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Aberdeen Harbour

Aberdeen Harbour

Write: Jelena [2011-05-23]
Situated in the Southern part of Hong Kong island, Aberdeen Harbour is one of the oldest and the most popular tourist sites in Hong Kong, which features floating restaurants and the traditional fishing life. Putting forward the traditional lifestyle and modernity on a single platter, it is a vibrant waterfront harbour resort.
Traditional Fishing Life

In this pleasant area, the fishermen keep their unique traditional lifestyle. You can see the fishing boats that equipped with traditional sampans, shuttle back and forth in the port. It is very interesting to cruise around the fishing port, and it is advisable to negotiate the price with the owner before boarding. People who passed most of their life on the dry lands would find the fishing life of Aberdeen are vrey interesting. In the evening, you can enjoy the thousands of twinkling lights reflected on the water, it is a magical sight.

Floating Restaurants

Aberdeen is also known as a resort, serving all kinds of delicious seafood. Jumbo Floating Restaurant and Tai Bak Seafood Boat are the most popular floating restaurants, which attract flocks of visitors every day. All these floating restaurants are anchored in the harbor, and it is easy to reach by taking a free shuttle, where you can enjoy delicious seafood as well as delicious Guangdong cuisine, which is one of the eight most famous food in China.

Transformation

Today, Aberdeen harbor is a modern town with a populaton of around 60 thousand. It was a haunt of pirates in two centuries ago. Later, it transformed into a samll fishing village. And in recent years, it has evolved into a modern town, with many high-rise buildings and entertainment facilities, while it also maintains the unique old charm that fascinates the tourists.

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