Coontz (DLG 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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TIGER BALM GARDEN VlCTORfA PEAK TRAM Hom Kom Most greenbacks traded hands in the tai- lor , CURIO, SILK, IVORY, EXOTIC WOOD AND JEWELRY SHOPS. CENTURIES OF ORIENTAL TRADE HAVE MADE HONG KONG AND KOWLOON , ACROSS THE HARBOR, THE CENTER OF FREE-WORLD CHIN- ESE COMMERCE. Fine BEACHES , TRIPS TO THE WORLD-FAMOUS FLOATING RESTAURANTS OF ABER- DEEN , AND A NIGHT LIFE THAT CATERS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SET ROUNDED OUT A MOST EN- JOYABLE VISIT TO THE Emerald Isle. PIGGY-BACK IN KOWLOON GLOUCESTER ROAD i ? v9ttl ' ' jffVvL ' ' i drit o r :: -- -«K3rr; p. lff f ' JUNKS UNDER SAIL FLOATING RESTAURANTS - ABERDEEN

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' (!• ' .n:? I ULLLii 2 1 REPULSE BAY CHINESE TEMPLE TIGER PAGODA Hom wn0 HONG KONG - GATEWAY TO THE ORIENT - AN IS- LAND LOCATED UNDER TH E NOSES OF Communist China BUT ONE OF the MOST IMPORTANT (AND FEW REMAIN- ING) COLONIES OF Great Britain, The popuu tion OF Hong Kong (the principle city is named Vic- toria BUT FEW CALL IT ANYTHING BUT HONG KONg) IS OVER 2 1 , ' ' 2 MILLION WHICH IS A SIZEABLE INCREASE FROM THE 500,000 INHABITANTSTHE ISLAND MUSTERED WHEN THE Japanese seized it in 1941 , COONTZ sailors swarmed to Victoria Peak AND Repulse Bay for the breath-taking views of the cities and a look at the sumptuous mansions ofthe Chinese, British, Americans , Indians, and French, Tiger Balm Gardens is a attraction few MISSED and cricket, HORSE - RACING, RUGBY, AND POLO WERE HIGH ON THE AGENDA FOR THE SPORTS ENTHUSIASTS . SHEK PAN STREET HONG KONG AT NIGHT DRAGON BOAT RACES

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BACK TO yOKO Returning TO YOKOSUKA was like meeting an old FRIEND after A LONG ABSENCE. A SHIP ' S PARTY (TWO DAYS WORTH SO EVERYONE COULD ATTEND), TOURS TO Tokyo, the world ' s largest city, and visits BY OFFICERS OF THE JAPANESE MARITIME SELF-DE- fense Force highlighted our second visit to the SEAPORT, ADM IRAL TOGO ' S 1904 FLAGSHIP i SUKIYAKl AT THE SUEHIRA TOKYO TOWER KANKO KOOL KATS CHOW HOUNDS A I IIIL I ' AriTY NOT TWIST, TANKO BUSH I