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Tsimshatsui, Taikoktsui, Jordan, North Point, Shamshuipo, Kamtin, Taiwai and Taipo, Hong Kong, 7 June – 10 September
After the fire, Hong Kong people gathered near the ashes to hold the first week’s memorial, their sorrow mingling with the scent of chrysanthemums.
For a long while now, I have wondered what those weird rocks formation across the harbour is. Now that I can zoom way far, I took a pano and realised that they were not rocks at all. They were in fact Chinese traditional tombstones.
In remote locations in Hong Kong, there lies these traditional burial grounds which have been present before the modern times and dates back far before the Opium War after which the British took over as part of a 99 year lease from China [1].
The 風水 fengshui is excellent here. Its back is against the mountains and it faces the ocean. The area is called Yim Tin Tsai (Chinese: 鹽田仔; literally "Little Salt Field") [2]. It is apparently an island and is connected to the mainland in the north by a road to The Beverely Hills [3], a luxury residential development, and to the island of Ma Shi Chau [4] in the east by a tombolo.
Perhaps even more interesting is that a late neolithic prehistoric site sting back to about 4,000 years ago has been identified on the island. Members of the Hakka Chan (陳) clan were thought to have moved from today’s Shenzhen and settled in Yim Tin Tsai during the 19th century.
I have seen many fishermen boats coming from that vicinity towards me (also in the center of my capture), and it appears that there is in fact a fisherman village as well as a typhoon shelter for boats just across the hill.
(This sounds like a potentially full-blown photojournalism article for me to work on in the future—stay tuned)
Stitched together using 13 full resolution captures on the 7D with the 100-400.
# Notes
1. History of Hong Kong: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Hong_Kong
2. Yim Tin Tsai (Chinese: 鹽田仔; literally "Little Salt Field") is an island of Hong Kong located in Tolo Harbour. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yim_Tin_Tsai_(Tai_Po)
3. The Beverly Hills (Chinese: 比華利山別墅) is an upscale, private gated community in Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong, situated along the coastline with a panoramic view of Tolo Harbour, developed by Henderson Land Development. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beverly_Hills
4. Ma Shi Chau (Chinese: 馬屎洲 Cantonese: ma5 si2 zau1, literally meaning "horse excrement island") is an island of Hong Kong, under the administration of Tai Po District. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Shi_Chau
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-02T15:06:40+0800
+ Dimensions: 12723 x 2939
+ Exposure: 1/640 sec at f/7.1
+ Focal Length: 400 mm
+ ISO: 400
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ Panorama FOV: 12 degree horizontal, 10 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Rectilinear
+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'26" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 香港大埔鹽田仔 Yim Tin Tsai, Taipo, Hong Kong
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+ Serial: SML.20130502.7D.40971-SML.20130502.7D.40983-Pano.Rectilinear.12x10
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We stopped at this hut for lunch. I liked the interesting clouds above. Arthur's Pass National Park, NZ.
A series of photos taken along the track from Old Julia Hut to Tumbledown Creek, Taipo River valley, Arthur's Pass National Park, NZ.
Crossing the Taipo River via this cableway was a lot of fun - though getting there wasn't.
We tried to cross the river upstream but decided it was too deep and fast, so the alternate is to climb up a very steep loose rocky gully/track to a bluff and then back down to almost river level where the cableway is situated. The climb was so steep I didn't want to stop to take any photos! But going across in the cableway was great with good views of the river.
Not far to our hut for the night from here.
Arthur's Pass National Park, NZ.
Early morning at new Julia Hut.
I forgot to mention in the previous photo of Julia Hut that there are hot springs nearby - about 10 mins walk downstream - by the Taipo River. There was a small hot pool (about half a metre round) next to the freezing cold river. To really appreciate it, you need to dig it out more and add some cold river water. Just as I was about to leave, I noticed some digging tools on a high rock but we hadn't brought anything to add the cold water into the hot, so I didn't get to have a warm bath.
Arthur's Pass National Park, NZ.
The Taipo River drains right to left into the Taramakau valley. The prominent step up to the right of the Otira Highway marks the trace of the Alpine Fault, which runs northward through the saddle in the distance (upper left). Tussock-clad peak on far right is Rangi Taipo (1459 m).