Hong Kong Tai O/Llama Island

Tai O is a little fishing village in the southwest corner of Lantau island. We took a bus there and walked around a little. It was a cold and windy day and the smell of old fish was pretty intense. The village is famous for shrimp paste, so we bought all our friends and family some for souvenirs. You should be able to smell it when it arrives in your local post office. There were some interestingly stuffed sea creatures, like the shark and sting ray. There was also many little puffer fish with plastic google eyes glued on to make them look even sillier. It was not a nice day and the wind was freezing so we caught the next bus out.
The pictures of Lamma island are from a different day, actually the same day we visited the buddha. We met our friend Alanna and took the ferry out to Lamma. The coasts are packed with yummy seafood restaurants and little shops, but the mountains in between coasts are all hiking trails. We arrived on one coast, hiked up and over the mountain to the other coast and ate at a seafood restaurant before taking the ferry back to Hong Kong island. From there John and I took another ferry back to our hotel on Lantau. Just to clarify things for everyone, There are two big islands which are Hong Kong and Lantau. There are also lots of little surrounding islands that are accessible by ferry. Kowloon, also part of Hong Kong is attached to mainland China.