Like everyone knows, Hong Kong consist of a peninsular and a number of islands. The biggest is Lantau island and on the second place you will find Hong Kong island. The third biggest is Lamma island and what makes Lamma island so much awkward than the two others. Well Hong Kong island is what people regards as the real Hong Kong. England could have kept it after 1997, but anyone knew that the island couldn't survive without the New territories and the other islands around, and those parts was the ones which was included in the treaty with China. England decided to give back everything, also Hong Kong island which is now one of the busiest places on earth regarding finance, trading and construction. The biggest island of Hong Kong is Lantau island where the new big international airport is hosted and also where Disney land Hong Kong is placed together with the big Buddha. Both Hong Kong and Lantau islands are extrem busy and overthrown with settlements and highways.Lamma island as the third biggest, is nothing of that kind. Not a single car, nor a bus or any kind of public traffic is running on that island, the only transport you will find there is your own feets, bicycles and their on self made TRAKTORS.
That doesn't mean that Lamma island is not busy, not at all, Lamma island is in fact very busy just in a different way to the rest of Hong Kong. There is a ferry from Central and from Kowloon arriving very 30 minutes with hundreds of passengers through the day to the two main settlements on the island; Yung Shue Wan and Sok Kwu Wan. A hike called a family trail link those two settlements and through the day you see maybe some thousand people crossing the island and find rest and pleasure in frequenting the many seafood restaurants and bars placed in those villages. And they are kind of special and hippie like because they are so remote, like the last leftovers from a past area of time. In Yung Shue Wan for instant, you'll find the "Bookwurm Cafe", which is an organic vegetarian cafe and restaurant with a great selection in various vegetarian dishes.
Sitting there outside this cafe watching people pass by on the narrow street, you feel like being at a music festival somewhere. Everybody seems so calm and relaxed cos there is nothing else to do than wandering around and pop in at the next cafe or pub on the way. 
Maybe that's why you seem to join so many leftovers from the sixties and seventies who might still feel comfortably there and for sure can to find clothes from then in the shops on Lamma island.Like nearly everywhere in Hong Kong, you will find a lot of dogs on Lamma island and most of them walks free around in the settlements waiting for asome nice tourist who will tak pleasure of their company while they are on the island, and maybe take them to dinner, which means leave them the rests. Other dogs must be put in the stress of the demanding beauty ideals letting them have a public haircut.
Lamma island is for everyone visiting Hong Kong worth a visit because it is so different to the rest of Hong Kong's many impression.Todays TRAKTOR.
What else than one of the home made Lamma island TRAKTORs?
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