Lamma Island and Dr Sun

Today is my last day in HK so I decided to head out and check out the 3rd biggest Island in the group which is called Lamma.

(you can also see where Clearwater bay - where I'm staying - is on this map)

It was a 40 minute ferry ride to Lamma and I got out to Sok Kwu Wan (in the middle of the Island) around 8am.  I walked southern section of the island first and it seemed completely deserted.  I saw 2 old ladies and a couple of dogs in the 2 hours it took to walk around.  There are no cars on Lamma Island so it was pretty peaceful but other than the Seafood restaurants at the harbour the Ferry docked in, it seemed as if the Southern part of the Island was slowly dying.  There were lots of ruins and the amount of rubbish on the beaches (after Mo Tat Wan) wasn't nice.

After having a look at the Tin Hau Temple in  Sok Kwu Wan I headed North.  This way was a different story and the first beach that I came to was immaculate and even had a few lifeguards on duty.  It was a pleasant but slightly hilly walk up to the Northern port Yung Shue Wan and I bumped into more and more people the further I went.  The town when I got there was really nice and made me think it was like the Asian version of a Greek Island town or even somewhere on the Amalfi coast!  There were quite a few tourists who were staying there and holiday type shops as well as lots of restaurants.  I had a delicious Cantonese Seafood lunch of spicy Squid before getting the ferry back to Hong Kong Central.

I headed back up into the Soho district in Hong Kong for the afternoon and went to the Museum of Dr Sun Yat-Sen.  I didn't know anything about him but it was interesting to find out that he played a big part in the Chinese revolution around 1900 and the abdication of the Qing dynasty.  He was the first president of the Republic of China in 1911.  There was also an exhibition of photographs from an American photographer who came to take pictures of the revolution which was pretty interesting.  As I wondered back to meet Steve I found the more romantic looking street markets which was a nice way to finish my visit to Hong Kong.

A big thanks to Steve and Lou for having me stay with them here in HK.  Tomorrow I'm on a flight to Beijing and China proper!