Tai O is a very charming small town a long distant away from Hong Kong city. This fishing village town is 1 hour by mini bus from Mui Wo. And Mui Wo town is another hour by ferry to the city. The 2 hours journey separate Tai O from the hectic city life and have its very own feels of old, and quiet, and peaceful. A unique quiet secluded island kampung (village) life.
I did not have photo of this little town but I down load a few from the internet just as an illustration. The few places are places I been to.
Tai O is a fishing village located on the western tip of Lantau Island.
Its unique preserved fish and cultural heritage, Tai O is well known for its slum-like houses which built on stilts and along the waterway, in order to avoid high tides. While the Chinese stilt-house community is an attraction to the outside tourist I am more attracted by the island concrete houses and temples. These concrete structures are thought not ancient but at least a hundred years old.
I spend lengthy hour strolling along a quiet rocky sea side with very few people. I could not find an image of this location from the internet. On one corner of the sea side is a small dark house constructed of cement and rock. Seem no electricity and water supply. Look as if a hermit is stay there.
27th December 1997 Shirley's Birthday Dinner at Tin Ning Flat
Today is Shirley's birthday. I came to Tai O for the occasion. She and Xing stay with Gloria family in Tai O while I put up in a small hotel room in Kowloon
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