Lamma Island, Hong Kong

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From the many TVB dramas, Lamma Island has always been famous for their many seafood restaurants. Other than that, there are actually also many things to see and do on lamma island.

there are 2 ferries leaving for lamma island coz the island has 2 jetties. when we were there, we just took the first ferry leaving the central ferry station.

have a map in hand coz the fun part abt this island is the trekking! the 2 jetties are almost at the 2 ends of the island so most ppl will choose to just walk from one end to another. the starting parts of the walk u'll just pass through many houses, small shops etc.. on the way u'll also pass by a temple. (i think its a tin hau temple if i remember correctly). If u start from the yung shue wan jetty and follow the signs correctly, you will pass by this small makeshift stall selling beancurd. The beancurd is seriously good. Go for the cold one. Its so smooth and refreshing. And the thick sugar syrup has a distinctive ginger taste. The tiny stall has benches for you to sit and enjoy the dessert. apparently its quite a famous stall as we saw many newspaper articles featuring it. After the dessert, walk further on and u'll reach the beach. if you are visiting in summer, take a dip in the crystal clear waters at the beach! there's a small hotel there i think but its only open in the summer. after the beach, take a hike up the hill. whoa! the views are amazing. theres an irritating power station interferring with ur view but other than that, its totally blue skies, fresh air, green grass... a wonderful break from all the shopping and eating in hong kong city area itself.

With a group of 20 people we cruised to Lamma Island with private yacht, leaving Hong Kong bay to the outlying island.

Lamma island is a pretty little island west of Hong Kong island, very peaceful and tranquil and unspoiled.

We visited one of the two villages in Lamma island. Along the narrow lanes, low-rise housing blocks, businesses and restaurant clustered together with stalls selling dried fish, shrimp paste, Chinese herbal medicines, incense and candles. The life here are more removed than bustling city life. Here we can find the "other face" of Hong Kong.

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Lamma Island is off the south side of Hong Kong island. It's a little "fishing village" type place, with lots of hiking trails and little points of interest. Where you dock in the bay is a series of fresh seafood open air restaurants. We didn't go do the hiking trips, but they looked somewhat interesting. Food at Rainbow is pretty good... VERY fresh. Try the salt-pepper prawns! That was the best dish we had. We saw fishermen coming and going in their little boats, so I'm sure the seafood is fresh from the sea.

There are few paths that will converge just behind the Bay restaurant. Follow through and it will pass you through a village that is wreaking of abandnment. Each building looks like it aged quickly like a 40 yr chainsmoker. They were dishevled and overgrown, but peaceful and centuries behind what was brewing on HK Island where we just came from. The pace was different, the ground was asphaltless and the sound was bugs and birds rather than beeps and traffic.

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Our Hong Kong connect wanted to take us for a hike on one of the Hong Kong outer islands. Took a taxi down to the port and hired a Junk Boat that putted along for 100HK. Took way longer than it should have to cross the harbor. Waves and wakes rocked the balace into wack and the motorman kept making us move around to shift the weight. Shipping tankers were pulling through and we made the pass between. For the ride back we are going to hire a speed boat, it would've been quicker to swim across, even wthout legs or arms.

Our Hong Kong connect wanted to take us for a hike on one of the Hong Kong outer islands. Took a taxi down to the port and hired a Junk Boat that putted along for 100HK. Took way longer than it should have to cross the harbor. Waves and wakes rocked the balace into wack and the motorman kept making us move around to shift the weight. Shipping tankers were pulling through and we made the pass between. For the ride back we are going to hire a speed boat, it would've been quicker to swim across, even wthout legs or arms.

Our Hong Kong connect wanted to take us for a hike on one of the Hong Kong outer islands. Took a taxi down to the port and hired a Junk Boat that putted along for 100HK. Took way longer than it should have to cross the harbor. Waves and wakes rocked the balace into wack and the motorman kept making us move around to shift the weight. Shipping tankers were pulling through and we made the pass between. For the ride back we are going to hire a speed boat, it would've been quicker to swim across, even wthout legs or arms.

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Lamma island is the closest island to Hong Kong, with Aberdeen only approximately 3kms away and a 30 minute ferry ride from Central. It's a popular destination for day-trippers - both local and international - as a result, with two destinations from the Outlying Islands Ferry terminal - the more popular Yung Shue Wan, a bustling little place full of cafes, bars, seafood restaurants in the north west of the island, or Sok Kwu Wan (referred to as the 'fishing village') which is approximately half way down the eastern side of the island. Sok Kwu Wan is little more than a single covered pedestrian walkway full of seafood restaurants of varying size and expense. In addition to the two ferry destinations, there are a number of walking pathways into the interior which give fabulous views across the bays and islands. There ae two eyesores on the island - the enormous power station behind Yung Shue Wan and the cement/quarry works across the bay from Sok Kwu Wan. But its a great place for the day - especially if you want to undertake some quite serious hiking (paths lead up to the Mount Stenhouse Peak (353 metres). There are also a number of beaches on the island - a hike and then the beach with lunch at one of the seafood restaurants a perfect way to spend the day.