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Greenest Island
Mar 20 -
"Here, on the greenest island of the
archipelago. Stay sane, stay safe, everyone."
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"Remember
Rambler?"
Mar 18 -
Who's taken up Rambler's coveted mantle as
Lamma's best (IMHO) close-up nature photographer?
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Nick the YouTube
Star
Jan 27 -
This is the story of Nick's peaceful life, and why he's never shaved his
beard.
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Quarantine!
Jan 23 -
With the Coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan starting to spread across the world...
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EMDs Are Banned!
Jan 6 -
...publicity campaign against all these electric transportation devices.
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Apr 1:
Bike
Mike, ex-Lammaite
Roving Reporter:
"As COVID-19 issues will wind
down later this year, a still
secret sponsor has announced
sponsorship of Lamma Island's
Post-COVID-19 Triathlon.
This major international Olympic
event will feature athletes who
train in three popular sporting
pursuits: Swimming,
Running, and Roller Sports.
 The
Yung Shue Wan Ferry Pier will
host the Race Start where
swimmers will enter the water
following inaugural speeches and
the playing of China's National
Anthem by Leigh & Harry,
Lamma's own Bearded
Ukuladies.
Swimmers will try to avoid the
4PM arrival and departures of
ferries as they swim towards Kam
Lo Hom, passing The Typhoon
Shelter and then pass by the HK
Power Station waters by Po Lo
Tsui. These waters are normally
off-limits to swimmers, however
HK Electric has waived this
restriction in the spirit of
celebrating the end of
COVID-19's hold on the
territory.
Speaking on behalf of the
Australian triathletes,
Brad Tarr said that the
Ozzie contingent should do well
in the water, particularly if
there is coal freighter traffic
arriving.
"The
freighters generate wonderful
waves", said Tarr,
"Australians are natural
surfers; their wakes will allow
us to body surf through the
power plant waters, while
avoiding a different sort of a
wake for any opposition".
 Exiting
the Power Station area, swimmers
will traverse the waters to the
shore of Power Station Beach
where they will quickly change
into their running gear.
Assistance on the beach will be
provided by a volunteer corps of
paddlers from the Lamma Dragons.
Runners will then sprint up hill
to Lamma Winds for the next
change. At Lamma Winds they will
jump on their skateboards or don
in-line skates for the race's
home stretch, back to the Yung
Shue Wan Ferry Pier.
Johnny Canuk, Lamma's
resident Canadian, expects this
leg of the race to belong to the
Canadian entries. "Here's
where we will overtake the
Australians, we Canadians rule
the skating world", he said.
This part of the race is quite
technical. Roller athletes will
be required to leap over snakes
on the downhill portion of the
race and demerit points will go
to any who collide with Lamma
serpents.
However, bonus points will be
awarded to any racer who jousts
post-work pedestrians off the
path as they dash for the Ferry
Pier Finish Line.
Local Lamma Luminary,
Nick the Bookman, has
agreed to act as the race
governor. The finish line will
consist of Nick beard stretched
across the entrance to the ferry
pier.
The
Lamma COVID-19 Triathlon will
take place April 1st,
2021, well ahead of the
postponed Olympic Games.
Mar 20:
Mark Malby of
Mute Planet writes:
"At a time when too much of the
news around us seems grim,
sometimes it's nice to spend an
hour just watching the clouds
drift by. Here, on the greenest
island of the archipelago.
Stay sane, stay safe, everyone."
P.S. One more
video from Mark:
Mar 18:
I miss Rambler's amazing Lamma
nature photos. He's moved off
Lamma and Google+ (where he
published his photos) has closed
down a while ago.
Searching this site for the many
photos & stories we've published
over many years:
Search for Rambler...
Who's taken up Rambler's coveted
mantle as Lamma's best (IMHO)
close-up nature photographer?
Leading Lady so far:
Ewa's Eden!
Like her FB Page!
Mar 6:
by
Mark Malby, Mute Planet:
by
Tony Ng, Agent Yippee:
Mar 5:
Paul Berg:
"For all that's changed in Lamma
over the last 70 years, there's
a lot that has stayed the same."
Southern District
Officer:
"Lamma is an island of great
beauty, with adequate water
supplies, and the northern
sector would quickly attract
people from Hong Kong to build
houses on the same lines..."
  
