The good times of time - 2 live closest to the beach

I have loved the sea since I was a child. Although Taiwan is also an island, it is impossible to go to the seaside often, unless you live by the seaside, otherwise you have to take a car or drive, and it is not close.

But luckily I had the opportunity to live 5 minutes walk to the beach. …

There are two beaches on the island, one is the Power Plant Beach (Daduwan Beach), which is a 5-minute walk from my house. It is often visited by the residents of the island. Next to it is the Power Plant. This beach is not artificial and has no street lights. A large part of the power plant has the lights of the power plant.

The other beach is Hong Shengye Beach, which has lifeguards, showers and toilets, beach chairs, shops and a restaurant next to it. It is a place where ordinary tourists go.

It was 12:30 pm when I just arrived on the island and finished everything. My husband said he wanted to take me to the beach, so he took a flashlight and went to the power plant beach in the dark. The beach with the lights of the power plant is quite romantic in semi-darkness.

When we walked slowly to the other side from the beach near the power plant, we found an old man sleeping on the beach in the dark. He was still covered with a quilt. I thought he was a corpse. My husband calmly said that he was sleeping there. It's normal (normal?), because I was not familiar with the island when I first arrived on the island, so when I look back on the person sleeping on the beach, I feel like the bearded Nick that tourists love to photograph when they come to the island (he sells old books on the streets of Lamma Island, His beard and friendly smile are his trademarks. Just search Lamma Island and you will find his photo. He is an American who has lived in Hong Kong for more than 20 years and is already one of the symbols of the island)

Because there was one time, after 10:00 in the evening, bearded Nick actually slept in the middle of the road with a boulevard on the road to the beach, which scared me to death, because it was in the middle of the road and there were no street lights there. Although there were no cars on the island , but sleeping in the middle of the road is also very strange!

Then we walked slowly along the sea to the darker waters, because we came to the beach temporarily and did not bring swimsuits. My husband said that there was no one in the middle of the night, and suggested to take off our clothes and pants to play in the water. I feel that it is rare to experience naked swimming once in my life, and I think that no one will see it in the middle of the night, although there is an old man sleeping on the sand next to it, haha~

Then I stripped naked, two people sat by the water, soaked in water, and felt the thrill of the waves rushing up. At this time, I suddenly wanted to see if there was really no one on the road behind me? It turned out that there was a man standing there The bushes on the road looked at us with wide eyes, Oh my God!!!! Who is he at 12:30 in the middle of the night? I scolded my husband, quickly put on clothes, and the man disappeared quickly, staying for a long time I found out that there are often people jogging on the beach road in the dark in the middle of the night. I don't understand why some people like to jog in the middle of the night. Also, because the road is a little far from our coast, and it is the backlight of the moonlight, he can't see what we have in the dark. without clothes.

A few times, Chang Ke saw an old foreigner sleeping on a beach chair with many dogs on the beach of Hong Sheng Ye, and often saw him with his dog climbing big rocks on the beach of the power plant. He didn't know him until he lived for many years Who is he? He used to bring a puppy to sit at the door of the bank. Many foreign residents know him. His dog is the dog star in a movie by Jim Carrey many years ago! (Taiwan translation: "Modern Sage" in The Jack Russell Dog), it seems that he moved to Hong Kong after the filming. However, the old foreign gentleman passed away on the island a few years ago, and many foreign friends miss him.

Lamma Island has changed a lot over the years. In the past, people held concerts at the Power Plant Beach on weekends (anyone could do it) and danced until dawn. Later, many people began to call the police and make noise, so there were fewer and fewer concerts on weekends. Until then, there are only large-scale events on the island.

In addition, we used to have barbecues on the beach at night. We would use dead trees to make a fire, and a group of friends chatted around the fire. Once, I found that the bread next to it was eaten by the mice in the cracks of the rocks. Only then did I know the original beach There will be mice!

Another time, my husband and I went to the beach to have a barbecue. We only went there at 10:00 in the evening. With the lights of the power plant and our fire, my husband drew a big heart on the sand. When we were doing romance, the sea was slow. Slowly from the darkness, a small boat appeared, got closer, and then went ashore. I was scared to death at the time, and when they landed, I found out that it was my husband's friend (everyone with a boat carried the boat ashore and hid it behind the beach) In the bushes), they rowed boats to go fishing at sea, haha~~ Later, I seldom went to the beach in the middle of the night, because I was really afraid of ghosts, I was afraid of ghosts coming out of the sea...

In addition, Hong Kong people are really more romantic than us. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, a large group of residents or tourists will walk to the beach with lanterns at night. I see many people lighting small red candles on the rocks by the sea, like the birthday cake in the past. I finally understand why the store sells boxes of small candles, but I don't know what it means? (Hong Kong does not only carry lanterns during the Lantern Festival, but many festivals do)

Then a large number of people gather on the beach, chatting, some people will make games for children to play, some eat, some concerts... In short, there are many activities, plus almost all the people living on the island know a little bit (this is like a small community ), making friends is also very easy, so the atmosphere is very happy.

Hong Shengye Beach is the hot girl photo area during holidays. Many Southeast Asian and Chinese tourists will take photos with various poses on the beach, so it is also one of the fun to watch everyone take pictures on the beach.

On the way to the beach of the power plant, my husband's African friend used to teach African drums there on Saturdays. In the past, there were many tourists, and this became one of the scenery on the island. Sometimes girls would dance African dances with the drums. I heard the drums.

Some people say that when you lose something, you get something in another place. Many people don't understand why my husband insists on staying on the island, because we have always stayed there as a tourist, and we know many people are like us, I know that many foreign friends are attracted to Hong Kong by the great Hong Kong movies, but what they really stay is because of the real Hong Kong culture, and the people who stay on the island just fall in love with the tranquility and friendliness of the island.

My husband often said: [Look out the window, isn't this atmosphere not enough for you to stay? Do you know how happy we are?]

In the past 11 years, due to the pressure of my identity and some reasons in life, I often have the idea of returning to Taiwan, and I am also very angry that my husband refuses to leave. Occasionally, I sit at home and listen to the Cantonese passing by the window. I thought: [When can I stop hearing Cantonese?], but after I left, those thoughts were so heavy, which was unimaginable before I left.

We lost our normal life instinct for 11 years, and spent 11 years as a tourist with nothing to do, no savings, no career, when we returned to Taiwan, we returned to normal steps, and I have no regrets in my heart, and I am even glad that I used to be so free and easy. After that period of time, after all, I will never have such a life experience, and I always feel that the time I stayed there was the best time in Hong Kong, because it can't go back to that time now.