Tai O. Hong Kong. Believe it of not, this is a village in Hong Kong in 2012.

This video was done at Tai O, village on the water, Lantau island, Hong Kong.





Here are my other videos about in Tai O:

Hong Kong. Street Food in Tai O. Gei Dan Chai, Egg Waffles
Street food in Tai O, Lantau, Hong Kong. Chinese Food

And here is another post about this village:
http://andreasettime.blogspot.com/2013/01/tai-o-lantau-hong-kong-small-village.html

Please see my collection of videos on my YouTube channel: 

http://www.youtube.com/user/settime2588/videos

A few more photos of the village of Tai O

In Tai O they hang the fishes to dry together with the laundry !

The are no more salt worker here today, but extracting salt from the sea water was the biggest industry in town once upon a time.

No Rolls Royces here. People go around by bicycle.

Some details about the history of Tai O:

Nearby archaeological sites date back to the Stone Age, but permanent, and verifiable, human settlement here is only three centuries old.

Stories that would be impossible to substantiate have Tai O as the base of many smuggling and piracy operations, the inlets of the river providing excellent protection from the weather and a hiding place.

In early 16th century, Tai O was once occupied shortly by Portuguese during Battle of Tãmão. At nearby Fan Lau, a fort was built in 1729 to protect shipping on the Pearl River. Smuggling of guns, tobacco, drugs and people remains a documented illegal activity both into and out of mainland China.

When the British came to Hong Kong, Tai O was known as a Tanka village. During and after theChinese Civil War, Tai O became a primary entrypoint for illegal immigration for those escaping from the People's Republic of China. Some of these immigrants, mostly Han Chinese, stayed in Tai O, and Tai O attracted people from other Hong Kong ethnic groups, including Hoklo (Hokkien) and Hakka.

Tai O has a history of salt production. In 1940, it was recorded that the Tai Po salt marshes were covering 70 acres (280,000 m²) and that the production has amounted to 25,000 piculs (1,512metric tons) in 1938.^[1]