On April 26, I went on a day trip with a group of friends from church. We taxied our way to the Star Ferry Pier where we ferried out to the westernmost part of Lantau Island. We then took a bus ride to the village of Tai O.
This is the village where Ryan went on a service project a couple of years ago. There was a massive mudslide that practically buried the village. A group of about 30 men spent a day digging homes and businesses out of the mud. It was really hard work.
Here you see Denise, Charisse, Christy, Rosie (holding Amelia), Marj and a random Chinese man who must have wanted to be in our picture. We walked the main part of the village where we looked at the wares being sold - mostly assorted dried fish. We bought and ate coconut buns that were so yummy. Terry and I are pictured with an unfortunate shark.
Then we boarded a sampan and boated out into the South China Sea looking for the pink dolphins. But those creatures must have found something else to do rather than entertaining us as we had no luck spotting them. Several in the group had seen them many times before. So I'll just have to go back and look for them again!
As we returned, the sampan "driver" took us through the canals where all the homes are built on stilts and accessed by boat. It is known as the Venice of China.
It was really interesting, but I prefer my high rise apartment building!
It was a fun day.
