Ta Prohm Terrace, Luk Teng Chan Uk, Hong Kong, August 2017

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1. The History
This is a revisit for me – called it Ta Prohm Terrace first time around due to similarities with ruins I saw in Angkor Wat, Cambodia, when I went there. It is a long terrace of old houses just outside the village of Luk Teng Chan Uk in the North East of the New Territories. I could find no history then and can find no history now!

2. The Explore
When I visited this place two years ago it had been newly cleared of vegetation and a street ran down the front of this long row of traditional houses. See here:

21168678486_8e165ca685_b.jpgimg0865 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Imagine to my surprise on my return that the whole site was completely overgrown again with a marsh in front of it. Front access was not an option.

36968815665_a52c9f3b77_b.jpgimg1886 by HughieDW, on Flickr

As the site is now seriously reclaimed by nature:

36968851385_7536479072_b.jpgimg1885 by HughieDW, on Flickr

After sliding down a bank I managed to get round the back of the row of houses and start taking pictures. It was like a scene out of tomb-raider in there. These are very old houses that have been abandoned for a very long time. Very, very photogenic but difficult conditions to get good pictures.

3. The Pictures

Here’s the stream/marsh that has appeared in front of the terrace:

36797387722_c6b2cf0d69_b.jpgimg1900 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Round the side we go:

36797355002_f84e1e131a_b.jpgimg1902 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Not much left of this place:

36133185454_27af7495e7_b.jpgimg1903 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Obligatory abandoned pot:

36828512251_7b3c1efd08_b.jpgimg1905 by HughieDW, on Flickr

The vegetation round the back is intense:

36780851086_a561483263_b.jpgimg1908 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36968318245_4bdce87e60_b.jpgimg1923 by HughieDW, on Flickr

This place would have been a sizeable house:

36780813026_984f65e23f_b.jpgimg1909 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36828438561_e856eb74b6_b.jpgimg1913 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36133032164_c2e2c6fb55_b.jpgimg1914 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Fan of this place:

36968434075_dac06dc60e_b.jpgimg1915 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36968405245_dedc553cec_b.jpgimg1918 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36159526923_9e733dce09_b.jpgimg1922 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36797012632_36b4752a75_b.jpgimg1924 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36968208115_057dbee4df_b.jpgimg1925 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36159286603_326e5b2026_b.jpgimg1927 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36796779972_333f6863c7_b.jpgimg1930 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36827962281_44e2f99669_b.jpgimg1933 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36827912661_99e2fa1067_b.jpgimg1937 by HughieDW, on Flickr
 
Must have been really difficult trying to get close to take decent shots. This looks like to me some kind of poor housing going by the simple construction of the cabinet - butt joinery.
 
another fantastic report from here mate.really love this one with nature takng hold of this one
 

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