Description
Bride’s Pool Falls and Nature area’s name comes from a legendary incident where a bride, while being carried to her wedding, died after being flung out of her sedan chair over a waterfall when one of her porters lost his footing. It is beautiful and wild area where one can find a biodiversity unmatched in other large urban metropolises.
The sublime beauty of its mountainous jungle slopes, filled with a chorus of returning spring birds perched among vibrant flowers and green leaves, is contrasted against distinctive and rhythmic howls of Ferraris, Ducati, modded Subaru and Hondas as they deftly manoeuvre along the precipitous curves of Bride’s Pool’s jungle track. Mostly “boy racers” whose need for speed has unfortunately caused many to succumb to the road’s treacherous curves that divide two of Hong Kong’s largest unspoilt green spaces.
This series of lampposts set against this lush green jungle mark just a few of the numerous accidents sites and deaths that have occurred on Brides Pool Road over the years. The area is known as one of Hong Kong’s ‘ghostly’ regions due to the unusual concentration of fatalities that have occurred within its boundaries. These recently replaced lampposts and the fresh cement that anchors them serve as ‘memento mori’ tracing and anchoring these events.
The patches of grey cement at their bases and shiny posts they hold up also serve as timelines, slowly fading to blend in with the old under the intense unyielding tropical sun. Exploring the surrounding mountain sides and drainage ditches surrounding the posts reveals relics of bumpers, badges, and engine parts from abundant crashes that still remain, slowly being swallowed up by the jungle.
