Mobile Phone Cliff in Hong Kong

Mobile Phone Cliff, Hong Kong
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Mobile Phone Cliff in Hong Kong We visited a very special and little known, almost a hidden sight in Hong Kong called Mobile Phone Cliff. Local people don't usually tell foreigners about it and we found the place quite accidentally when looking for a vegetable market. It was fascinating.

Mobile Phone Cliff in Hong Kong Stressed people go to the cliff to throw away their mobile phones into the sea. Here is Päivi trying to spot some deserted phones.

People come to the world famous Mobile Phone Cliff to throw their mobile phones into the sea in Hong Kong. Life can be really stressing in the metropolis. It is not just pollution or elevated suicide rates, but also rage against various gadgets taking over peoples' lives. We met one Hong Kong couple, Matilda and Chris, just after they had got rid of their mobile phones.

People come to the world famous Mobile Phone Cliff to throw their mobile phones into the sea in Hong Kong. All kinds of mobile phones are thrown away, even the most expensive ones. We saw the following wet apparatus floating in the sea. Hong Kong children often come to the beach down the cliff during low tide to collect mobile phones. They dry the batteries and sell them to a local electronics shop, Mongkok Fortress, to earn pocket money.

People come here to throw their mobile phones into the sea. Oh, and happy 1st of April!

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