Petting Llamas on Lamma Island

We went to Lamma Island today, an island in the New Territories that I had been wanting to check out for a while.  It is only a 25 minute ferry ride from Pier 4 in Central to the Yung Shue Wan.

We pulled up to this:



Look at those perfect clouds

Oddly the island has a very large power plant - more on this later...

 I felt relaxed as soon as we stepped off the double decker ferry, feeling the slightly sticky air and the salty, slightly smelly, tang of the water.  The rhythmic sound of the water gently lapping against the dock was also immensely soothing.  We immediately strolled around looking for a place to eat.  My appetite raced into overdrive when I saw these fresh seafood (geoduck, razor clams, clams), and before long we were settled at a most lovely, leisurely, sunny spot.



Massive!

So idyllic



Fresh steamed clams

We then decided to wander to the Lamma Beach we had read / heard about -- I had heard that it was very popular with dog owners and in full view of the power station, which in my mind could not possibly be a good combination.  After a hot and sweaty walk, we ended up here:



Power plant + clouds + pollution...yuck

Garbage... yuck

This doesn't even really begin to capture how many people were on this beach - ???

Conclusion?  I don't really get the appeal of the beach on Lamma Island.

Some other shots from our wanderings:

All in all, it was a very tiring but fulfilling day.  We ordered pizza for takeout while still on the ferry, and an hour after taking the photos of the bikes tied to the pier on Lamma, we were two slices into our 24" pie from Paisano's!