Essex (CVS 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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,f M, 5 V 'Q ' ' ' , rn, I H, W KdfdCl'll, pakistan oe-14 November i6-18 November 22-23 November AfTer an impaTienT forTy-five minuTe boaT -ride To Fleef Landing in Karachi The impression of dissimularify be- Tween old and new was shocking and immediaTe. While The ciTy is known, in The Arab counTries, for iTs modern buildings, wide avenues, parks and gardens-iTs Tleer of camel carTs', crowded bazaars, pavemenT quacks, snake charmers and faiTh healers depicT a picTure Torn ouT ofa mediaeval seTTing. In Karachi's fashionable hoTels some of us enioyed a meal cooked by an lralian chef, served by a Swiss headwairer while waTching an experT Parisian cabareT. Some Essex men Took advanTage of The fine sand beaches like Cliffon, Hawkes Bay, Sandspif and Buleii. The Karachi Zoo may have disappoinTed The spoiled New Yorkers accusTomed To The ampliTude of The Bronx Zoo buT iT held many unexpecred surprises including a Kiwi from AusTralia. A sfeady sTream of Essex personnel refurned from The well sfocked shops groaning under heavy brass obiecfs, beauTifully carved wooden uTensils and in aT leasT one case, a cushion cured in urine which has a lamenTable odor when dampened. Remembering Thor Karachi was a fishing village nor so many years ago and now possesses over Two million inhabiTanTs, we shall have sTories To Tell of sTrange lands To our families in Yonkers, ,Cicero and The Big Sur. 9 J 1

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