Anyway, enough of highrise buildings and as I always look for the "off-the-beaten-tracks" where ever I travel to, I made a side trip to the Lamma and Lantau islands.
First, Lamma Island (南丫島). Located south-west of Hong Kong island, it is the 3rd biggest island after Hong Kong and Lantau.
Took off from the Central Pier of Hong Kong island.
The ride was about 30 -40 minutes. There are two main fishing villages on the island, Yung Shue Wan (榕樹灣) and Sok Kwu Wan (索罟灣). The route most tourists take is to first alight at Yung Shue Wan, and then trek to Sok Kwu Wan. After checking the ferry schedules, noticed that there are more ferries between Central Hong Kong and Yong Shue Wan, so I decided to trek the opposite way.
Approaching Sok Kwu Wan ...
The map (click map to enlarge ...)
Looked at the time, 11.00am, not hungry yet, so decided to do the red trail. It's one big round, so it'll be time for food by the time I complete it.
The pictures below doesn't look like I'm in Hong Kong at all, does it?
By the way, no ordinary vehicles are allowed in most parts of the island ...
Completed the trail in roughly two hours. Stomach calling ....
The scenes remind me of a place I often go during school holidays ... Pulau Pangkor. After lunch, started my trek to the other village, Yung Shue Wan. Estimated another 2 hours trek.
These were what I saw along the way ....
And finally at Yung Shue Wan .....
Almost time to meet Reiner back at Hong Kong island for dinner. Took the ferry and arrived at Central around 6.00pm. Hmmm, what did we have for dinner that evening .... Oh yes, Italiano ...... crispy pizza and creamy pasta. Life's just great ...
The following day, I went to Lantau Island. I did not go to Tai-O (a village on Lantau Island) as I've been there a few years ago. This time I took the new Cable Car all the way from the terminal MTR subway station to the big Buddha on the hill. Pretty impressive. I got an excellent bird's eye view of the Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok international airport, and the outlying islands off Hong Kong. For photos of my Lantau Island trip, click here.
