Tung Ping Chau – Lung Mei Traditional Cache
Tung Ping Chau – Lung Mei
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One of the Tung Ping Chau series, a small cache hidden near Lung Lok Shui (Dragon wriggling into the seas)
Tung Ping Chau
Tung Ping Chau is an offshore island located in the northeast corner of Hong Kong in Mirs Bay and is close to the border with Guangdong Province in mainland China. The island has an area of 1.16 km² and consists of shale rock. The island is much closer to mainland China (4 km) than to the main landmass of Hong Kong. The island is the most easterly point of Hong Kong.
The island was once home to a thriving fishing and farm community of 3,000 people, but political turmoil during the Cultural Revolution cut off commerce with the mainland and most villagers moved away. In the 1950s, there were about 1,500 people living in the ten villages on the island. By the early 1970s, only a few elderly people remained on the island. In 2004, the last permanent resident moved out of Tung Ping Chau. Some may return on weekends.
Lung Lok Shui
The cache is hidden near a place named Lung Lok Shui (In Chinese: Dragon wriggling into the seas). Situated at middle-west coast of the island, it is a bed of dolomitic cherty siltstone and descends slowly southeast to meet the sea. This resembles a dragon's back wriggling into the seas. Since the composition of this siltstone is mainly silicon, it is hard and resistant to erosion. The Cache is placed at the Lung Mei ( In Chinese: Dragon’s tail; “Lung” means Dragon while “Mei” means tail ).
The Cache
The Cache is a 520ml lock n lock box. A chip was placed inside the Cache, Wish You Luck!
Getting there
Board on a Tsui Wah ferry at Ma Liu Shui Pier and disembark at Wong Ye Kok Pier at Tung Ping Chau.
Ferry schedules:
Saturdays and Sundays departure at 9:00am, with an extra sailing on Saturday afternoon at 3:30pm. The ferry returns from Tung Ping Chau on Saturdays and Sundays at 5:15pm from Wong Yea Kok Pier.
Please replace the cache the way you have found it. Thanks a lot!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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