Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Destination Vacation: Aberdeen Sampan, Hong Kong

Aberdeen Sampan
Aberdeen Sampan main entrance
Aberdeen Sampan Tour Company

            It was almost lunch time when we dropped by Aberdeen Sampan, a tour company in here in Hong Kong Island. They have boats available for touring around the Aberdeen shore for 30 - 45 minutes. From afar, we saw small and large yachts and the tourist boats known as Sampan.  In addition, hiring those boats is the best way for tourists to get an excellent view of the harbour of the south shore of Hong Kong Island. As for us, we hired a boat good for 15 persons with a female operator.
                The Sampan ride will allow every tourist to closer look of the renowned floating seafood restaurant in the Island, Jumbo floating restaurant. The said restaurant, which appears to be a huge pagoda vessel is very better known for its delicious yet expensive delicacies
                    The Aberdeen used to mainly be a fishing village but is now surrounded by tall commercial buildings and fancy yachts. Through the Sampan ride I was able to witness the two extremely opposite lifestyles in the same area.

Aberdeen Sampan
the Sampan and yachts at the harbour

Aberdeen Sampan
our boat

Aberdeen Sampan
Jumbo Floating restaurant

Aberdeen Sampan
a closer of the Jumbo Floating restaurant



Aberdeen Sampan
large yachts

Aberdeen Sampan
high-rise buildings surrounding the harbour

Aberdeen Sampan
a luxurious restaurant at the harbour

Aberdeen Sampan


Aberdeen Sampan
our female operator, selling some items

Aberdeen Sampan
Our female boat operator also sells some souvenir items such as t-shirts ranging HK$30-40 in price, magnetic souvenir items, key chains, coin purses, etc. The Sampan ride was such a learning experience for me. It showed us the perfectly opposing lifestyles between the fishermen with their families living in the boathouses and the urban people. Nonetheless, this fishing village serves a niche where it reminds every people here that the fast developing country that is Hong Kong started as a humble fishing wharf.
           More stories to tell and pictures to share next time on the next post regarding my vacation!

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