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defrogAnd now, the first in a three-part photojournalism series of How dEFROG Spent The Chung Yeung Festival.
First up: Kam Tin Country Club!
As mentioned previously, it’s not really a country club so much as a rural playground where you can BBQ, or play football, or play on inflatable structures under the watchful eye of some Cthulhu creature, or look at rabbits, pigs and chipmunks in jail, or ride around on battery-powered scooters, or catch goldfish in a wading pool, or have some snacks. (That picture in the center? That’s the siu mai dumplings I had to tide me over til lunch.)
The football and BBQ activities were the product of seven (7) busloads of Koreans, who were having some kind of get-together. It was funny to see all the football players take a smoke break after the game. But they seemed to be having a good time. And the BBQ smelled good.
Anyway, this is what people do to amuse themselves up in the New Territories. There’s a certain low-budget country charm to it all, though there’s a certain tiredness to it as well – not as quietly desperate as, say, similar parks I’ve seen in mainland China, but it’s in the same genre, I suppose. Still, everyone seems to have a good time, so why not?
I also like the stacked-pillbox architecture you tend to see out that way.
Okay, well, so much for Kam Tin. Up next: dried seafood in Lau Fau Shan!
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First up: Kam Tin Country Club!
As mentioned previously, it’s not really a country club so much as a rural playground where you can BBQ, or play football, or play on inflatable structures under the watchful eye of some Cthulhu creature, or look at rabbits, pigs and chipmunks in jail, or ride around on battery-powered scooters, or catch goldfish in a wading pool, or have some snacks. (That picture in the center? That’s the siu mai dumplings I had to tide me over til lunch.)
The football and BBQ activities were the product of seven (7) busloads of Koreans, who were having some kind of get-together. It was funny to see all the football players take a smoke break after the game. But they seemed to be having a good time. And the BBQ smelled good.
Anyway, this is what people do to amuse themselves up in the New Territories. There’s a certain low-budget country charm to it all, though there’s a certain tiredness to it as well – not as quietly desperate as, say, similar parks I’ve seen in mainland China, but it’s in the same genre, I suppose. Still, everyone seems to have a good time, so why not?
I also like the stacked-pillbox architecture you tend to see out that way.
Okay, well, so much for Kam Tin. Up next: dried seafood in Lau Fau Shan!
Living for the city,
This is dF
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on 2008-10-12 03:25 am (UTC)In case exotic stuff intrigues, you should know that around here, I'm anticipating the installation of an inflatable turkey. It's not mine, and I don't wish it was. I'm hoping it died last year. It wore a top hat.
Our chipmunks run free ... and get et by hawks.