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| A Brief History of the Cheung Chau Bun Festival 長洲太平清醮簡史 |
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| A Day at the Cheung Chau Bun Festival, Hong Kong |
 It is Thursday morning - in May 1989 - on Cheung Chau, the most populous of Hong Kong's outlying islands. Though it is only 8am, the day is already hot... |
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| Any food you want as long as it's seafood |
Just heard that one of Cheung Chau's non-Cantonese seafood restaurants may close before long. Hasn't been open a real long time. |
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| Brief history of Cheung Chau, Hong Kong, to the 19th century |
There is little written history regarding Cheung Chau before the 18th century. But even early last century, some islanders said their families had settled on Cheung Chau hundreds of years ago, and we can guess something regarding the very early history based on some archaeological... |
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| Bun Festival 2007 - rainy start but hot main day |
Extremely wet yesterday afternoon to this morning; amber rainstorm. Bad for preparations for the Bun Festival, which is set to start tomorrow. |
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| Cheung Chau island, Hong Kong, in prehistory |
Though Cheung Chau has surely been settled - albeit not continuously - for thousands of years, it has only one well-known prehistoric site: the Bronze Age stone carving, just below the Warwick Hotel at Tung Wan. It's thought to be around 3500 years old, as the patterns carved into a... |
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| Cheung Chau Windsurfing Centre, Hong Kong |
So this is where it all began, the launding point for the career of Hong Kong's gold medal winning Olympian, Lee Lai-shan (San San): The Cheung Chau Windsurfing Centre. Set on a tiny headland between Cheung Chau's two main beaches, the centre commands fine views of the island, and... |
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| Cycle hire on Cheung Chau, Hong Kong |
Just received this email: "Who can I contact if I need to hire 30-40 bikes ? Thanks a lot." I've replied: "Ms Lo of Hop Kee, tel 29810227" |
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| Exploring southeast Cheung Chau, Hong Kong |
Southeast Cheung Chau boasts paths that wind around headlands and curl up and over hillsides, passing through woodland, and near to naturally sculpted giant boulders, once grand but now ruined houses, a couple of temples, a tiny nunnery, and cliffs dropping to the sea. The main trail... |
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| Great things to do on Cheung Chau, Hong Kong 在長洲可以做的事 |
Stroll Along the WaterfrontStrolling the waterfront's a good way of soaking up the island's atmosphere - way more laid-back than the hustling, bustling city. There are fishing boats in the harbour on one side; three-storey buildings with shops, restaurants and... |
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| Hotels and holiday flats on Cheung Chau, Hong Kong 長洲的度假屋及酒 |
Though Cheung Chau's hotels and holiday flats are modest compared to the fancy hotels in Hong Kong city, they also offer an "away from it all" experience compared to joints in densely packed Tsim Sha Tsui, Causeway Bay and Central. You can enjoy laid-back accommodation... |
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| North Cheung Chau including Coral Beach |
There's a path leading uphill from beside Pak Tei Temple, up past an old folks' home. Keep left, and up and up flights of steps, and you'll come to a small, concrete park. Turn right here, and you can continue uphill, leaving the village to pass through trees, with views over to... |
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| Scenes of Cheung Chau on 1 Jan 2010 |
Some video I shot on Cheung Chau on Jan 1st: | |
| To Cheung Chau by ferry 以渡輪到達長洲 |
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| Tung Wan Tsai farm |
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| Video of Cheung Chau Bun Festival |
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| Video of Tin Hau Festival in 2010 | ||
| Walking in southern Cheung Chau with toddler and pushchair |
Now my son is two, he's rather heavy for lugging about in backpack carrier. Easier to take the pushcair, for carrying him when tired - or when dawdling too much. This, though, means trying to avoid flights of steps. Just took him for outing in southern Cheung Chau,... |
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| Walking the southwest coast of Cheung Chau |
Though Cheung Po-tsai Cave is the best known tourist spot of southwest Cheung Chau, it's not the only place that's good for exploring. There's an excellent coastal trail, winding along a small cove, and a small bay with a beach, passing boulders where cacti grow (yes... |
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| WWF Seafood Choice Initiative 海鮮選擇大行動 |
News today included the World Wide Fund for Nature Hong Kong (WWF Hong Kong) producing a guide to help Hong Kong consumers make informed choices about whether their seafood is sustainable or not. Relevant to Cheung Chau, of course - but how easy or difficult is it to choose... |
A small farm on the northeast tip of Cheung Chau is a fine place to visit, and even seems a surprising place given that the...Story
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