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Our arrival, once more, in Hong Kong was in a fog -- or was it
pollution?. Naw, it was just cloudy and foggy. We were not surprised
to see the tall modern buildings (below) lining the harbor as we knew that
Hong Kong had been a major commerce center for a long time.
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| As soon as we stepped off the ship we
were in downtown Hong Kong. There was an art show only
a block or two from the harbor. |
And a McD's!! |
They had a very nice (fancy) tourist info
center (That's Lynda on the left getting directions). |
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| We're still next to the harbor --
a clock tower on the left, and, looking back, the Wasa Queen (a Swedish name???)
docked almost next to our ship. |
The underground passage to the metro. |
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| Soon we were at the station where we wanted to
get off and explore Hong Kong. |
Hey! They have a (Finnish) Sauna in Hong Kong!! |
Just a street scene. |
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| We passed by a church. |
And then through our first goal: a flower market. |
| Next we took a random walk through the streets
heading back towards the harbor and our ship. |
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| Live goldfish for sale -- in plastic bags. |
A typical apartment house. |
Just a peaceful park |
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And that pretty well ends our day in Hong Kong. Looking back,
we did not get very good photos of Hong Kong (except, see below)
as the city/island was very attractive in its own way. Our excuse
is that we simply didn't have enough time in port to do an
in-depth examination of the place. |
It turns out that each evening the city of Hong Kong puts on a laser
light show for visitors. Our ship was scheduled to leave soon after the
show so we, as well as nearly all other passengers, stayed on the ship
to try to photograph the spectacle. Besides, the top decks of our ship
turned out to be a fairly good viewpoint for the event.
Some of the laser beams were colored and I have some photos of green
lights (click here
to view) as well as some colored building lights
(view).
Next we go to Xiamen, China.
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