Five Things to do at Shau Kei Wan (Colander Bay) Fishing Village

Five things to do at Shau Kei Wan 

Shau Kei Wan Fishing Village is on the eastern part of Hong Kong Island.  'Shau Kei' means 'colander' in Cantonese.  'Wan' means 'bay'.  So the name's meaning is 'a bay which looks like a colander'.

There are five things to do in this interesting, 'old meets new' and out of the common tourist track Shau Kei Wan.

(1)Visit the Shau Kei Wan Wet Market

This market is one of the oldest and biggest outdoor food markets in Hong Kong.  

It is next to the Wholesale fish market.  So you can find different kinds of freshest seafood there.

(2)Visit the old temples and join the celebration of Tam Kung's birthday party

There are three old temples for the fishermen.  They are the Shing Wong Temple (District God), Tin Hau Temple (Goddess of the Seas) and Tam Kung Temple (also a sea god).  

If you don't want to travel a long way by ferry to go to Cheung Chau to join the over-crowded Bun Festival, you may go to Shau Kei Wan on the specific day in mid-May every year to take part in Tam Kung's birthday party, which also has amazing lion dancing, wonderful floating colour parade etc.

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(3)Enjoy the local delicacies

The local delicacies of Shau Kei Wan, fish ball noodle, deep fried fish skin, Hong Kong style milk tea etc., can make you salivate.  

You can find them at the Shau Kei Wan Main Street.

(4)Visit the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence

After enjoying the local delicacies, you can walk to the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence in 10 mins.  

Apart from the war history, you can also enjoy the beautiful Victoria Harbour view in this old coastal defence fort.

(5)Take the double-decker tram ride at the terminal

It is easy to get a seat inside the double-decker tram car if you take it at the Shau Kei Wan Tram Terminal.  

The 'ding ding' takes about 1 hour to go back to Central.

From the very slow tram car, you can see the very fast life style of the Hong Kong citizens. 

During the full day city private tour, YOU get the chance to visit Shau Kei Wan Food Market.

For the details of the full day tour, please browse the tour webpage.

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

Pros and cons plus suggestion of traveling to Hong Kong in the summer time (May - September) 在夏季(五月至九月)到香港旅遊的利與弊和給你們的建議

The pros and cons of visiting Hong Kong in the summer time and our suggestion

This passage is going to show you the pros and cons of visiting Hong Kong in the summer time. We will also suggest some cool things to do for you.

PROS......YOU CAN ENJOY THE BEST VIEW

On the sunny days in the summer time in Hong Kong, the sky is clear and visibility is extremely high. 

SO you can enjoy the best view and scenery at different areas of Hong Kong. Please see the photos......

Victoria Peak

Victoria Harbour

Sai Kung

Sai Kung

PROS...YOU CAN GET LOTS OF SHOPPERS' INCENTIVES

Apart from the best scenery, you can get a lot of shoppers' incentives in the summer time in Hong Kong. 

Every year, Hong Kong offers the 'Hong Kong Summer Fun' programme to the travelers. 

You can get the details of the program through the link attached:

CONS...YOU NEED TO TOLERATE THE HOTTEST AND WETTEST WEATHER OF HONG KONG

When you are enjoying the best scenery of Hong Kong, you need to bear the hottest and wettest weather of Hong Kong.

Temperature is often about 30-33 degree Celsius. The relative humidity is often about 90%-100%.

(2) THUNDERSTORM OR TYPHOON MAY COME TO HONG KONG WITH YOU

Chinese have an old saying: When the VIPs are visiting your city, the thunderstorm and typhoon follow suit! 

Hong Kong's summer time is also the rainy season and typhoon season. The bad weather may impact your holiday in Hong Kong.

OUR SUGGESTION...GO TO THE AIR-CONDITIONED MALLS & MUSEUMS

A lot of shopping malls and museums, which are air-conditioned, are waiting for you in the hot and humid summer time.

OUR SUGGESTION...TAKE A PRIVATE TOUR BY PRIVATE CAR

You may book a private tour, which includes private car and private guide.

Then you can have a 'COOL' private tour in the hot and wet summer time in Hong Kong.

YOU may browse different private car tour options.

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

Five things, which the travelers forget to do at Stanley Market

Five things travelers should do at Stanley

Apart from shopping at the Stanley Market and dining at the Stanley waterfront, travelers can do five more important and interesting things at that famous small peninsula.

(1)Mail the post cards at the Stanley Post Office

If you want to mail the beautiful post cards to your friends after shopping at Stanley, you can go to the Stanley Post Office, which was built in 1937. 

It is the oldest post office in operation in Hong Kong.

(2)Buy the drinks at the Old Stanley Police Station

After shopping, you may feel very thirsty.  You can go to the Old Stanley Police Station, which is a supermarket today.

The old police station was built in 1859.  The government just restores and re-uses it.  

So you can buy the drinks at a special supermarket, which is the heritage building.

(3)Visit the Stanley War Cemetery

British soldiers were the first customers of the Stanley Market.  

During WWII, the Commonwealth soldiers at Stanley fought until the last minute and surrendered to the Japanese on the Christmas evening of 1941.  

Lots of heroes, who lost their lives in the line of duty, were buried at the Stanley War Cemetery.  

You can visit the cemetery to salute the heroes and enjoy a good view of Stanley Peninsula.

