March 12, 2012

Tai O Heritage Hotel Hong Kong

Tai O Heritage Hotel was the old Tai O Police Station which built to prevent pirates attacks. Under a historical building revitalisation project, the official Grade II historic building has become a 9-room boutique hotel.

















The hotel organised a number of tours to introduce its history to the public before grand opening. My friend and me attended one on weekday. We this jetboat shuttle to the hotel from Tai O bus station. HK$10 for a 2-min ride. An alternative is 20-min walk for free. Time is valuable, right?

















A guy was for defensive use but now is for decoration.






















From an abandon building to a beautiful colonial style hotel. Examine the building carefully to find out bullet marks.
 

















































One of modern and cozy rooms. I would spend a night here.


















A small room for temporary detention of suspects.
 





















This water lily pound was built by a naughty policeman as  a punishment of offensive behavior against superior.

















A hotel restaurant provides dishes with Tao O specialists. 






















A drawing about traditional festival and customs from a Tao O artist.

















This revitalisation project was not limited to building renovation. It linked up the history and local community closely for the local people involved deeply during the revitalisation, say some people provided photos of the past and some recorded interesting stories in video.  Moreover, it provides job opportunities to local Tai O people. The project has demonstrated a warm and humanistic interaction between human and environment. Hope there are more successful revitalisation projects in the near future.

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