‘Dense jungle’? Not on the Lamma Island I remember

‘Thousands arrive every weekend to walk across Lamma Island, often wearing flip-flops and carrying buckets and spades.’ Photograph: Alamy

Jungle-filled island? Seriously? I thought I was reading about a different island from the one I’d lived on for eight years when I read Nicholas Binge’s report of life and the challenges of starting a family on Lamma Island, off the coast of Hong Kong (Giant spiders, snakes and storms: what could go wrong with having a baby on a remote, jungle-filled island?, 28 April).

I never came across the “dense jungle” he refers to. The island is criss-crossed by well-maintained, wide paths that allow easy access for delivery and emergency vehicles.