Tai O Hong Kong
If you are in Lantau Island HongKong, do visit the Tai O Fishing Village for a rare sight of a stilt-house community. Most famous for its wooden stilt houses along the waterfront, this traditional fishing village is a mosaic of surprises with its tiny shops, shrines, local market and fishing junks.
Catch bus number 11 from Tung Chung and it takes approximately an hour to reach Tai O which is the last stop. Here, you will feel as if you have wandered back in time.
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| Bus 11 from Tung Chung brings you to Tai O |
View the beautiful sunset from Tai o Promenade.
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| Tai O Promenade |
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| Tai O Promenade |
Check out the sunset images taken from the Tai O Promenade
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| Sunset |
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| Sun looking like a UFO |
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| Sunset view from the Promenade |
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| Sunset |
Catch also these muddy wrestler fiddler crabs in the mangrove swamp by the Promenade.
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| A fiddler crab - check its claws |
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| Closer look at the fiddler crabs |
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| Scuttling into its home |
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| Fiddler crabs, also known as mud wrestlers |
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| Mangrove swamp |
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| Swampy area |
You can take a dolphin tour for just HKD20 per adult. If you are lucky, you will see the dolphin, though we did not manage to see any. We felt that it was worth the price as we managed to get a great view of the village on stilts.
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| Dolphin tour signage |
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| Fishing trawler |
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| View of fishing trawler from another angle |
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| The ripples in the water is where the fishing net is |
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| The buoy marks the end of the fishing net from the trawler |
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| Surrounded by uneven terrain |
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| Old Man Rock |
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| View of the fishing village |
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| Close up of the house on stilts |
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| Closer look at the fishing community |
Most homes are built on stilts along the scenic waterfront, giving the village the nickname “Venice of the East”.
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| View of the fishing village |
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| View of people crossing the bridge from our dolphin boat tour |
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| Silhouette of a bridge |
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| A bird perched on the oar of this motor boat |
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| Canoes |
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| Nice scenery |
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| Sun Kei Bridge |
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| Another view of Tai O Hong Kong |
Back on land, Welcome to Tai O
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| Leading to the main street of Tai O |
Tai O Market where you can buy its popular dried seafood.
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| Dried seafood on sale |
Try this purple passion tea specialty of Tai O, a good thirst quencher
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| Nice and cold drink - purple passion tea |
We stopped by one of the shops to have dinner.
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| Live seafood kept in these containers |
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| Window display of the restaurant |
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| Name of the restaurant that we had dinner at |
As we were not too hungry, we only ordered two dishes.
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| Vegetable with prawn and pork |
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| Fish cake, dumpling and jellyfish which we enjoyed |
Built during the Ming dynasty, 1488 - 1505 A.D., Kwan Tai Temple honours Kwan Tai, the God of War and Righteousness.
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| Kwan Tai Temple |
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| Another bridge |
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| Yet another bridge |
If you have some time, do explore the fishing village and meander along the narrow walkways. Find yourself in another era of time gone by.
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