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400D, canon, ferry, hong kong, IFC, lamma island, victoria harbour
Discovery Bay Ferry Leaving Central Piers – 2010, originally uploaded by The Lady of the Lens.
Living in Lamma Island requires me to take the ferry every time I decide to take a break from paradise. The scene in the photo above greets me every time I go into town to do some serious shopping and hobnobbing. Isn’t it beautiful? But not long ago this scene was a saving grace to me more than it was a thing of beauty. Because soon as I see the IFC building from the Lamma ferry window, I knew that it would only be a few minutes more until I reached safety and stable ground. You see, I’m famous for my motion sickness. I can hardly go to Baguio without throwing up sometime during the journey. So you can just imagine my hesitation and fear when my husband, my beloved, sweet husband, decided to settle us in Lamma Island.
But since HK was to be one of my many adventures with my husband, I decided to stow away my fears and hop on that ferry to our island paradise. So, after 2 years of hopping in and out of ferries I no longer have to shut my eyes and force myself to sleep every time it leaves the dock. I also no longer stumble and wobble my way off the pier every time I get off a ferry like a drunkard.
Talk about small personal victories.
