Flint (AE 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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(ABOVE) Kaohsiung lies on one of the busiest sealanes in the Orient. In its harbor mingle ornate junks and modern super tankers. (LEFT) The men of 01 Division at Quarters for entering port. The harbor entrance is so narrow you think you can reach out and touch it while passing through. (ABOVE) A group of schoolchildren on their way home. Note the uniform for boys and girls. The school day is long, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., and discipline is exacting. (RIGHT) Taiwan is modern in many respects, but it is still China, preserving traditional modes of dress and lifestyle. The Taiwanese are very industrious and often find it simpler to use people power instead of machines.

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Busy Fleet Street, where sailors learn the art of haggling. FLINT Visits Kaohsiung Walk down a street in Kaohsiung, past noisy factory shops, the sound of smithy ' s hammer over- whelmed by the horns of cabs and the whine of motor bikes. Everyone seems busy and quite unconcerned with you until you stop to look at an item in a store window. The owner comes out smiling, and chances are his English is better than your Chinese. You point and he barks out a price you both know is too high. No way, no way , you say with your head and hands and start away but change your mind and quote a price much lower than his. Now it ' s his turn, gesturing about how unreason- able you are and coming down from his original price. You grab your chin, looking thoughtful, but think better of it and name a figure not far from his. It ' s up to him to split the difference and close the deal. If it happened any other way, someone would lose face. A sailor on liberty learns by meeting people. He sees the contrast between cultures and if he ' s wise, he doesn ' t compare them but tries to understand. Many of us were thoughtful as we left Kaohsiung. We ' d shopped and walked and seen as much as we could. But there ' s always so much more to learn.

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The skyline of Cebu, a provincial port with a Spanish flavor, a bustling, modern city in touch with its traditions. Threshing rice is a small factory outside Cebu City. Liberty In Cebu Cebu City lies in the middle of the Philippine archipelago. It is the center of inter-island trade as well as second largest city in the nation. Discovered by Magellan in 1521, Cebu was the starting point for Spanish expansion in the Far East. Now the churches she built are the only visible reminder of that long dead empire. Modern Cebu is a sprawling port, its docks crowded with foodstuffs to be loaded on tramp steamers that double as passenger vessels. Wood products are also a popular export item. The Cebuanos welcomed us with open arms and the chance to explore the island lured many men from the cit y to outlying farm villages. It was a chance to step into the heart of the country, a panorama of rice and sugar fields, grass huts and caribou-plows. As FLINT left Cebu we understood why she ' s called Queen City of the South . 48