Sha Lo Wan (Chinese: 沙螺灣) is a bay in the northwest Lantau Island, Hong Kong. The bay faces north to Hong Kong International Airport. The area is occupied by indigenous inhabitants. There is no road access to area and thus their communication is on foot or by ferry. Because of its inconvenience to urban area, villages in the area are suffered from depopulation. Only old generation lives in these villages.
Villages in the area include Sha Lo Wan Tsuen (沙螺灣村, "Sha Lo Wan Village"), Sha Lo Wan San Tsuen (沙螺灣新村, "Sha Lo Wan New Village") and Sha Lo Wan Chung Hau (沙螺灣涌口).
Famous quotes containing the word wan:
“bacterial creepers
Wriggling through wounds
Like elvers in ponds,
Their wan mouths kissing the warm sutures,
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Creeping and healing.”
—Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)