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Should I Go to Hong Kong or Taiwan for a Week? Unseen Wonders Await

1. Tai O: Hong Kong's Stilt-House Village

Tai O Fishing Village, Hong Kong

One of Hong Kong's last strongholds of traditional stilt-house communities, Tai O offers a rare glimpse into a vanishing way of life.

2. High Island Reservoir East Dam: Supervolcano's Legacy

Sai Kung UNESCO Global Geopark, Hong Kong

Gigantic hexagonal rock columns here are remnants of a supervolcano eruption 140 million years ago, a geological marvel.

3. Ping Shan Heritage Trail: Clan Legacy

Yuen Long, Hong Kong

Follow Hong Kong's first heritage trail to discover a 700-year legacy of the Tang Clan, one of the territory's oldest and most influential families.

4. Sanxia Old Street: Indigo's Baroque Past

Sanxia District, New Taipei City, Taiwan

This beautifully preserved Baroque-style street was once the vibrant heart of Taiwan's natural indigo dye production.

5. Lukang's Molu Lane: The 'Breast-Touching' Alley

Lukang, Changhua County, Taiwan

Lukang's infamous 'Molu Lane' is so narrow it was designed to literally deter thieves and make people 'feel each other's chests' as they passed.

6. Houtong Cat Village: Feline Revival

Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan

This former coal mining village, once on the brink of abandonment, was spectacularly revitalized by a community of stray cats.

7. Sheung Yiu Village: Hakka History Preserved

Sai Kung Country Park, Hong Kong

Deep within Sai Kung Country Park lies Sheung Yiu, a 19th-century Hakka walled village, preserved almost perfectly as a window into a self-sufficient farming past.

8. Cijin Island's Black Sand Beach: River's Gift

Cijin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Cijin Island's unique black sand beach isn't from volcanic activity, but from the natural erosion of basalt rocks carried down from the mountains.

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