Feb 23:
Mark Malby posts in
Lamma Gardener FB
group:
"Geoff
Smith faces off
against his nemesis. "We're
coming for yer eggplants," the
chief boar grunted."
These 3 boars and their friends
have been causing major
devastation in the
Tai Peng Community Garden!
They've came in repeatedly and
have rooted up some newly
planted items, digging up the
vegetable and flower beds
searching for anything edible.
Stronger fences are in progress!
Feb 19:
Pak Kok resident David
Xu has just released
himself from his self-imposed
14-day Covid-19 quarantine in
his Lamma Island home, after
returning from LNY
holidays/family visit in Peking.
He tells his story here:
What We Talk About
When We Talk
About
the Coronavirus
Feb 18:
"HK Electric
has been presented with the
"2018/19 Hong Kong
Sustainability Award" and
"Special Recognition for
Innovation" by The Hong Kong
Management Association (HKMA) in
recognition of the Company's
commitment to sustainability and
the enhancement of performance
through innovation and adoption
of advance technology....
...HK Electric also
collected the "Special
Recognition for Innovation"
award. Mr. Wan said that besides
big data and AI, HK Electric
also uses drones and robotics to
optimise operation and its staff
is inspired to use
end-user-developed apps and
technologies to streamline work
processes. More than 40 mobile
apps have been developed during
the year, including an app which
could process applications for
the Smart Power Care Fund in an
easy and efficient manner,
saving paperwork and
manpower...."
Read more:
HK Electric Attains Top Prizes
for Sustainability and
Innovation
Feb 17:
A Complete Guide to Lamma Island
by
DRONE & DSLR (6 Feb
2020!)
You might also like their more
detailed, but a bit older guides from
2018:
Spending A Day On Yung
Shue Wan
Best Beaches on Lamma Island
Sok Kwu Wan to Yung Shue
Wan Hike
Sok Kwu Wan Circular
Hiking Trail
P.S. These
guides are fairly short, but
informative. Far from
"Complete", plus a few
small mistakes, but the only major one
I found was the omission of the
entire YSW-Pak Kok-Aberdeen ferry
route.
But the many drone shots,
including aerial panoramas, are
pretty spectacular! Highly
recommended!
Feb 13:
Feb 12:
Liam Ferguson
writes:
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Before the purchase of
that new sofa or bed, ensure
that the store will deliver
to pier 4 in Central.
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Speak to the lady at the
customer service office at
pier 4 to "book" a space. Do
this first!
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Set up a WhatsApp group
with Steve at Trade Winds &
the vendor to coordinate
delivery to the pier.
Steve adds: Trade
Winds can also do the local
pick-up for you (large or
small) & bring it to the
pier themselves.
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Sit back & let Steve &
his team take the strain! My
new sofa was delivered by
trolley to my 2nd floor flat
in Tai Wan San Tsuen &
hoisted over the balcony.
Steve & his guys unwrapped
the sofa & removed the
packaging for recycling.
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Call Steve! It's really
that simple!
P.S. Lamma
specialist
Trade Winds will do
moves of any size
("No move too small!).
But the majority of their moves
these days are international
moves of HK-based professionals
and families moving back home
overseas. Sign of the times.
 
