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Life is never dry in Tai O ! Just when you thought you're safe on land, you see a shark flying in mid air towards you, fangs and all. You wet your pants only to realise that it's just a stuffed fish hanging from the ceiling. You look closer and realise it is a shark, hung for proof of authenticity* that the fins in the shop are the real thing. If you're a decent fella, you'll walk out the shop without buying the dried fins. Do apologise though to the shop owner for wetting the shop floor.
*It's not my place to condemm this act since the folks have been selling sharks' fins for years but hanging a dried shark just to prove that that fins are real is just plain pointless to me. It's pretty much like Prada hanging a dried, stuffed cow in their shops to prove that their leather hangbags are for real.
Updated Nov 24, 2006
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Just a couple of hundred metres away from Tai O Village and nearer the shoreline, is a small bird santuary where lots of water birds can be seen nesting or feeding. During the time when I was there, I spotted the little egret, cattle egret, black kites, white throated kingfishers, etc in the greenery.
Updated Nov 24, 2006
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A huge fiddler crab sun tans in the muddy banks of Tai O. There's thousands of them over here feeding on the rich silty banks.
Updated Nov 20, 2006
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A huge fiddler crab sun tans in the muddy banks of Tai O. There's thousands of them over here feeding on the rich silty banks.
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In between helping my friend plan for a glitzy wedding in Hong Kong, my friends and I had little pockets of time for a breather. Well, one day, we decided to make our breather a little greener than......
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A true eye opener! I've been to HK several times before but have never been out to its neighbouring islands. This time I went to Lantau Island which is home to this fantastic small fishing village. It...
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Distinguished by the stilt houses in its main creek, Tai O on Lantau Island is also home to temples and monasteries.. It is inhabited mainly by the Tanka people, descendants Hong Kong's first...
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Tai O is a famous fishing village in Hong Kong. It is at the northwest coastal border of Lantau Island. That means it is quite far away from the town. Nevertheless, it is worthwhile to travel for more...
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