之後,是junior patient & junior doctor的探險日!吃了最好味道的沙律,從香港公園一直行到上環,喝過好喝的咖啡、坐在路旁茶餐廳遊玩、大清新Kat醫生買了蛋撻吃、小清新貓小姐把鱷魚袋貓睡褲帶回家、走過很多很多條古樓梯、遇上熱情小狗兒、在古樹下為街道彈鋼琴、跟金色的街貓兒們握過手、不斷驚歎太陽光的美。然後沿老樹間的山路找到了泳棚,是最適合我倆的探險點,因為我們都愛游泳,特別是習慣游Hampstead Heath池塘的羅醫生,不可以不在硫磺海峽的巨大白浪花間野泳一次吧。泳棚流行於二十世紀初,收費廉宜。所謂泳棚其實是海面上一條小橋,方便泳客下水。部份泳棚附設小賣部和更衣室。由於當年香港社會的經濟不富裕,泳棚提供泳衣租用服務,女裝泳衣租金三毫子,男裝泳褲更便宜。硫磺海峽是香港海峽之一,位於青洲、小青洲及香港島區之間。青洲上有兩個漂亮的白燈塔,分別建於1875 及1901年、很多十九世紀末二十世紀初的香港遊記和旅遊書都有提及它。不知道那邊的海浪聲是否都是如此動聽?
"Rounding the corner towards Hongkong will be seen some of the forts which have been planned on a scale of thoroughness little dreamed of to protect Hongkong in time of need. These are appropriately known as the Belcher forts. Green Island is a picture worthy of any film. Here there is a lighthouse directing the course for incoming steamers and on top of its sugar-loaf fern-covered heights is a signalling station. The only inhabitant is the light-keeper and he is "King" of a territory the whole of which can be viewed from its summit. In front of the nearly violin shaped opal green sheet of water known as Pokfulam reservoir...“ (Information for travellers landing at Hong Kong, c.1921)
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