Camping at Tung Lung Island (東龍島露營記) Photo Gallery by Peter Chan at pbase.com

Camping at Tung Lung Island (東龍島露營記)

This was a very fine weekend and we had our family camping at Tung Lung Island. To
most Hong Kong people, Tung Lung Island (or Tung Lung Chau) is probably one of the
least visited outlaying island in the territory.

Unlike many outlaying islands in HK, there is no seafood restaurant on Tung Lung Island.
Only a few families live on the island. What makes Tung Lung Island special is the
quietness, cleaniness, as well as the natural scenery. In addition, there is the remains
of a fort built in the Qing Dynasty.

The camp site is located at the edge of a cliff on the eastern shore of the island. From
there one can enjoy a very beautiful sunrise.

(Updated on 1/9/2007) Somehow I returned to Tung Lung Island a week later, with some
friends of mine. That time we visited a few more places on the island and we witnessed
the (beautiful) last sunrise in year 2006.

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We took the first ferry from Lei Yue Mun pier	Sze Long at the upper floor with Lei Yue Mun as background	A group of supportive structure for the construction of Lei Yue Mun fort during WWII	It was very windy, note his hair :)
Felt a bit cold and went back to the lower deck	Mum was so happy to see her son back :P	Feeling dull :(	This tells the story of Tung Lung Fort. Can you read the text?
This (and the several below) photo shows the layout of the remains	One corner of the remains	Despite some foot prints on the ground, the site was surprisingly clean	The government has build a structure to protect the remains from rain and wind
			There was supposed to be 8 cannons here 200 years ago
BTW, thanks Sze Long for providing the picture of the remains		A scene from the cliff. The background is Clear Water Bay Golf Club	Sze Long in front of the cliff
		Time for sunset. Weather was very fine	A week later I managed to get to these rocks and took pictures there (last two in this gallery)
I barely missed the sunrise the next day. These are some "post-sunrise" photos :P
			Typically unhealthy breakfast - egg, luncheon meat, and noodle...
...however is very delicious :)	Our tent. Note that there are many other tents, too.	This is a 3" x 3" air-fighter-like kite high up in the sky	Guess who was flying it?
	The last sunrise in year 2006	The old man and the sea :)
These are the rocks I pictured a week ago during sunset	The camp site from the rocks

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