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A quick island escape 一睹南丫島

Where I stayed in Hong Kong was just a stone's throw away from Lamma Island, which I could see every day across a small sea channel. I've heard that it is a good hiking location and I've been itching to try it for myself. 在香港住的地方,與南丫島祇是隔了個小小的海峽,每天進出都看到,而且聽說那裡遠足還不錯,令我心癢想到那裡逛逛。 When I found out that I could take a small boat (called Kaito in Hong Kong) from the district of Aberdeen nearby to the two largest villages on Lamma Island, I decided to make use of it and spend an afternoon there. 當我發現從香港仔可以坐街渡(渡海小艇)到南丫島的兩大灣——索罟灣和榕樹灣時,我便決定找機會一試,到南丫島郊遊一個下午。 The East Lamma Channel that the Kaito crosses is a busy shipping channel heavily utilised by container ships into and out of Hong Kong's container ports. Shortly into the voyage we encountered a supertanker which pushed out a tube of waves along its path. It looked innocuous from afar, but I realised that it was actually something far more treacherous when the boat stopped momentarily. I grabbed hold of the metal fencing of the