what is so good of Lama Island, I have think of moving there...

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    what is so good of Lama Island, I have think of moving there...

    As the title said, the first thing that I need to know is what was the power station I saw in that island's north beach? A N-power or just another big building.

    The restaurant menus there seem matching Soho of London, why is that, as hk is just half of an hour close...

    I just join the expat, I was born in Canton ( guangzhou), and live in England for donkeys years, and now hoping to enjoy some quiet days without traffic noise. Am I going to a right place?


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    It's a coal-fired power station.


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    Oh, that! Thanks my friend. So its not Hinkley point thingy.... I am nearer!
    Though I am semi retiring, and my reputation as an actpuncturist in south of England is quite good, and have been treating quite a number of celebrities and big shots, and they do like to advertise for me, do people think my service useful in that tiny island?

    Oh, I just like typing... he...he...


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    I lived on Lamma for a year ... it's one of the few areas in HK where you don't have to pay an arm and a leg for a house with a large garden or backyard.

    I think people who choose to live on Lamma are people who value having fun more than other mundane things in life (like, you know, making money and work.) It's very easy to meet other fun, out-going people. If you like mountain biking, Lamma is like the mountain biking heaven of HK. I'm a kayaker, and not a few of my old lammarite neighbours were also kayakers who frequently paddled kayaks to pick up groceries or to access the less crowded beaches. On weekends, lots of lamma local ride their bikes to the powerplant beach to launch their yacht or kayaks.

    It's also a small community, so people in the area tend to know each other and go out of their way to help each other. I was able to get along quite well with both expats and locals in my neighbourhood (Pak Kok Tsuen). Of course, it helps when your fellow villagers like your dogs

    We eventually decided to move mainly because of the transportation ... I worked nightshift at the time and had to take the kai-to on a daily basis, which gets really really expensive. Even if I could catch the last ferry to YSW, I still had to spend 30 minutes hiking in the dark, dodging snakes and all to get back to my house.


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    Quote Originally Posted by thisdress:
    I lived on Lamma for a year ... it's one of the few areas in HK where you don't have to pay an arm and a leg for a house with a large garden or backyard.

    I think people who choose to live on Lamma are people who value having fun more than other mundane things in life (like, you know, making money and work.) It's very easy to meet other fun, out-going people. If you like mountain biking, Lamma is like the mountain biking heaven of HK. I'm a kayaker, and not a few of my old lammarite neighbours were also kayakers who frequently paddled kayaks to pick up groceries or to access the less crowded beaches. On weekends, lots of lamma local ride their bikes to the powerplant beach to launch their yacht or kayaks.

    It's also a small community, so people in the area tend to know each other and go out of their way to help each other. I was able to get along quite well with both expats and locals in my neighbourhood (Pak Kok Tsuen). Of course, it helps when your fellow villagers like your dogs

    We eventually decided to move mainly because of the transportation ... I worked nightshift at the time and had to take the kai-to on a daily basis, which gets really really expensive. Even if I could catch the last ferry to YSW, I still had to spend 30 minutes hiking in the dark, dodging snakes and all to get back to my house.
    "I still had to spend 30 minutes hiking in the dark, dodging snakes and all to get back "
    I find this facinating, exciting, ( well not as exciting as when I was once managed a restaurant somewhere in England many years ago that we have to chased and sometimes punched and kicked the drunkards every Friday nights) ... and would you mind explain what you mean kayaker... though I don't understand I still think that sounds wonderful.

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    By the way, my neice spends an hour & quart of underground train journey from one end of London to the City, and spending same time to get home. Though she is paid 40 thousand pounds per year, but I would'nt want that job even for all extra Tea in China.


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    Quote Originally Posted by josephmo:
    "I still had to spend 30 minutes hiking in the dark, dodging snakes and all to get back "
    I find this facinating, exciting, ( well not as exciting as when I was once managed a restaurant somewhere in England many years ago that we have to chased and sometimes punched and kicked the drunkards every Friday nights) ... and would you mind explain what you mean kayaker... though I don't understand I still think that sounds wonderful.
    a kayaker is a person who paddles a kayak ^_^;;;

    If you find unexpected encounters with long-bodied creatures exciting, you shall not be disappointed on Lamma. We were also frequently visited by 8 inches+ centipedes.

    Can't say I really enjoyed the frequent hikes, it gets really sticky and hot in the summer, and if you are unfortunate enough to have to walk at sunset in the summer, you will also be escorted by a lot of mosquitos. You get used to it though, if I have to walk my dogs in the evening, I always make sure I have a bottle of insect repellent handy. And don't forget your flashlight if you have to hike between the communities (say, YSW and SKW or YSW and PKT), because the paths are poorly illuminated and you have a very good chance of stepping on a sleeping snake.

    If you want to find out more, why don't you go to the lamma forum?

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    Thank you very much for your infos!
    8 inches! That is what I am afraid of.... I can feel the chill of my back.