guest guide
Sok Kwu Wan, Lamma, is popular with junk trippers.
to two beaches: Power Station Beach – home to the island’s Full Moon Parties – and the busier Hung Shing Yeh Beach, with lifeguards. Sok Kwu Wan on the east coast is famous for its strip of seafood restaurants thronging with junk-trippers. Turn a blind eye to the old quarry on the other side of the bay and focus on the food. Rainbow Seafood Restaurant even runs a Fishermen’s Village tourist experience on fishing rafts out in the bay for a fun diversion. Or try old stalwart the Lamma Hilton for superb black-pepper prawns. After lunch, take the easy 15-minute trail to pretty Lo Shing Beach on the
west coast, or the 45-minute walk over the hill to Yung Shue Wan. More serious hikers might consider tackling Mount Stenhouse, Lamma’s highest peak at 353 metres. Need to know: Catch a wooden kaido from Aberdeen (the last pier before the fish market) to Sok Kwu Wan (www.ferry.com.hk) or Yung Shue Wan (www.td.gov.hk). For details of the Full Moon Parties and other events, visit www. lamma.com.hk. Bookworm Cafe, 79 Yung Shue Wan Main Street, 2982 4838. Rainbow Seafood Restaurant, 2982 8100. Lamma Hilton Shum Kee Restaurant, 2982 8290.
Guest essentials 1. Treat your guests to an Octopus card. 2. Load an old mobile with key numbers, including a taxi call service. 3. Introduce guests to your friends, who may offer tourist advice and even invite them out. 4. As it’s granny season, meet up with any friends who have visiting rellies that might enjoy each others’ company.
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