Wilder Side of Cheung Chau in Summer
Cheung Chau has some wonderful wild places – and interesting wildlife. Look up during daytime, and you are sure to soon see Black Kites circling overhead, on the lookout for fish in the harbour or near the beach. Cheung Chau is one of Hong Kong’s best places for nesting Black Kites, with perhaps five or …
Video of Typhoon Nesat waves bashing Cheung Chau
Video I shot as Typhoon Nesat passed over 28-29 September 2011, bringing gales/strong gales to Cheung Chau.
Cecil Chao paradise taking shape on Cheung Chau
Along Cheung Chau Praya, towards Sai Wan, a housing development is taking shape. Not just any development – this is on land bought in 2007 for a whopping HK$96.5 million by Cheuk Nan (Holdings) Ltd, the chairman of which is Cecil Chao Sze-tsung – who has been described as “extraordinary Casanova, socialite and businessman“. Mr …
Stormy May day on Cheung Chau
On 19 May – unluckily, the first day of the Bun Festival proper – storms swept into Cheung Chau from the west. Dramatic, especially as the first thunderstorm arrived, bringing sudden transition from calm, to lashing wind and rain.
Video of Wild Cheung Chau, Hong Kong, in Spring
Scenes from the wilder side of Cheung Chau, shot during April and on 1 May 2010.
Video of Tin Hau Festival in 2010
Scenes of the Tin Hau Festival, on 1 May 2010
Scenes of Cheung Chau on 1 Jan 2010
Some video I shot on Cheung Chau on Jan 1st:
Tung Wan Tsai farm
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 surroundings are uninhabited, with only scrubby vegetation. [Jan 2022 update: the farm has closed down; I heard as there were ideas there could be bridge to land here from absurd …