At the pier in Yung Shue Wan, where the ferry from Central HK dropped me off.
At the Tin Hau temple in YSW, mere moments before I was admonished for taking photos in the temple. The guy angrily pointed at the donation box. I gave it $2HK. Then he threw me out.
Sadly, this place was closed.
Did I eat at this place?
Bet yer ass I did.
I went to Lamma hoping to visit the Bookworm Cafe, which of course turned out to be closed on this particular day, for no particular reason. So I junked the original plan to be a coffee/book bum, and instead hiked from Yung Shue Wan to Sok Kwu Won- about 90 minutes away.
That's a power plant, I think. The one flaw in the design of the trail is that that terrifying bit heavy industry is pretty much ALWAYS in view.
Believe it or not, this was taken within minutes of the previous picture. The sky was crazy, black then clear then black again, but it only actually rained on me once.
These ancient graves dot the landscape all over this region. We passed a bunch on the Sai Kung trail. You can usually tell how important the guy was based on how good the view is from his grave. Mountainside, overlooking a beachy sea cove probably means he was pretty bigtime.
Anyone remember Myst? Walking through this felt like a screenshot from that.
This is Sok Kwu Wan, the destination town. Taken from a small lookout pavilion. Not pictured: four giggly Japanese tween girls who were playing a rousing game of "take a picture of yourself with the American guy without him noticing."
This was the only wildlife I spotted, not counting a few birds and the Japanese tweens.
Probably scary enough already without the digital zoom. But still.
That's the pavilion where I took the picture of Sok Kwu Wan.
Tin Hau temple at Sok Kwu Wan. I decided to skip it.
I did, however, linger over their lovely turtle pond. I don't know if these turtles get harvested, or if they're just skittish, but I can tell you this- despite what you've heard about turtles, these guys bolted--and I mean bolted--when they heard me coming. They were positively cat-like.
Wind generator from the ferry leaving Sok Kwu Wan.
Me totally owning the ferry.
NOT another example of using the focal B&W effect, like in the pavilion picture. This is actually what the world was looking like at this particular moment. It started pouring about a minute later.
Cab home.
