Tung Ping Chau Island

Tung Ping Chau Island

Tung Ping Chau Island

I went with one of my friends to Tung Ping Chau Island, also known as Hong Kong's most remote island, and it's physically much closer to China's coastline than it is to other parts of HK. It's part of HK's UNESCO Global Geopark. There was only one ferry to and from the island, so we went early and then arrived after an approximately two hour ferry ride. Once we arrived we could clearly see the Chinese coastline, which I found really cool.

We started in our path around the island by going to Tai Tong wan village, where we were able to eat a delicious meal of fried rice while enjoying the view of the sea and the Chinses coastline in the distance. We then made our way to Cheung Sha Wan, where we visited the island's longest beach and saw the beautiful rock formations. There was one particularly cool rock which had a small cave inside it, so I went inside and was able to take a photo there. We then visited Cham Keng Chau, which is pictured on this post. It means "Chopped Neck Island" in Chinese and is a walkway through what had once been a fractured tock which was widened over centuries from wind and waves. It was my favorite part of the island, as I really liked being able to explore such an interesting natural feature.

We went to Lung Lok Shui next, which is means "Dragon descends into water". The formation is named so because some zigzag rocks which look like the scales on a dragon's spine are at such an angle where they slowly disappear into the water. The rocks there are incredible triangles and squares, since they were formed naturally. Our second to last stop on the island was Kang Lau Shek, which consisted primarily of tilted flat triangular rocks formed over centuries. The Chinese name of the location means "Watchtower Stone", as there are also two large stones which tower above the rest of the rocks. One is rather easy to climb onto, while the other requires a bit more effort. We went on top of both before continuing to our final stop on the island, A Ma Wan. We passed the Tin Hau Goddess of the Sea Temple on the way there, where we enjoyed the beach and the sedimentary rocks there.

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