Repulse Bay, Hong Kong

Repulse Bay (淺水灣) is an area in the southern part of Hong Kong Island, located in the Southern District, Hong Kong. Repulse Bay Beach (淺水灣泳灘) is one of the best beach in Hong Kong. Repulse Bay, Hong Kong - Photo taken 30 May 2002 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Repulse Bay, Hong Kong - Photo taken 30 May 2002 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The night view of the Island side as seen from the Kowloon side - the opposite side of the Victoria Harbour Hong Kong Island (香港島, colloquially the Island side) is the island where the colonial settlement of the Hong Kong territory, Victoria City, was founded. ... The Southern District (南區) is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. ...

Repulse Bay Beach

Repulse Bay is a well-known beautiful bay with its long line of coast and smooth sands. It is a Grade 1 beach. This means that the water quality of the Beach is good. Also there are seldom huge waves chasing on to the beach. As a result, Repulse Bay is an ideal place for swimming. Patterns in the sand Sand is an example of a class of materials called granular matter. ... A wave is a disturbance that propagates, carrying energy. ... 90 mile beach Australia A beach or strand is a geological formation consisting of loose rock particles such as sand, shingle, cobble, or even shell along the shoreline of a body of water. ... Swimming is the method by which living creatures move themselves through water in a method not involving simply walking on the bottom. ...

In 1841 the bay was used as a base by pirates and caused serious concern to foreign merchant ships trading with China. The pirates were subsequently repulsed by the British Fleet and hence the name. 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... A pirate digging for treasure. ... Cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship that carries goods and materials from one port to another. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ...

Near the Bay, there are fast food shops and restaurants for people to have their meals. Also, it is a good place for family or friends gathering because of its barbecue sites. There is also a supermarket for people to buy what they want. People need not worry about being hungry after playing for a long time on the Bay and they need not bring too many things when travelling to the Bay. Fast food is food prepared and served quickly at a fast-food restaurant or shop at low cost. ... Look up shop in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A shop is an enclosed location where a specific activity is carried out. ... Toms Diner, a restaurant in New York made familiar by Suzanne Vega and the television sitcom Seinfeld A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to be consumed on the premises. ... A meal is an instance of eating, specifically one that takes place at a specific time and includes specific, prepared food. ... A member of the Airpork Crew barbecue team prepares pork shoulder at the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest. ... Exterior appearance of typical supermarket (Safeway Inc. ... Travel is the transport of people on a trip or journey. ...

Besides swimming, the large statues of two goddesses, Kwun Yum and Tin Hau, are worthwhile seeing. A goddess is a female deity, in contrast with a male deity known as a god. A great many cultures have goddesses, sometimes alone, but more often as part of a larger pantheon that includes both of the conventional genders and in some cases even hermaphroditic (or gender neutral) deities. ... Kuan Yin (Pinyin: Guanyin; also written Kwan Yin or in other variants which hyphenate or remove the space between the two words) is the bodhisattva of compassion as venerated by East Asian Buddhists. ... Matsu (媽祖, pinyin: Māzǔ, Wade-Giles: Ma-tsu, lit. ...

With the above merits of Repulse Bay, many tourists and local people are attracted to it. A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ...

Transport

Repulse Bay is served by Repulse Bay Road, which connects Wong Nai Chung Gap Road and Tai Tam Road. It is very convenient for people to travel to Repulse Bay as many vehicles can reach the Bay such as bus no. 6, 6A, 6X, 260 from Central. It is also easy for private vehicles to get parking places there. Tai Tam Road (大潭道) in Hong Kong, links between Chai Wan and Stanley, on Hong Kong Island. ... The night view of the Central as viewed from Tsim Sha Tsui on the opposite side of the Victoria Harbour Central (Chinese: 中環; Jyutping: zung1 waan4; Cantonese IPA: ; Pinyin: Zhōnghuán) is an area located in Central and Western District, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. ...

See also

• Beaches of Hong Kong
• List of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong

Hong Kong has a long coastline which is full of twists and turns with many bays and beaches. ... The following is a list of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong: List of the 18 districts of Hong Kong, with a partial list of their sub-areas and streets Hong Kong Island Central and Western Central Admiralty Kennedy Town Mid-levels Sai Ying Pun Shek Tong Tsui Sheung...

External Links

• Mondophoto.net - 579 Public Domain photos of Hong Kong and Repulse Bay