Showing posts with label Chinese sailing junk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chinese sailing junk. Show all posts

Sunday, January 4, 2015

Silhouette in the Typhoon Shelter




Masts of a Chinese sailing junk silhouetted against the hills of the Aberdeen Typhoon Shelter.  Photo taken from the deck of Watermark.

There are actually four islands appearing in this photo, Ap Lei Chau, Ap Lei Pai, Luk Chau, and Lamma Island.

Saturday, December 27, 2014

"Duk Ling" Raised in the Typhoon Shelter (2)



Another view of "Duk Ling",  now with patches on her bow, after being raised from the bottom of the Typhoon Shelter.  Until April, she was serving as the Hong Kong Tourism Board's "Icon of Hong Kong".