If you’re fed up with staring at yet another Prada bag, in Hong Kong there are places to escape to that are devoid of concrete slabs and airconditioning. And you don’t even have to go very far, because Hong Kong is only 1,078 square kilometers, comprising Hong Kong Island (77.5 square kilometres); Kowloon (45.5 square kilometres); and the New Territories, including 235 outlying islands (955 square kilometres).
 
With a population of over 7 million, Hong Kong at some point had  the most densely populated areas in the world, especially that the country is hilly to mountainous, with steep slopes and natural harbours. This, of course, leaves the outlying islands with their inhabitable but beautiful terrain untouched.
 
Rent a boat at Sai Kung public pier and spend a day swimming, sunbathing and water skiing at the white sand beach of Ha Mun Bay Beach.

For those who don’t want to get wet, a food trip to Lamma Island is highly recommended. Just thirty minutes away by ferry, Lamma is the third largest island in Hong Kong and boasts of modern hotels and a wide selection of seaside restaurants specialising in seafoods freshly “caught” from a display acquarium.

 

 

 

Munting Nayon News Magazine