Water pollution contributed to its demise. Lease are given up back to the Government and building structures demolished.

From GoogleEarth, one can see its scale by its tell tale remnants.

With GoogleEarth, we manage to plot our course by connecting dots of white roofs peeking through dense trees canopy seen under satellite. The course or path is then downloaded into our handheld GPS.

It led us first to a swing.

Then a lovely house

Finally a sweeping view from the remaining sluice gate, also a prime spot for bird watching.

Natural swamps are an important spawning grounds for fishes and with young fishes finding easy refuge. The sluice gates continues today as barriers. At low tide, the remaining fish are easily caught by fishermen casting fine nets.

The government should consider demolishing them to bring life back to our natural swamps.

You can also find tide tables prediction for the whole year here.

For campers, its useful also to know about moon rises and moon phases (linked right). We look forward to moonless nights where me get to see stars and exploring the island with flashlights.

Picture by Andy Ho.

Dragon tail vine under full moon.

The stakes were built during the last financial criss to keep illegal immigrants from swimming in. They could wade in during low tide. But most would rather fly by air and overstay instead.

Reminds me of the famous Maginot Line