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Forgotten at Home, Hong Kong’s Iconic Junks Sail on in Foreign Waters

  • by Ryan Ho Kilpatrick
  • Posted on December 5, 2018
  • Islands

Hong Kong’s Outcast Islands

  • by Ryan Ho Kilpatrick
  • Posted on August 21, 2018
  • Islands

Hong Kong’s Disappearing Islands

  • by Ryan Ho Kilpatrick
  • Posted on August 1, 2018
  • Islands

On the Far Edge of Hong Kong, Unexpectedly Thriving Coral Reefs

  • by Ryan Ho Kilpatrick
  • Posted on July 4, 2018July 4, 2018
  • Eurasians

No Mixed Blood, No Mixed Bones

  • by Ryan Ho Kilpatrick
  • Posted on June 8, 2018
  • Marine conservation

There’s Something Fishy About China’s Salmon

  • by Ryan Ho Kilpatrick
  • Posted on May 30, 2018June 8, 2018
  • Marine conservation

Pressure Mounts to Take Blue Shark Off the Menu

  • by Ryan Ho Kilpatrick
  • Posted on May 24, 2018May 24, 2018

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Just one of the many scenic swimming spots in the rivers and streams of Hualien county, on the doorstep of Taroko Gorge and Carp Lake.
Taiwan's eastern coast stands at the fringes of the continetal shelf. Whereas the waters of the Taiwan Strait on the western coast reach no deeper than 60 meters, here they plunge down to 4km, giving the deep, dark waters of the Kuroshio Current (the "Black Stream") their ominous sobriquet. Beyond the horizon, 10,000km of untinteruppted, open ocean separates us from the Pacific coast of North America. It truly feels like standing on the edge of the world.
In the era of social distancing, my Instagram feed remains unchanged.
Keelung walks featuring the unique wave-cut landscapes of Heping Island, the colourful houses lining Zhengbin Fishing Port, ruins of the turn-of-the-century Agena Shipyard, a Shinto temple turned martyrs’ shrine, and the Qing-dynasty Ershawan Fort that fought to repel French invasion.
Reconnecting with the sea in Keelung, my new home as my coronavirus exile continues.
Exploring the wilds of Yilan County, ancestral home of Taiwan‘s aboriginal Kavalan tribe until aggressive colonisation by Han Chinese from Fujian at the turn of the 19th century forced them down into Hualien.

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