Sketches of Sai Kung: From Clearwater Bay to the Country Parks

The Sai Kung Peninsula is Hong Kong’s back garden – a place where people go to swim, hike, eat seafood, and otherwise escape the city. But besides the beaches and waterfront restaurants, there is an abundance of hidden attractions. In these pages you’ll find rolling green hills, gambling grannies, and walled villages; Sung-dynasty temples and rice farmers’ tools; fish markets, folk museums and wakeboarding clubs; a Chinese herbalist’s shop, sampan ladies, fleets of ferries, and ships of all s…