Art/Lit at Ling Ding Island?

[pauls]

As title. Where about on the island are there historic highlights and how can I travel to Ling Ding Island?

[studentyoung]

First, there are two Ling Ding Islands:

one is “Inner Ling Ding Island / Neilingding Island 内伶仃岛”, which is adjacent to Shenzhen;

http://www.szmangrove.com/englist.asp

the other is “Outer Ling Ding / Wailingding Island外伶仃岛”, which is near the estuary of the Pearl River.

http://www.okzhuhai.com/mytravel/freetravel/dx03english.htm

I hope these materials can help you a bit. What’s more, they are just for reference.

I know one famous poem 《过伶仃洋》 by 文天祥 in Song Dynasty,

辛苦遭逢起一经，干戈寥落四周星。

山河破碎风飘絮，身世浮沉雨打萍。

惶恐滩头说惶恐，伶仃洋里叹伶仃。

人生自古谁无死，留取丹心照汗青！

Thanks!

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严重抱歉，昏了头了，记错了！嘻嘻！谢谢Skylee帮我斧正了！

[skylee]

The poem was written by 文天祥 (Wen Tianxiang), NOT 辛棄疾 !!!

[confucius]

I know of 2 ways to visit Ling Ding island.

There is the official ferry to Ling Ding island from Zhuhai and you can also hire a private vessel from Hong Kong's Aberdeen port to take you there for a haircut.

[pauls]

There is no way I am going to Zhu Hai just for an official Ferry to Ling Ding Island. I live pretty much 5-10 minutes away from Aberdeen.

Questions

1. Which boats will take me to Ling Ding Island? i.e. Old lady on Junk?

2. How much will this cost me?

3. Is it true that they only look at your HK ID card and not bother with China Visa BS?

4. Which Island is the touristy- historic area and which is the "haircut" zone?

[pauls]

Oh Yes, and I forgot to ask:

Is there a faster direct way back to Hong Kong from Ling Ding without having to stop somewhere to change ships? (For both Islands)

How far apart are the inner and outer islands?