(4)Visit the Goddess of the Seas Temple

The Goddess of the Seas Temple is often ignored by the travelers because of its location.  

It is actually a museum of Chinese religions or Chinese religion supermarket, as the temple has more than 10 gods' statues.  

You can learn more about the Chinese religions or get the helps from different gods very easily.  

Also the 'tiger skin',which was taken from a killed tiger at Stanley in 1942, is an interesting exhibit.

(5)Enjoy dim sum at the Stanley Plaza

Now you can enjoy very good dim sum at a restaurant at the Stanley Plaza.  

The restaurant has lots of modernized traditional Chinese cuisines.  

If you are not very hungry and just want to have a light meal, you may even just order ONE shrimp dumpling and ONE pork dumpling. 

Remember the normal Chinese tea is free of charge!

If YOU want to have a private tour, which includes visit to Stanley, YOU may contact Frank the tour guide for private tour planning.

YOU may also browse the webpages of the three easy private car tour options... 

Half day Hong Kong highlights tour

Full day Hong Kong Kowloon tour

Round Hong Kong Island full day tour

Three Special Viewpoints of the Victoria Harbour

Enjoy Hong Kong Victoria Harbour view at special viewpoints

The famous Victoria Harbour has a 76km long coastline.  

You can take good photos to make your own postcards, which are different from the common postcards from the souvenir shops, at the three special viewpoints.

(1)Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park

The park is at Shenug Wan.  

Just behind the statue of Dr Sun Yat Sen, the Father of Republican China, there is a promenade, where you can see the tallest building, ICC, the construction site for the West Kowloon Cultural District, container terminal and Stonecutter Island Bridge.

(2)Kai Tak Cruise Terminal Rooftop Garden

The Kai Tak Cruise Terminal is at the end of the old Kai Tak Airport runway.  

You may go to the rooftop garden of the new terminal to see the Victoria Harbour view from a completely new angle.  You can see the eastern entrance of the harbour, Lei Yue Mun Fishing Village.  

The rooftop garden is also a very good viewpoint for the fireworks displays during Chinese New Year and the National Day on 1 October.

(3)Quarry Bay Waterfront Park

Quarry Bay Waterfront Park is at the eastern part of the Hong Kong Island.  

You can see how big the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal is from there.  

You can also see the Lion Rock, Kowloon Peak, Kowloon East commercial area and lots of government subsidized housing blocks.

For further questions or easy private tour planning to see the pretty Victoria Harbour view of Hong Kong, please contact Frank the tour guide.

Three Different definitions for 'Afternoon Tea' in Hong Kong

'Afternoon tea' has three different meanings in Hong Kong

In the dining capital, Hong Kong, there are THREE different meanings for the 'afternoon tea'......

-Discounted foods at the DIM SUM RESTAURANTS

After lunch time, for attracting more customers, the DIM SUM RESTAURANTS have the 'afternoon tea time'.  

Mostly during 2:00PM-4:00PM, customers can enjoy the same but largely discounted dim sum.

-Local style afternoon tea sets in the TEA CAFES

Hong Kong citizens enjoy their tea break at about 3:15PM.  

For serving the customers, Hong Kong's TEA CAFES (Cha Chan Tan茶餐廳) have different types of cheap but tasty afternoon tea sets.  

From mostly 2:00PM - 6:00PM, you just need to pay about 25 - 40 HKD to enjoy the tasty toast plus tea, dumplings noodle plus coffee etc.

-English high tea at the HOTELS

At the HOTELS, afternoon tea means the traditional and elegant English high tea.  

Although Hong Kong has reunited with China, you can still enjoy the very good English high tea at the famous Peninsula Hotel.

The queue there is always long. So please go earlier or book in advance!

Apart from Chinese cultural elements, the easy Kowloon city tour includes the local style tea break.

YOU may choose to have dim sum or French Toast.

For tour details, please browse the tour webpage.

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

Four Major Fishing Villages in Hong Kong

Hong Kong's four major fishing villages

Apart from the skyscrapers, Hong Kong still has four major fishing villages...

-Aberdeen

Aberdeen is travelers' famous must-go point. 

Travelers can take sampan to see the fishermen, Jumbo Floating Restaurant and the most densely populated Island in the World, Ap Lei Chau.

For the details of the easy Hong Kong highlights tour with the included sampan ride at Aberdeen, please browse the tour webpage. 

-Shau Kei Wan

Fishermen supply seafood to the nearby wet market. 

The nice shopkeepers are willing to pose for you to take the photos. 

You can taste the famous fish ball noodle at the local tea cafes.

During the easy full day tour, you get the chance to visit Shau Kei Wan Food Market. For details, please browse the tour webpage.

-Tai O                                                               

After saying hello to the Big Buddha, travelers can go to Tai O. 

Apart from visiting the dried seafood market and tasting the local snacks, travelers may take the boat ride to see the 'Venice in the East', which has lots of stilt-houses.

During the easy Big Buddha and Tai O afternoon private tour, you can see the beautiful sunset at Tai O.

For details, please browse the tour webpage.

-Cheung Chau

The car-free island is famous for its 'Bun Festival'. 

You can ride bicycle to go to the Tung Wan Beach to enjoy sea view. 

You can walk to the God of Warrior Temple in March to see the Sakura. 

After a lot of exercise, you may have a good seafood dinner at the water front near the ferry pier.

For more details, please contact Frank the tour guide.