Frank and his friends in Aberdeen fishing village hope travelers come to take sampan ride soon

Frank and friends in sampan ride industry hope travelers can return soon

Frank the tour guide visited Aberdeen fishing village in late May.

Frank saw his friends in the sampan boat ride industry.

They of course recommend travelers to take the interesting sampan ride to see the colorful fishing village when they can return to Hong Kong.

For details, please read Frank's post.

You may also browse Hong Kong private tour options with included sampan boat ride.

Frank takes selfie at Aberdeen Waterfront Promenade.

Frank shows Sam Pan Street has no more sampan boat ride

Frank shares there is no more sampan ride at Sam Pan Street

Frank the tour guide shows Sam Pan Street in Wan Chai Hong Kong Island has no more sampan boat ride in his new post at Easy Hong Kong Private Tour blog.

Can travelers take sampan boat ride at Sam Pan Street?

Frank first shares opium trafficker Lancelot Dent's small boat ride at Spring Garden in the past.

People just named a short street at the original artificial lake as Sam Pan Street.

Although travelers cannot take sampan boat ride anymore, travelers can visit different attractions near the Sam Pan Street.

Travelers can TIY (tour it yourselves) the observation lift, historical buildings, local markets and shopping street.  

For details, please browse Frank's post.

Frank's private tour includes Aberdeen sampan boat ride

Frank the tour guide's Hong Kong Island private tour programme includes the sampan ride experience for clients.

Clients can take the easy and interesting small boat ride at Aberdeen Fishing Village to see the fishing village culture, Jumbo Floating Restaurant etc.

Frank is happy about the revitalization of Jumbo Floating Restaurant

Government's Jumbo Floating Restaurant restoration plan makes Frank very happy

In his new post at Easy Hong Kong Private Tour blog, Frank the tour guide shares Hong Kong SAR Government's plan to revitalize the closed Jumbo Floating Restaurant.

Can Jumbo become the training restaurant and performing venue?

Frank is very happy about the revitalization as he can show the famous and interesting Jumbo Kingdom to his clients again during the sampan ride in his Hong Kong Island private tour.

Frank's little ideas for the Jumbo's revitalization

Frank the tour guide also shares his little ideas for Jumbo's restoration.

Frank thinks that Jumbo can be refitted to be the training restaurant and theatre for the student chefs and student performers of Hong Kong's tertiary schools.

For the details, please browse Frank's post.

Frank's video post about the fishermen life in China trade art

Frank's video about fishermen life in China trade art

Frank's new post at Easy Hong Kong Private Tour blog is about the life of fishermen in China trade art.

Frank takes a lot of photos for the China trade art to make the video to show the life of floating population in southern part of China in the 18th and 19th century.

The video shows fishermen working life, family life, leisure activities etc.

Frank concludes the post by stating that travelers can have his private car tour to enjoy the included sampan ride to taste the life of fishermen in Hong Kong.

Please browse the post for details

You may read Frank's post to learn more.  

Four highlights you can see during the Aberdeen sampan ride

Four Aberdeen sampan ride highlights

You can see four highlights during the Aberdeen sampan ride.

(1)Jumbo Floating Restaurant

If you upload the photo of this floating palace to your Facebook or Instagram, you can get lots likes. 

(2)Deep Bay Marina Club

Opposite to the Jumbo, that is the Deep Bay Marina Club, where you can find lots of rich people's toys, e.g. Jacky Chen's yacht. 

According to the old fishermen, the area was only a graveyard in the past. 

"Going to Deep Bay" was a curse!

(3)The floating fishermen community

Although the floating population is ever-reducing, you can still see their fishing boats, house boats, dragon boats, shipyards etc. 

Some of the fishermen even stop their work and pose for your photographs. 

(4)Ap Lei Chau, a world record island

The opposite side of Aberdeen is Ap Lei Chau Island. 

Its size is only 1.3 km² . As the government resettles lots of fishermen to this tiny island, it becomes the most densely populated island in the world (2011 figure: 66,755 people / km²!!!).

There are private tour options, which include the interesting sampan ride at Aberdeen. You may browse the attached links...

Hong Kong half day highlights tour

Hong Kong Kowloon full day city tour

You may also contact Frank the tour guide for private tour planning.

The Old and New Aberdeen

Old and new Aberdeen in a painting of a student

A student’s painting shows you a beautiful old and new Aberdeen in the southern part of Hong Kong Island.

Ocean Park of the old Aberdeen

The cable car at the top of the painting just symbolizes the World’s best themed park in 2012, the Ocean Park.  It will bring more happiness to visitors by offering a new hotel and water world.

Ap Lei Chau of the old Aberdeen

The bridge under the cable car is Ap Lei Chau Bridge.  It is important for more than 90,000 islanders of the Duck Tongue (meaning of Ap Lei) Island, where the area is only 1.3 kilometer square.

Aberdeen Center of the old Aberdeen

The archway on the left is the Aberdeen Center.  It is now the biggest private housing estate in Aberdeen.  In the past, the area was just a dockyard!

Jumbo of the old Aberdeen and subway of the new Aberdeen

The subway under construction can bring more visitors to the famous Jumbo Floating Restaurant and surely make Aberdeen more prosperous and convenient.  The Jumbo is still the pearl of the fading fishing village, where the population of boat people is ever-decreasing.

YOU may have a easy and enjoyable private city tour to know more the Aberdeen Fishing Village during the included sampan boat ride.

For the tour details, please browse the private car tour webpage.

YOU may contact Frank the tour guide for further private tour planning.