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Possibly the smallest draw bridge
DSwede Says: Quite possibly the worlds smallest draw bridge is in Tai O. Sun Kei street and Sun Kei Bridge are pedestrian-only streets, at most only ~2m wide.If you find this bridge, just continue across and wonder the small little alleys and foot paths into the labyrinth of the stilt...
DSwede Says: Kwan Tai Temple is about as central in the village of Tai O as you can get. The temple is a modest one, but is rich with decorations and ornate tiles. It is small and only requires a few minutes to visit.
sunnywong Says: Built on stilts in a narrow creek channel, these house are the most distinctive characteristic of Tai O. They are inhabites mostly by the Tanka people, descendants of the ancient Yueh tribe who were Hong Kong’s first major settlers.
sunnywong Says: Built in the 25th year of Jiaqing reign of the Qing Dynasty (1820), the temple located at Fan Lau Tsuen of the southwest of Lantau Island honors Tin Hau – the guardian of the sea to form Tai O, Cheung Chau and nearby outlying island. Cantonese opera performancre is arranged...
sunnywong Says: This is a simple temple for workship of the Sea God, and features a bell cast in the first year of Emperor Qian Long (1763), the same year the temple was built.
sunnywong Says: Tai O is also renowned for native products such as salted fish, dried seafood, shrimp roe and shrimp paste, while fried water convolvulus with shrimp paste and steamed salted fish are pretty poplar dishes. Meanwhile, favorite food such as Tai O fried rice with diced chicken...
Tai O Seafood Restaurant: Step by Step to Eating the Best Seafood in HK
bpacker Says: Now if you're a true foodie in Hong Kong, you'll know that that the best seafood to be had over here is in Tai O. Contrary to belief, you won't find good seafood in a neon-lit floating restaurant stupidly named after an elephant. The glitz is just expensive razzle dazzle for...
Tai O Seafood Restaurant: Step by Step to Eating Tai O
bpacker Says: Well, I deliberately put this picture here so that you can see what the poor fish looked like as dinner. It was steamed with spring onions and soya sauce sauteed with garlic. Delicious!
Seafood Restaurant in Tai O: Step 4: See if your fish is still alive..
bpacker Says: The poor fish was still wriggling hard and gasping for air in the plastic bag. Guess it has not entered his head that he was to be dinner. This sounds cruel but the fresher the fish, the better he will taste. No chinese will eat a fish that has been dead, frozen for months...
bpacker Says: We grabbed our prize catch with glee and examined the poor fella for signs of diseases. In the meantime, one of us dropped some change into the net and gave it to the fisherman.
bpacker Says: Now if you're a true foodie in Hong Kong, you'll know that that the best seafood to be had over here is in Tai O not in some neon-lit floating restaurant stupidly named after an elephant. The glitz is just expensive razzle dazzle for the foreigners. Tai O is for the more...
bpacker Says: Whole, fresh fish were swimming literally in the boat. Groupers, SeaBass, Snappers, you name it! We settled a large Flower Grouper and bargained for a reasonable price. The fisherman was in an agreeable mood so he scopped up a wriggling fish for us, bagged it and gave it to...
Jannetto Says: Avoid those dolphin trips anyway, they go speeding around with no regard for the dolphins' safety. Highly suspect. And Ocean Park is only if captive animals are your thing. If you want to see the pink dolphins, go with hk.dolphinwatch.com - the morning tour still gives you...
bpacker Says: There's a couple of methods of getting to Tai O. Though it's a little off the beaten track, it's fairly accessible. If this is your first trip to the Far East* , you can take a fast (30min) or slow (1hr) ferry from the pier next to the Star Ferry in Central Hong Kong to Mui...
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When you come to visit Tai O, you will no doubt notice the large fishing fleet out in the harbor, near the bus station.
However, those large boats are only a piece of the puzzle. Most of the residents fish by themselves, working hard nearly every day to put food on their plates and maintain the village that you are now taking for granted.
Please be respectful to the hard working locals. These two offered me a 5 minute ride down the channel to get the sites, all for a modest tip of $5HK. Its a better way to see the sites and more intimate than getting on a larger tourist boat.
Written Oct 4, 2007
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About 100m down the small road to the right of Kwan Tai Temple is a butcher store... Obviously from the sign out front, they sell pork.
But again, from the sign posted out front, I'm not sure you'd want to eat anything sold from there...
Honestly, what that...?!
Updated Oct 4, 2007
Over Priced Dry Seafood Products!
Wangan_Gundam Says: During the ~Chinese New Year~ On 2006, I have been to Tai O for a trip visiting the Old Fisherman's Village. For some Reason the village is very busy and Crowned with locals and Tourists. Before We decided to leave the village and continues on our trip, I decided to buy some...
sugarpuff Says: This is just the photo of the one NOT to go to. So please take note and avoid like the plague!
bpacker Says: 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...
bpacker Says: 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...
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......
Rustic Fishing Village in the Modern HK
If you look at the map, Tai O is about as far east as you can go in Hong Kong before you leave the territorial waters. If you keep going a bit farther, you'll wind up in Macau... This little hidden...
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...
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...
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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