Klondike (AR 22) - Naval Cruise Book

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HONG KONG A city of impressions, leaves its mark on a sailor. Tailored suits, new cameras from the China Fleet Club, the Star Ferry, Kowloon night clubs, rain every day, the tramway, bearded sailors with British accents, warnings about rickshaw drivers, the look-alike concrete buildings, the left-hand driving, fleet landing, cheap prices, the crowded harbor, the water taxis, sidewalk vendors, junks, the smell of the Orient mixed with gasoline fumes, those big Hong Kong dollars and girls. That, was Hong Kong. « « «ps urn 5« ' trnrn «c- •11 •!■ The Laughing Buddha of Tiger Balm Gardens. A typical Hong Kong street scene. (Top left) Rickshaws are a common mode of transportation. (Left) A mother gives her baby a bath, curbside.

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c i f £■ ' %- -y- w ■ ' Z The Pearl of the Orient , as seen from atop Victoria Peak. It rains a lot in Hong Kong. Directing traffic, an everyday job for Hong Kong Police. tfONO KOWO

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r J ?i. A view of Kowloon from Star Ferry. Due to the refugees from Red Cliina, housing is a great problem. I ' ve heard of Cliinese laundries Jjefore. Now I ' ve seen one. i W Small countryside stilt village in the New Territories. v ' -lt» .J I l ' .? ♦ ' 34