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and Ying Ying. The atoll reef with layers of sea life, the shark tunnel and eerie jellyfish dis-
plays are also crowd pleasers.
Repulse Bay
Continuing around the coast in a counter-clockwise direction, Deep Water Bay offers a good
beach and harbours. The next inlet is
Repulse Bay
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, a sandy crescent backed by
green hills and busy with day-trippers. Notice the massive wall of condominiums, built in
the 1980s. Apparently the developers left the space in the middle for good
feng shui
- to en-
able the mountain's 'dragon spirit' to retain access to the sea.
Stanley
Stanley
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was once one of the main fishing villages on the island.
Stanley Market
(
www.hk-stanley-market.com
;
10am-6pm) is well known for its clothes bargains in
'Western sizes' - plus plenty of souvenirs. The waterfront is lined with restaurants and bars,
many of them with sea-view balconies. A few minutes' walk along the bay are
Stanley
Plaza
shopping mall and historic
Murray House
. The latter, built in Central in 1844, dis-
mantled in 1982, and rebuilt here in 1999, houses the
Hong Kong Maritime Museum
(
www.hkmaritimemuseum.org
;
Tue-Fri and Sun 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-7pm; charge) which
tells the story of shipping in Hong Kong.
