ma wan

1. The History Ma Wan is a fishing village on the small island of the same name sandwiched between Tsing Yi island to the North and the very large Lantau Island to the south. The island with an area of barely a square kilometre in total was very traditional and was famous for fish farming...

Man Wa is a small village located on the west coast of Park Island, Hong Kong. Once a thriving fishing village, Ma Wan village now lies abandoned, decaying under the Park Island residential complex and Tsing Ma bridge. In 2010 most residents had been evicted after Thomas Kwok’s Sun Hung Kai...

1. The History Ma Wan is a fishing village on the small island of the same name sandwiched between Tsing Yi island to the North and the very large Lantau Island to the south. The island with an area of barely a square kilometre in total was very traditional and was famous for fish farming...

Before I start I’d like to thank user HughieD for helping me out with the location and useful tips, if you haven’t read his report of this village I’d suggest it as it is an excellent read. The History I am going to keep this brief as it is covered extensively in the aforementioned report. Ma...

1. The History There's an interesting backstory how a large fishing village like this came to be like this. As this is a re-visit and I did a lot of research last time around: "Ma Wan is a fishing village on the small island of the same name sandwiched between Tsing Yi island to the North and...

OK, here’s part two of Ma Wan. History and background in post 1. Before we get on to the pictures here’s a few shots I took back in 2007 when the place was still a busy fishing village: IMG_7855 by HughieDW, on Flickr IMG_7851 by HughieDW, on Flickr IMG_7857 by HughieDW, on Flickr These are...

Did quite a lot of exploring over the Summer in Hong Kong. There's some really top-notch sites to explore. The place in question here is Ma Wan fishing village. It sits on the small island of Ma Wan sandwiched between Tsing Yi island to the North and the very large Lantau Island to the south...