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Lau Fau Shan

A spot not to be missed in the New Territories is this huge fish market near Yuen Long. There is a restaurant here with an entryway and walls adorned with thousands of oyster shells, each approximately 13 to 15 centimeters long. A cramped street passes by dozens of small, open-air eating houses, and chic air-conditioned places. Merchants sell dried and salted fish, live shrimp, prawns, and other edible creatures of the sea. Visitors can even choose out a fish, pay for it, and take it to a nearby restaurant to be cooked.

Yuen Long

Yuen Long, currently being developed, was previously a traditional market town in the middle of the largest flood plain in the New Territories. Its population was 40,000 before development, but the toll is now expected to rise beyond a million when all residential and commercial land has been developed.

North of Yuen Long lies Mai Po Marshes, a stopping point on the migratory routes for more than 400 different species of birds. Bird-watchers and ornithologists can arrange to visit the park by calling the WWF for Nature, which manages the marshes.

Close to Yuen Long are the walled villages of Kam Tin. The most prevalent is the Kat Hing Wai Village, which stands incongruously across the road from a supermarket. About 400 locals dwell in this village and all bear the same surname, Tang. Only descendants of the Tang family are allowed to live here. Built in the 1600s, it is a fortified village with walls six meters thick, guardhouses on its four corners, arrow sticks for fighting off enemies, and a moat. Visitors may enter the village by paying a minimal admission fee. Cameras are not allowed in the village unless with special permission. A fee is charged if visitors want to take shots of the village.

Shek Kong

From Kam Tin, visitors can take a scenic route via Shek Kong. The area used to be the British military garrison and airfield but is now home to a skeleton force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. At the far end of Shek Kong Village is the Route Twisk, which twists and turns for miles and then suddenly plunges into the techno-industrial modernity of Tsuen Wan. Atop Route Twisk is Tai Mo Shan (957m), which overlooks China and Hong Kong Island. This is the only part of Hong Kong that experiences frost!

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