Catching Flying Fish Aug 25 - "A frenzy of flying fish is not uncommon at these piers."

Close Encounter Aug 1 - Close encounters of our island ferry with container ships.

Aug 25:  Catching Flying Fish

Amazing, rare video by Robert Hope-Jones, shot at night around our new Lamma ferry pier. He writes:

"A frenzy of flying fish is not uncommon at these piers during different times of the year, but the haul of fish taken home by passengers and ferry staff was a first, thanks to the new Pak Kok pier design.
Lamma Island, August, 22, 2023."

Aug 1:  Close Encounter

Just the other day, one of our frequent close encounters of our island ferry with container ships in the Lamma East Channel, one of the busiest shipping channels worldwide.

These massive container ships are loaded to the maximum height when arriving or leaving HK harbour, crossing the path of our tiny commuter ferry to HK Island, our only way off our island to get to work, shopping or eating out (no shops, restaurants or any public/private traffic in our local village, far from busy Yung Shue Wan).

Occasionally, we're getting the exciting experience of 2 container ships crossing each other just in front of our tiny ferry (photo by Alamy). It's an extra-exciting adventure when you're on an expensive private sampan boat, used just for moving and as a "water taxi" if you miss the last ferry home at 10pm:

Missing the ferry in Aberdeen back to Lamma the other day by half a minute, I had to wait 2.5 HOURS for the next one, sitting on a harbourside bench with my heavy shopping in the mid-day heat, too far from any restaurant or cool area to reach with my very heavy shopping bags.

There are 2 of these 2.5-hour gaps in the ferry schedule to/from Aberdeen to Lamma, 1 gap even on Sundays and holidays, all during times of day when there'd be too few passengers to make this adventurous sea crossing worthwhile even for our small ferries: