Hong Kong is arguably the commercial center of Asia, with Prada stores, glass skyscrapers, and 6-lane highways to match. Yet for US$3, you can hop on a ferry and leave all that behind. Which is exactly what I did this weekend. Here is a sampling of life on Lamma Island.
The main "road" between villages...
View from the ferry terminal, which doubles as a bike parking lot. At the top of the hill is a windmill. You can almost see one white blade against the sky.
Raw meat delivery to the butcher. She gets fresh chicken, pork and beef delivered daily by ferry. The delivery woman wheels cargo from the dock up the hill several times a day.
Vegetable vendor selling leeks, spinach, and turnips (I think)
Vegetable garden with streamers to scare off the birds. It works! The birds sing happily from the perimeter of the little plot.
Finally, I saw an out lesbian couple. This is rare in Asia - of the 30 or so lesbians I've met here, all are straight-acting in public. This beautiful couple turned a few heads, but mostly folks ignored them. The lovebirds wandered around in their dreamy-eyed state of bliss. Perhaps this really is paradise. I can't wait to bring Brenda.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
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1 comment:
awww. The streamer thing does work pretty well. I just think about how the meat delivery woman must be in great shape going up and down the hill with a load of meat a bunch of times a day. Hope you and Brenda have fun out there together. Love ya.
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