Travel Brief: An Unexpected Find on recent visit to Peng Chau

Our intrepid traveller Wong Yiu Chung 王耀宗 recently went on a visit to Peng Chau 坪洲, an outlying island located not far off the eastern side of Lantau Island. During the half-day walking tour, he was delighted to come upon a surprising sight: a marvellous art display set up right out in the open for public viewing.

Peng Chau is marked in red.
Map By Raphaelmak – Own work based on Hong Kong Base Map urban.svg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4181100

在坪洲尋幽探勝

Eastern Bay坪洲東灣

離島的天空有些灰濛,但仍擋不住陽光的射照,雖在冬天,温度高達約28C。

不是週末,往坪洲的渡輪仍有半滿。

Peng Chau Ferry Pier
(Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons)

我和太太Anita及三名親友一行五人,輕裝漫步半日遊。

坪洲是Anita 及其姐的出生地,故地重遊,已翻了景象。

The author and his wife Anita on Peng Chau.

坪洲係一個「小型長洲」,像啞呤,兩頭重,中間是東西海湾。

有天后娘娘廟及七姐廟等名勝。

Tin Hau Temple on Peng Chau 天后娘娘廟

最有趣的是當地居民一個特別的創作。

他們搜取了各種廢物,放在一起,五颜六色的擺設,加上graffiti, 變成了一個藝術展覽館。

A corner of the art exhibit on Peng Chau.
Discarded items turned into art installation.

這個展覽埸地名叫「秘密花園」。主要題材是要保護環境,物資要再用。令人印象深刻。

Graffiti is part of the display.
A closer look at the chess set.

竟然在在一個小離島發現此雅興, 也是一個小驚喜。