Lo Wu

2 June 2010 - Lo Wu is a place one always passes - but never stays. It is as far as one can go in Hong Kong before setting foot in the mainland. The major landmark is the Lo Wu railway bridge, where thousands of refugees and immigrants have crossed this bridge in the last century. The train connection with Guangzhou was only re-established in 1978, after it was discontinued when the communists took control power in China. Close to the railway crossing is the Lo Wu cemetery - the final resting places for many unclaimed bodies. Those on border patrol have repeatedly said they felt a strange, unseen presence around the area. Perhaps it is the grass rusting in the wind, perhaps it is something else.