We have heard a lot of this term ‘Ghost Town’ on TV, movies, novels, storytellers. I’m sure not everyone has a chance to visit a real ghost town not even myself. Ma Wan is an outer island near the northwest of the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong. It was a fishing village. Long story short, the village is forced to be abandoned for property monopoly’s development. The remains can still be seen and visitors can easily walk around at the village.
There were hardly any visitors at the day when I visit. I did not want to waste the ferry fare came here for nothing. I wanted to see some other parts of the village that I hadn’t seen last time. I managed to find a way to the back of the dead village. It’s off the main passage. Not too much to see however. There were lots of bushes and vines. Since it’s so dead, it could get any deader if I stayed for long. It was not as haunting like you’d imagine. It was only quiet, not even a dog bark.
A dead village.
Fascinating. Thanks very much for sharing this images of a real ghost town in Hong Kong! I wouldn’t have believed it was possible.
Thanks! I think there’re still lots of history on the Ma Wan Island gone missing. I wonder what is it like back in the early ’30-’50s.
You are good anyway. But this pictures are from the slightly better side of you skills. They have a certain atmosphere. Excellent.
Thank you, KUM. The series lately had been more about me and the environment, less of the normal street stuff. Hope my readers can still enjoy