Claressa Way had some wild adventures this past year.

Let's hear what she has to say about her picks for best of 2019 from a guy who lives off the grid in Hong Kong to a couple who makes their own tea leaves.

Thes people showed us that there is much more to life outside the hustle and bustle of the city.

So without further ado, our best nature stories of 2000 and 19, first step is this adorable piece on cockroaches.

Our producer, Venus, has been obsessed with these birds for years, so it is a dream come true for her to finally be able to do this story.

Here's a snippet from the video.

This'll is a critically endangered yellow crested cockatoo.

The bird has been nearly wiped out from its original habitats in Southeast Asia.

Globally, there are only 2000 left in the wild, but about 10% of them have found an unlikely sanctuary in Hong Kong.

The population that we have here is actually quite important to the survival of the species, although they're not from China.

These beautiful, boisterous birds have found a new home in the concrete jungle E.

Next we met a guy who lives off the grid in a remote part of Hong Kong.

He gets his power from solar panels and cooks with a wood fire stove.

He lives here with his wife and son and even makes toys for his son.

Using recycled waste, we went to his home and talked to him about life in Hong Kong's wild Take a look.

My name is Mark Hong Kong.

My name myself Yemen is because in Chinese, Yuh Yemen means living in the wild way.

Spent an hour traveling from Hong Kong's bustling city center to the rural countryside to visit Yemen.

For 13 years, Yemen has been living in the countryside, and recently he's been living completely off the grid.

Which means he doesn't rely on the city's water and electricity supply.

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Next, you probably know her from her videos, where she's chopping bamboo, harvesting corn and cooking elaborate meals all by herself.

This is Lisa T.

One of China's hottest influencers and, you could say a Jane of all trades.

She makes her own furniture, grows her own food and embroiders her own pillows.

It's no wonder why she has over 50 million fans in China.

She's quite elusive, but we managed to get an interview with her.

Check out this clip.

Lee grew up with her grandparent's here, she says She came to live with, um after her stepmother mistreated her, but they were poor.

So when she turned 14, Lee went to work in the city.

In 2000 and 12, she decided to return to the countryside to take care of her grandmother.

Four years later, she started filming her life.

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This'll couple and an way used to live in the city.

But they moved to the mountains to live a more simple lifestyle.

Every spring, the head into the forest, the harvest wild tea leaves.

This is how they do it.

After they gather the leaves, they lay them out to dry and group them by size.

The larger leaves are used to make black tea, and the more tender buds for green tea last but not least, is an ode to Taiwan's mountains.

More than half of the island is covered with mountains, and over the years, a list of 100 of them has become a bucket list for hiking.

Enthusiast Way interviewed a guy who has climbed almost all of them.

Compiles in the late 19 sixties.

The BHAIYYA is a list of the most iconic mountains in Taiwan, by means 100 yet means peak tithe.

Snow Ram has climbed 92 of the 100 peaks, and I have climbed one.

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