Steve:
"We are here to throw a line to
anyone in these unsure waters
recently."
Feb 11:
Peter Ip:
"I strongly object to the
application (A/I-LI/30) to build
two houses in
Conservation Area in
Lamma Island's Mo Tat Wan.
Please make your comments before
28/02/2020:
https://www.info.gov.hk/tpb/en/plan_application/A_I-LI_30.html"
Jan 28:
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Sunset today. My first sunset
photos (click above for more
from today) of this year. More
to follow soon, hopefully.
Jan 27:
Drew Binsky writes (very popular YouTuber,
1.3 million subscribers,
traveling to almost all
countries in the world, almost 1
BILLION views so far):
"Nick is what many people call
as the 'original hippie' on Hong
Kong.
Yes, he's from Hong Kong,
but not from the hectic business
districts -- he's from an outer
island called Lamma Island. It's
a completely different world
than Hong Kong Island, and it's
just a 20 minute ferry ride
away. I've been to Hong Kong 8
times, and this is my first time
on Lamma and my mind is
completely blown!
This is the story of Nick's
peaceful life, and why he's
never shaved his beard nor left
Hong Kong since 1984. What a
guy!
Follow @DrewBinsky on IG STORIES
for more:
https://instagram.com/drewbinsky
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/drewbinsky/"
Feedback to this video on
Facebook groups (It got 70K+
views, 3.4K Likes and 300+
comments within 1 day!):
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Glad to see
that my Facebook Timeline still
has a much wider audience reach
than these very popular Lamma groups.
Jan 26:
Wonderful photos from Lamma
Photographer Extraordinaire
David Ogg of the
traditional midnight lion dance
& fireworks, welcoming the Chin.
Year of the Rat at the YSW Tin
Hau temple this morning!
Plus some great videos of this
event from Lamma's very own lion
dance groupp
Jing Fook Tong,
performing all over Hong Kong:
Jan 25:
Jan 24:
 
Andy's and Tai Peng shop, open
every day (click to enlarge)
Which Lamma places are closed
over Lunar New Year?
Years ago, most restaurants and
shops were closed at least on
the first day, tomorrow, often
for several days. But nowadays
it's hard to find any local
place that closes over LNY.
Andy's will be open every day,
even the Tai Peng store is open
every day.
Who is actually closing? A few
more opening hours, as far as
I've seen so far:
 
Pak Kok shop and Green Cottage
(click to enlarge)
These 2 shops are the sole shops
in their villages, so they are
absolutely essential for their
communities. Some people would
have to forego our
soy/almond/barley milk in their
morning tea/coffee if these
shops would ever close for more
than 1 day w/o ample advance
warning! It would be a major
disaster for home office workers
like myself, affecting our
alertness and productivity
negatively in a most serious
way!
Jan 23:
With the Coronavirus outbreak in
Wuhan starting to spread across
the world, quarantines have been
implemented and considered in
various places in China. What
about HK and more specifically,
Lamma?
Here's a foreboding,
sickly-looking mobile phone
sunset from Lamma today with a
looming Coronavirus.
Brendan Sheridan (my biggest sunrise/sunset
photos fan!?) writes:
"If Lamma were to be
quarantined, how many days do
you think we would last until
complete societal collapse and
abject barbarism?"
Various great answers in
Lamma Island Uncensored (private group, membership
required).
Best answer I've seen so far,
from anon.:
"The closing of the
Island Bar was the earliest sign
that we were approaching the End
of Days, and the continuing
existence of all the pub quizzes
is a clear signal that the
Rapture will soon be upon us."
If you're not a LIU group member
yet, you might guess some of the
other replies? If booze,
Internet access and other
absolute essentials would ever
run out, we'd have to resort to
wanton piracy from our island
lairs...
Jan 16:
Wow, my "AI Drone Attack!"
above has just been selected as
cover image of the very popular
Digital Computer Art
Facebook group!
A great honor for a MB3D novice!
My very first cover photo of a
FB group NOT chosen by myself!
;~}
Friends suggested titles
like "Gaia Drone", "New &
Improved Lamma Insect", "Virtual
Voodoo Priest", plus the
predictable comments off
"Some really good shit you are
smoking". ;~}
More images at
Lamma Gung Art & Photography.
Jan 13:
 
