There is a new park just in front of the broadwalk now. They got some interesting ideas: paper boats which I am sure all of us learned to fold as children but now turned into artwork.
I was lucky. The sun was shining, giving a sheen to the fan like leaves of the ferns at that small park.
The ferry soon started. A speed boat was hurtling along the surface of the water under the cloudless sky.
In less than 30 minutes, I was already on the island. I found an abandoned boat turned upside down on the beach.,
and patterns on the corrugated zinc sheets outside a beach-side shed
the underside of what used to be the support of the roof of a pavilion
Some bricks in front of an abandoned wooden rack serving as support of the feet outside a raised hut?
An abandoned machine under the sun.
the side of another abandoned fibreglass boat
I caught this young photographer with his girlfriend/wife concentrating on taking a photo of the other end of the tombolo which one could access from the beach by walking through some reefs at low tide
A young family taking time off to enjoy a bit of sea air
Some crumpled up rubberised canvas sheets lying about on the beach. Perhaps used as a boat cover when needed?
As it's winter, there were fallen leaves everywhere.
Some abandoned metal pipes chained together to prevent stealing
A common plant with half-flowers said to be two lovers which one often finds near beaches.
The leaf of the what is commonly called "Big-Leaf Tree" under the sun, You'll find this kind of tree close to beaches all the time.
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The underside of another one of those roof support for a pavilion I found earlier
A fallen flower I found close to that abandoned pavilion roof
I tried to walk around the beach. But all the paths seemed overgrown and I had to turn back and found this old stump along one side of the beach.
When I doubled back, I found this pair of pants hung outside one of the corrugated zinc sheds
I tried to walk around the island from the other end of the beach and found this abandoned metal frame but I was no luckier on the other side because all the paths there were equally if not more overgrown with spiked creepers impossible to pass.
Found this plastic water bottle at the side of an LCSD beach food and beverage kiosk on the other beach on the island
the window of that kiosk looking built like those one finds on a ship's cabin
The island is one of the smallest country parks in Hong Kong. On the island, we find eroded basalt boulders along the beach . Their surface are cracked like the top of our "pineapple bun".
The pebble and shingle beach on the other side of the island where the cracked pine-apple bun basalt is found.
The beach was full of all kinds of shells, complete, eroded or broken.
Some shells I found. Their shapes are most peculiar. This one looks like a Mexican sombrero.
These are purple colored
This one was probably washed up one of the rocks.
It was quite late by the time I left the island. A view of the ferry pier.
A chair I found on the way back to the pier
And some canoes inside a cage
A lookout point beside the pier
I was lucky. The sun was shining, giving a sheen to the fan like leaves of the ferns at that small park.
The ferry soon started. A speed boat was hurtling along the surface of the water under the cloudless sky.
In less than 30 minutes, I was already on the island. I found an abandoned boat turned upside down on the beach.,
and patterns on the corrugated zinc sheets outside a beach-side shed
the underside of what used to be the support of the roof of a pavilion
Some bricks in front of an abandoned wooden rack serving as support of the feet outside a raised hut?
An abandoned machine under the sun.
the side of another abandoned fibreglass boat
I caught this young photographer with his girlfriend/wife concentrating on taking a photo of the other end of the tombolo which one could access from the beach by walking through some reefs at low tide
A young family taking time off to enjoy a bit of sea air
Some crumpled up rubberised canvas sheets lying about on the beach. Perhaps used as a boat cover when needed?
As it's winter, there were fallen leaves everywhere.
Some abandoned metal pipes chained together to prevent stealing
A common plant with half-flowers said to be two lovers which one often finds near beaches.
The leaf of the what is commonly called "Big-Leaf Tree" under the sun, You'll find this kind of tree close to beaches all the time.
The underside of another one of those roof support for a pavilion I found earlier
A fallen flower I found close to that abandoned pavilion roof
I tried to walk around the beach. But all the paths seemed overgrown and I had to turn back and found this old stump along one side of the beach.
When I doubled back, I found this pair of pants hung outside one of the corrugated zinc sheds
I tried to walk around the island from the other end of the beach and found this abandoned metal frame but I was no luckier on the other side because all the paths there were equally if not more overgrown with spiked creepers impossible to pass.
Found this plastic water bottle at the side of an LCSD beach food and beverage kiosk on the other beach on the island
the window of that kiosk looking built like those one finds on a ship's cabin
The island is one of the smallest country parks in Hong Kong. On the island, we find eroded basalt boulders along the beach . Their surface are cracked like the top of our "pineapple bun".
The pebble and shingle beach on the other side of the island where the cracked pine-apple bun basalt is found.
The beach was full of all kinds of shells, complete, eroded or broken.
Some shells I found. Their shapes are most peculiar. This one looks like a Mexican sombrero.
These are purple colored
This one was probably washed up one of the rocks.
It was quite late by the time I left the island. A view of the ferry pier.
A chair I found on the way back to the pier
And some canoes inside a cage
A lookout point beside the pier
A final look at the beach
The sun was setting
A couple sharing the ride back.
A couple sharing the ride back.
Once upon a time I paddled a paper boat to Kiu Tsui and left my pants hanging outside a corrugated zinc shed...
回覆刪除[版主回覆12/27/2012 23:33:46]I am sure you had a wonderful time at Kiu Tsui with your pants off ! Just wondering who the lucky lady might be ?
Some of the shots remind me of the paintings of the abstractionists.
回覆刪除[版主回覆12/28/2012 23:15:51]Mark Rothko, Clyfford Still?
I was planning to go there on Boxing Day but changed my mind in the last moment. The island seems quite different from what I think of it but you have captured a lot of vibrant colours of the island. It is an unusually quiet place on a Sunday afternoon.
回覆刪除[版主回覆01/01/2013 08:24:56]You're right. But because of the overgrown condition of the paths, there's not much one can do. If you want to walk over to the other end of the tombolo, better consult the tide table of the Observatory first. It can be quite relaxing to sit on the beach and get a bit of sun.