Mui Wo

Good ol’ Mui Wo. I say this because when I first decided to move homes it was Mui Wo my girlfriend and I searched in. When we arrived we were struck by the amazing feeling that Mui Wo had actually frozen in time, it looked like it was stuck in some place a decade ago! We instantly fell in love with it from then and there.
It’s charm is not only associated with its back-​in-​time feel. It has a range of fantastic seafood restaurants along the water front and towards the beach, a handful of extremely tasty western restaurants and quirky, unique stores by the pier. Don’t ask me what’s behind the beach towards the mountains — mosquitos, spiders, and snakes? As well as a couple of hiking trails and waterfalls… probably… maybe?
Now that I live here, by the pier, I eat out at least once a day (great for the taste buds, not so great for the wallet), feel less stressed, and do not miss the city life one bit. Ok, there are times when I miss a ferry by a minute and stomp around like an angry toddler cursing the infrequency of the timetable, or other times when I need to plan my entire day if I’m going to do more than one activity on ‘the other side’ (Hong Kong Island). But those occasions are few and far between.
I’m not the only one who loves this little place. On weekends all the hikers, beach goers, and tourists stream off of ferries and buses to have a chilled out BBQ, visit one of the beaches down at Cheung Sha, or visit Tai O fishing village. Don’t forget Lantau is the biggest of all of Hong Kong’s islands and Mui Wo is a perfect place to start the Lantau adventure!