ugh tooo hot outside
Having croaked. Just been busy getting ready for my trip. I'm all packed. Money all exchanged. Everything ready. Just sitting here hanging out with the boy. So I've been clearing off camera space so I can bring it on vacation with me. Realized I didn't upload these.
I took these some time in May. We made a trip to Tai O. I haven't been there in over a year and we decided to walk about. Unfortunately, we didn't know it was also going to be so hot out. We nearly melted from the heat. But anyways ... Tai O is a really sweet fishing community on one of the islands of Hong Kong. Rather small and filled with weekend tourists. But out of all the fishing villages in Hong Kong, I think this one is the sweetest of all.
Not really sure what was going on but I think the Shaolin martial arts Hong Kong branch was in the village doing lion dances at some of the village houses and shops that day.
Shaolin you say? Yes. THE Shaolin martial arts kung fu fighting monks actually have a branch right on this island. They take students and yup ... summer courses for all.
Their branch isn't as exciting as how movies portray it. Or maybe this is just the HK branch?
The village itself is made up of makeshift wooden houses that are on wooden stilts. Much as you see here:
However, most of the wooden houses are now made from makeshift metal parts of all sorts. This may be due to the large fire that happened a while back along with the major typhoon and rain storm that happened last year that the people here decided on more stable fare.
I dig this old woman. She's just sitting here, dangling her feet over the railing and watching the water and the village before her. While all the city folk and tourists walk around her.
Since the village is pretty well known for selling dried seafood, most notably, dried shrimp paste, the first thing you see when you enter the village are the stalls upon stalls of people trying to sell you these things.
Considering it was the weekend and all the city folk were milling around buying stuff here, we headed deeper into the village to find more interesting fare.
Like this worn down old gate that is left behind amongst the rubble
Or this tiny convenience shop that has Snow White and the Seven Drawfs made by the guy who runs the shop.
These people making dried fish.
This woman is making dried shrimp paste.
Dried egg yolks. Apparently, they sold them as snacks here. They throw it in a bag and off you munch away at it. However, I didn't want this to snack on. I was on a search for my favorite place ever to eat in Tai O
This man was making little butter cakes that are usually found on the streets of Hong Kong every where except he made them over a wooden flame unlike the rest of Hong Kong where they do it over a hotplate. But I didn't come all the way to Tai O for this man's food as well.
Oh no. I came to Tai O for this man's delicacy. Chinese tea cakes.
It's basically a sticky steamed rice flour bun filled with peanut paste. You can find it anywhere in Hong Kong but they are usually cold. This man's are fresh, hot off his bamboo steamer. And he even steams it over a wooden stove. The rice flour itself is ground by hand. It's amazing. You buy one, sit down at one of the makeshift chairs on the path and munch happily away. Anthony Bourdain should have come to this man because this is amazing stuff.
This man here is grinding the rice flour and making the paste.
Brushing it up and getting ready to serve.
While walking deeper into the village, we came across the old police station. The place was looked and we were about to turn away when a group of tourists arrived in a group. We pretended to be part of this group and entered inside.
The place was a mess of left behind books and files. It looked like the police had left in a hurry. There was a sign that announced that the police station was to be renovated and changed into a hotel in the near future. So, I suppose this will be gone next time.
I took these some time in May. We made a trip to Tai O. I haven't been there in over a year and we decided to walk about. Unfortunately, we didn't know it was also going to be so hot out. We nearly melted from the heat. But anyways ... Tai O is a really sweet fishing community on one of the islands of Hong Kong. Rather small and filled with weekend tourists. But out of all the fishing villages in Hong Kong, I think this one is the sweetest of all.
Not really sure what was going on but I think the Shaolin martial arts Hong Kong branch was in the village doing lion dances at some of the village houses and shops that day.
Shaolin you say? Yes. THE Shaolin martial arts kung fu fighting monks actually have a branch right on this island. They take students and yup ... summer courses for all.
Their branch isn't as exciting as how movies portray it. Or maybe this is just the HK branch?
The village itself is made up of makeshift wooden houses that are on wooden stilts. Much as you see here:
However, most of the wooden houses are now made from makeshift metal parts of all sorts. This may be due to the large fire that happened a while back along with the major typhoon and rain storm that happened last year that the people here decided on more stable fare.
I dig this old woman. She's just sitting here, dangling her feet over the railing and watching the water and the village before her. While all the city folk and tourists walk around her.
Since the village is pretty well known for selling dried seafood, most notably, dried shrimp paste, the first thing you see when you enter the village are the stalls upon stalls of people trying to sell you these things.
Considering it was the weekend and all the city folk were milling around buying stuff here, we headed deeper into the village to find more interesting fare.
Like this worn down old gate that is left behind amongst the rubble
Or this tiny convenience shop that has Snow White and the Seven Drawfs made by the guy who runs the shop.
These people making dried fish.
This woman is making dried shrimp paste.
Dried egg yolks. Apparently, they sold them as snacks here. They throw it in a bag and off you munch away at it. However, I didn't want this to snack on. I was on a search for my favorite place ever to eat in Tai O
This man was making little butter cakes that are usually found on the streets of Hong Kong every where except he made them over a wooden flame unlike the rest of Hong Kong where they do it over a hotplate. But I didn't come all the way to Tai O for this man's food as well.
Oh no. I came to Tai O for this man's delicacy. Chinese tea cakes.
It's basically a sticky steamed rice flour bun filled with peanut paste. You can find it anywhere in Hong Kong but they are usually cold. This man's are fresh, hot off his bamboo steamer. And he even steams it over a wooden stove. The rice flour itself is ground by hand. It's amazing. You buy one, sit down at one of the makeshift chairs on the path and munch happily away. Anthony Bourdain should have come to this man because this is amazing stuff.
This man here is grinding the rice flour and making the paste.
Brushing it up and getting ready to serve.
While walking deeper into the village, we came across the old police station. The place was looked and we were about to turn away when a group of tourists arrived in a group. We pretended to be part of this group and entered inside.
The place was a mess of left behind books and files. It looked like the police had left in a hurry. There was a sign that announced that the police station was to be renovated and changed into a hotel in the near future. So, I suppose this will be gone next time.