Saturday, January 28, 2012
Mai Dao – the boat graveyard
We walked to the beach today, but went away from the beach and park, and went to a small island – Mai Dao – attached to the city by a very narrow road. The island appears to be a boat graveyard, and there are piles of ancient fishing boats. Perhaps they will all be revived again in the spring, perhaps this is where they will stay. Many did not look very seaworthy, with large holes in the hull. However, holes can be fixed, and even the fishing boats I have seen out on the water don't look like they could actually float.
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This makes me want to do some field work! I wonder if the Argentine navy p.o.s. vessel i was on in the Antarctic is still afloat? Probably not - it didn't look much better off that these boats.
ReplyDeleteSrsly these are my favorite pictures so far. If I had 7 months in China and a sketchbook I would spend all my time here. Piles of junk are the best inspiration.
ReplyDeleteI think I will try to go back there when the light is better. Really, it is about as strange as the moon there.
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