As I planned my trip to Hong Kong, I thought that it would be devoid of any adventure or any abandonment because land is really rare and expensive there and any abandonment would be taken down to build new things. That’s true for 99% of Hong Kong.
I meet up with Hong Kong Urbex crew. They took me to an island called Cheung Chau, dubbed Death Island. It used have lots of people living on it, but many people have moved out due to it being so inconvenient (an hour boat ride back to Hong Kong CBD) and many suicides that took place during the early 2000's. Cheung Chau like many other small islands are the 1% of slightly more rural places filled with abandonments. We first hit the old theatre. Built in 1931, it had been running till the 1990’s but closed due to a lack of demand. Half the roof was missing, but many electrics like fans, lights and electric boxes were still intact. The folding chairs still worked but we had to wade through puddles to get through to the back stage. Through the back door there were half a dozen of other abandoned houses that weren't as interesting as the theatre.
We then headed onto a mountain that was a complete ghost town. There were hundreds of abandoned houses, this was like Urbex heaven, some from long ago and some recently. We could only get into the older homes where all the doors were knocked down. We went into a "haunted" house where there was a murder in the 70’s but after 5 minutes I got chased out by a whole army of angry mosquito's.
Next on the list was “Fong Bin” Hospital literally translating into “Convenient” Hospital. It wasn’t really convenient that inside lived a bunch of crackheads…. And the morgue was too overgrown with leaves to even see!
Rooftopping in Hong Kong was what I really looked forward to. But it was a pity most doors to the rooftops had an “alarm will sound when pushed” button. But never the less I took an elevator to a hotel’s 30th floor and took pictures… (you can barely tell it was behind glass)
Rooftopping in Hong Kong was what I really looked forward to. But it was a pity most doors to the rooftops had an “alarm will sound when pushed” button. But never the less I took an elevator to a hotel’s 30th floor and took pictures… (you can barely tell it was behind glass)
Last year was a great teaser and I'm heading back early this year so I can't wait to take on HK again now having scoped some stuff out and having experienced what it's like to Urbex over there.
-Traffiklite
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