Cook (FF 1083) - Naval Cruise Book

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HONG KONG A thousand .-ampaiis and jiiiik- -lidc precariously, and seeminfily unaware, between the massive freighters and merchant ships that enter and depart con- stantly from llic crown colon ot Honj; Kont;. The iniprcssixe skvline of ii Iniia. nio(lcrni?tic and flavored with the architecture of its Chinese descent, i Mended into the endless beauty of Hong Kong ' s mountainous terrain. ' u- torias seething populace cieates an air of nnsuppressed excitement making Hong Kong one of the most outstanding ports in the Eastern Hemisphere. Z

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OKINAWA Fringed by coral reefs, warmed l)y a tropical sun. and engulfed hy the China Sea to tlic west and the I ' acilic Ocean to the east, lie the one Imndred and iortv volcanic island- ol ihc l iik a. OiiU iort ei ;lil ot llic-c i lands are populated and ainonu tlio c the laiize-t and nio-1 important i- the inland of Okinawa. The history of Okinawa lies embedded with the memories of bloodshed and liearlacjics. Vet Irom this emerges a sereinty and beautv puri- fied bv distinguished nu)untaius and rambling hills that are maiketl by ter- races, cliffs and ra ines. vt v-tt