Tung Ping Chau - Chau Pui Traditional Cache
Tung Ping Chau - Chau Pui
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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 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.
Wave-cut platform
The cache is hidden near a place named Chau Pui (Chinese Meaning: Back of Tung Ping Chau). You can see a very large wave-cut platform here.
A wave-cut platform is the narrow flat area often found at the base of a sea cliff or along the shoreline of a lake, bay, or sea that was created by the action of waves. Wave-cut platforms are often most obvious at low tide when they become visible as huge areas of flat rock.
The Cache is a 520ml lock n lock box next to the cliff. Be careful!
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)
Arkg gb gur pyvss