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Product Identifiers

PublisherBlacksmith Books

ISBN-109889979969

ISBN-139789889979966

eBay Product ID (ePID)170303519

Product Key Features

Book TitleSketches of Sai Kung : from Clearwater Bay to the Country Parks

Number of Pages72 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2014

TopicIndividual Artists / Artists' Books, Asian / General, Asia / China

IllustratorYes

GenreTravel, Art

AuthorLorette E. Roberts

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight15.4 Oz

Item Length6.2 in

Item Width8.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal709.2

SynopsisThe Sai Kung Peninsula is Hong Kong's back garden - a place where people go to swim, hike, eat seafood, and otherwise escape the city. But besides the beaches and waterfront restaurants, there is an abundance of hidden attractions. In these pages you'll find rolling green hills, gambling grannies, and walled villages; Sung-dynasty temples and rice farmers' tools; fish markets, folk museums and wakeboarding clubs; a Chinese herbalist's shop, sampan ladies, fleets of ferries, and ships of all shapes!, From Clearwater Bay to Tai Long Wan, the Sai Kung Peninsula is Hong Kong's back garden - a place where people go to swim, hike, eat seafood alfresco, and otherwise escape the city. This title discovers the popular beaches and waterfront restaurants, and the hidden attractions., From Clearwater Bay to Tai Long Wan, the Sai Kung Peninsula is Hong Kong's back garden - a place where people go to swim, hike, eat seafood alfresco, and otherwise escape the city. But besides the popular beaches and waterfront restaurants, there is an abundance of hidden attractions, and Lorette E. Roberts has discovered them for this book. In these pages you'll find rolling green hills, weekend junk trips, gambling grannies and pooches on parade; walled village houses and old film studios; Sung dynasty temples and rice farmers' implements; fish markets, folk museums and wakeboarding clubs; a Chinese herbalist's shop and the tools of ancient trades; sampan ladies, fleets of ferries, and ships of all shapes! Part of a series of best-selling books, Sketches of Sai Kung paints this beautiful area of Hong Kong in a new light., The Sai Kung Peninsula is Hong Kong's back garden - a place where people go to swim, hike, eat seafood, and otherwise escape the city. But besides the beaches and waterfront restaurants, there is an abundance of hidden attractions. In these pages you'll find rolling green hills, gambling grannies, and walled villages; Sung-dynasty temples and rice farmers' tools; fish markets, folk museums and wakeboarding clubs; a Chinese herbalist's shop, sampan ladies, fleets of ferries, and ships of all shapes

LC Classification NumberN6797