Another little Creative
Experiment of mine,
transplanting a Black-eared Kite into
a virtual-only world of
highrises.
The great Black-eared Kite (very
common on Lamma) photo was shot
by
Mark Malby from his drone
flying high, Lamma Island in the
background. I love the contrast
of these two images: natural
photo ~ artificial CG, real-life
~ computer-virtual, grey-level ~
full-color, max. 3 floors ~
highrises...
Jan 9:
My latest Creative Experiment,
just completed. Suggest a title,
please.
What does it look like to YOU?
Lamma-based friends suggested
"Mutant Turkey", "Fucked-up
Phoenix", "Phoenix Tripping",
"Cock in a Feeding Frenzy",
"Cuckoo Centurian"
and
"Dragon Rooster", my
personal favourite.
Lamma
harbours quite an exotic,
subtropical wildlife (Lamma
Birds), but I haven't
come across this specific creature yet
while hiking,
fortunately!
Deep AI's NeuralTalk program analysed this image as
"a close up of a bunch of
bananas". Artificial
Intelligence has a long, long
way to go...
Jan 8:
Solo Exhibitions
Wonder, Whimsy, Weirdnes - Sarasen gallery, Lan Kwai Fong,
HK Island
-- Aug 15 - 31, 2008
Lamma Celebrity Cam PhotoArt - The Cyan Studio, Back Street,
YSW, Lamma -- Nov 2007
(+stories on Nov
11, 12)
Computer fair,
Mustermesse, Basel, Switzerland
-- 1987
Grafische Computer-Fantasien - Galerie/Atelier E, Zurich,
Switzerland --
Jun 5-Aug 23,
1986
  
Joint Exhibitions
LAZERARTI:
Disc Reborn- Lamma Art Collective, YSW - Dec
6-31, '19:
https://www.facebook.com/events/420347818626715/
https://www.facebook.com/Lamma.Gung.Art.Photos/posts
https://www.facebook.com/Lamma.Gung.Art.Photos/photos
In Love With Lamma -
photo exhibition --
Lamma Art Collective,
YSW - Nov 3-17, '18
Lamma On Board--
Lamma Art Collective,
YSW
HK Arts Centre --
1990s
HK Cultural
Centre lobby -- 1990s
40-year
art/photo gallery -
Google
Deep Dreamer gallery
Check out my Facebook page:
Lamma Gung Art & Photography
For more info & sales:
LammaGung@gmail.com
Jan 7:
No need to travel far to get
fine photos when living in the
Lamma jungle, here are a few
photos, all taken in my Balcony
Garden.
As usual, I couldn't resist to
make a few "enhancements" via
Google's
Deep Dream Generator.
Click to enlarge and view
comments:
 
Hippeastrum "Hippie" flowers -
Centipede - Stinkbug
Jan 6:
It's been 3 months of
publicity campaign against all
these technically-illegal
electric transportation devices,
except for licensed disabled
people. They're illegal
everywhere - on roads, paths,
pavement - except private,
non-public premises and no
licenses will be issued.
They've become widely used on
Lamma as they're the only form
of motorised public or private
transport available, besides
VVs, emergency and HK Electric
vehicles. Police warnings have
been issued but no enforcement
so far.
But now the police seem intent on stepping
up the enforcement soon on
Lamma, like on the other
Outlying Islands already, I've
heard? I'm holding off on
getting an electric bike
myself... for the time being...
P.S. What
caused this stepping-up of the
formerly non-existing
enforcement?
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news.php?id=137889
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=212961
Jan 5:
Quite
comprehensive, up-to-date guide
for visitors from Cathay
Pacific/Dragon's inflight
magazine. It's even including
the brand-new
Beer Shack.
Jan 4:
What are YOUR FAVOURITE DISHES
in Yung Shue Wan? Receiving a
YSW restaurants mini-review,
titled "Underwhelmed and
Annoyed" from the Lamma-zine's
"Official Court Glutton", I made
my own personal shortlist of
favourite dishes in YSW
restaurants.
See the
traditional Christmas special
from Jing Jing
Restaurant above, our
own yearly indulgence.
What are yours and should be
added to my list, titledd
"Overwhelmed and Delighted"?
Jan 3:
'Jimmy Shoe': Lamma
Island's Beach Trash Curios
"Irish-born photographer
Grainne Quinlan has
spent the last few months
scouring the Lamma shoreline for
old footwear." -
Ancient Lamma-zine story,
in need for an update. Got some
new photos of beach trash
curios?
Jan 2:
...but with a twist, adding some
AI neural styles and prodigious
Photoshopping, hopefully
improving my original photos, or
not?
Village house building is
really speeding up around Pak
Kok New Village, several in
progress right now. This is my
DeepDreamed photo of a transport
ship bringing in construction
materials to a temporary pier
recently.
Jan 1:
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