Blogs from Lamma Island, Hong Kong, Asia - page 2

After lunch two friends and I set off for Lamma Island. Lamma Island is southeast of Hong Kong Island and can be reached by taking the ferry from the #4 Pier at Central. We managed to find three seats together on the full boat. Unfortunately for me, it was right behind the pets aisle, so I was surrounded by yapping doggies. (Which I am allergic to.) Luckily the ride was only about 30 minutes. We disembarked and the views that greeted us were amazing. We found a mounted map and made our plan. My friend who used to live here had suggested one route, but we decided it was too short or would add too much time onto our trip if we did it and the main trail. We decided to take the main trail instead, ... read more

Only a 30-45 minutes ferry trip away from the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong! Lamma Island is like a quiet paradise, especially because it is so close to the big city... ... read more

. Where were you? You weren’t on the last ferry; you didn’t call Anthony to say you were stuck on the other side. -- I was having a glass of wine in the neighbourhood bar. Didn’t you realize it’s gone up to T8? I’ve been out searching for you. -- I thought it was still T3. I should never have let you go to Hong Kong Island alone when there was a typhoon warning posted. It is hurricane season in East Asia at the moment. Hong Kong has an efficient warning system. If there is one moving in the vicinity T1 gets posted. If it gets closer T3 is posted. Then it jumps straight to T8. With T8 shops close, ferries stop running and everyone rushes home. I was staying with Graham on Lamma Island. It ... read more

Vorweg: Ich schreibe gerade von meinem neuen EeePC 901, den ich gestern abend hier erstanden habe. Aber erstmal erzahle ich euch vom Paradies Lamma. Ich bin vorgestern um 10 dort nach einer 20 minutigen Fahrt mit einem Speedboot angekommen. Nach einem (sehr) kurzem Rundgang durch das kleine Fischerdorf Yung Shue Wan ha ich mich dann gemutlichen Schrittes auf den Family Trail begeben, der rund um die Insel fuhrt. Dazu muss man sagen, dass es dort keinen Autoverkehr gibt. Schaut euch die Fotos an, diese Insel ist ein Paradies (Gut, man sollte sich nicht am Kohlekraftwerk aufhalten...). Nachdem ich mindestens 4-5 Stunden keine Menschenseele getroffen habe, habe ich einen (offentsichtlichen) Touristen eingeholt, der gerade am fotografieren war. Wir sind ins Gesprach gekommen und kamen darauf dass er Franzose sei und gerade in Guangzhou an einem Staudamm arbeite. ... read more

So, yesterday I spent the day at Lamma Island, which was pretty cool. That being said, I started it out pretty lazily, not leaving the hostel until about 8:30am (btw, Kim, that towel you gave me is awesome). Which is better than today, I guess, since it's about 8:30am and I just woke uuup. Anyway. I caught the ferry, and for the first time in my life, I'm pretty sure I got sea sick. So I spent the next hour after that sitting on a bench trying to convince myself that no, heading back to the hostel to go back to bed right now was not a good idea. I think it was the fact that I would have had to get back on the boat that convinced me in the end. Weird, though. I never ... read more