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The not-so-eco Eco Trail, Tai Po

orientalsweetlips wrote 1 week ago: A couple of years ago I wrote about a recently named “Eco Trail”(‘opened’ do … more →

Tags: Concrete, Construction, eco trail

Steps to nowhere, Tai Po

orientalsweetlips wrote 2 weeks ago: Actually, you find this kind of thing all over the territory, but seems as though Tai Po also has it … more →

Tags: steps

Tai Po Kau Park, Tai Po Kau2 comments

orientalsweetlips wrote 2 months ago: Following on from my explorations along the old Tai Po Road (Sha Tin to Tai Po section), I found wha … more →

Tags: Shatin, Parks, Tolo Harbour, Garden, Pavilion, Tai Po Kau

Tai Po, on the street , Train Museum

xavierng wrote 3 months ago: Haven’t been there for a long time, I used to go to there with my Mum every week  when I was a … more →

Tags: Photography, Life, Hong Kong, Street, People

Remnants of an older Tai Po

orientalsweetlips wrote 3 months ago: I recently had the pleasure of meeting MrB from Batgung.com, and I took the opportunity to give him … more →

Tags: tai wo, Heritage

Commemorative Stone Tablet, Tai Po Kau

orientalsweetlips wrote 3 months ago: You may think I am a bit sad (it’s true, I am) because there is one particular road in Tai Po … more →

Tags: Tolo Harbour, Memorial, 1955, Tai Po Kau, Flood, death

Tai Ming Lane Square, Tai Po

orientalsweetlips wrote 3 months ago: Also known as “four lane square” because it’s the intersection point for the four … more →

Tags: Tolo Harbour, children's playground, Pavilion

Ma Shi Chau Special Area, Tai Po

orientalsweetlips wrote 3 months ago: Ma Shi Chau is actually an uninhabited island in the northern part of Tolo Harbour. It, along with t … more →

Tags: walks, Island, special area, sedimentary rock

Sam Mun Tsai, Tai Po

orientalsweetlips wrote 3 months ago: Sam Mun Tsai is a small fishing village which sits on the northern shores of Tolo Harbour on a headl … more →

Tags: Tolo Harbour, museum, Fisherman, Village

Chung Wo Tsing Sze Temple, Tai Po

orientalsweetlips wrote 3 months ago: Chung Wo Tsing Sze temple is situated at the end of Ma Wo Road, behind the Classical Gardens develop … more →

Tags: Temple, Ancestral Hall, Taoist, pagoda, pai lau, Ma Wo

Wat Maktham Vanaram Thai Buddhist Temple, Tai Po

orientalsweetlips wrote 3 months ago: This one will please my Thai friend Seree, who I used to work with back in sunny Blighty. Just when … more →

Tags: Temple, Buddha, Thai

Wilson Trail Stage 8 (abridged), Tai Po

orientalsweetlips wrote 4 months ago: For those who don’t have excessive amounts of time (me included, though you wouldn’t bel … more →

Tags: walks, tai wo, Wilson trail

Man Sze Cheung Yuen, Tai Po

orientalsweetlips wrote 4 months ago: Man Sze Cheung Yuen is one of those buildings that makes you stand and stare to see if anything or a … more →

Tags: Mansion, 1955

Hong Kong Regional Crime Prevention Office, Tai Po

orientalsweetlips wrote 4 months ago: Also known as “Old Tai Po Police Station”. It sits at the top of Wan Tau Kok Lane, No. 1 … more →

Tags: colonial, police

Pan Chung Village, Tai Po

orientalsweetlips wrote 5 months ago: Strictly speaking, Pan Chung isn’t a walled village in the traditional sense. There are variou … more →

Tags: Temple, Ancestral Hall, Walled Village, Mak clan, punti

Kerry Lake Egret Nature Park, Tai Po Kau

orientalsweetlips wrote 5 months ago: Anyone who has caught the KCR East rail (now MTRC East Rail) up to Tai Po, may have noticed a rather … more →

Tags: Shatin, children's playground, museum, Lake, Egret

Lam Tsuen River Quali Walk

orientalsweetlips wrote 6 months ago: The Quali walk is a Govt backed initiative for getting people of all ages to take more exercise. Bas … more →

Tags: Lam Tsuen, walks, children's playground, Quali walk, tai wo

Cheung Ha Tsing Sih, Tai Po

orientalsweetlips wrote 6 months ago: Cheung Ha Tsing Sih – that is about as good a rendition I am capable of. I think it means roug … more →

Tags: Temple, Buddha, pai lau

Plover Cove Reservoir

orientalsweetlips wrote 6 months ago: Plover Cove was Hong Kong’s first reservoir and was built as a result of some serious water sh … more →

Tags: colonial, Tolo Harbour, walks, gate, plover cove, reservoir


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