – Day 4 (Qinglonghu Forest Park, middle)

Beijing O Week – Day 4 (Qinglonghu Forest Park, middle)

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The only middle-distance race in the series was held on day 4 in Qinglonghu Forest Park, which was a world ranking event. The hotel I was staying was near the long-distance bus station. I first took an express bus to Fangshan to meet my friend Eric Wong, and caught a taxi to the event centre. Qinglonghu Forest Park was a new place which wasn’t even on any maps I found. It is located in the region of the map below….

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Beijing O Week – Day 3

Beijing O Week – Day 3

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Day 3 was designated as the sightseeing day. I visited Nanluoguxiang, Tian’anmen, Zhongshan Park and China Railway Museum in order. As I stayed at a hotel in Nanluoguxiang the preceding night, Nanluoguxiang was the first place I visited. It is an old walled village from ancient times, with residents and schools inside. Afterwards, I visited Tian’anmen. Here is a standard photo taken there: Then I went to Zhongshan Park: Finally, I visited China Railway Museum. It introduced the railway history…

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Beijing O Week – Day 2

Beijing O Week – Day 2

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The opening ceremony was held the day after the first race in the National Swimming Centre (Water Cube). It was more direct to take a motorway bus than to take a train from Huairou to Beijing in order to transfer to there. After having lunch, I took the express bus 916 fast back to Beijing, which took about 45 minutes from Huairou to Beijing. That bus was very frequent, with departures in every 2 minutes. It was very popular to…

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Beijing O Week – Day 1 (Hongluosi, sprint)

Beijing O Week – Day 1 (Hongluosi, sprint)

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When I woke up in the morning, I received a message that my hotel booking on that night was cancelled because the hotel couldn’t accept foreigners. However, I ain’t a foreigner so I called the hotel for clarification. The hotel replied it could accept me, and I called Ctrip afterwards. Ctrip tried to recover my booking but it couldn’t because the refund was already made. I called the hotel again and was told to walk-in in the evening. The first…

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