Metro: SCENERY: Lei Tung

On the South Island Line, Lei Tung metro station is the entrance to Aberdeen (香港仔) and Ap Lei Chau (鸭脷洲), a small fishing village. Moreover, Lei Tung metro station is one of a few metro stations that were built just near coasts and sea (most scenery spots have to be attained by buses and ferries.)

Lei Tung metro station embodies the similar interiors of other stations on the same line: white and station color celling, murals and rather small floor spaces.

(Orange is the station color, so the celling is white and orange, while the celling in Ocean Park is blue and white, South Horizons green and white)

(South Horizons' celling and mural)

Murals are different in Lei Tung. Lei Tung has the summative mural of all the five stations (including Admiralty), telling the history of the establishment of the South Island Line from 2011-2016.

Furthermore, it is the only station I have ever seen that has benches on the exit. Although the distance between the exit A and the metro station is long (5-minute walk), the same case occurs in the metro station of HKU without any benches. It is quite considerate, I suppose.

Going out of Exit A1, I arrived Ap Lei Chau. Ap Lei Chau has great scenery of fishing village and coast, as well as relatively low living cost (compared to other parts on Hong Kong Island, the average costs were like those in New Territories:)

The street nameplates are really helpful for self-help visitors (like me, who travelled alone and did not know anything about Lei Tung and Ap Lei Chau before) and the prices of food are quite cheap.

Fishing boats scattered on the water and a few people were fishing. Ap Lei Chau is known as a fishing village therefore the parks are designed according to the fishing theme. Moreover, as most fishing villages act in China, Ap Lei Chau also has the special temple dedicating to the goddess of sea.

BTW, an interestingly designed public toilet.