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Page 99 text:
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Ue arnved m the British Crown Colony of Hong Kons; on the morning of Januar 5th and moored to a buoy about half way between the island city of ictoria and the mainland city of Kowloon. Traditionally the high spot of a cruise, we expected to take full advantage of the renowned shopping paradise in our six day isit. We were fortunate enough to return again to Hong Kong in April, and hastened to retrace old paths and to strike out on some new ones The unique combination of oriental people speaking with a ver British sounding English- nckshaws and shining black Mercedes sedans: abject poverty and contrasting, the thriving busv tailors whose products were perhaps the most popular bargain-all made Hong Kong an imagina- tion «hich might have come to life from a dream.
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Page 98 text:
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In, 111 he great seaport of Japan, Vokohaina. uas our ha cn for the istiuas hoHdays. Its famous Chinatoun «Ith numerous nisjht :s provided ample entertaimiient. In addition we were once in close to Tokyo, 17 miles to the northeast. The long cab ride Yokohama ' s downtown district from North Pier took us lugh a good cross section of urban Japan. hopping here was an attraction. The great variety of silk and :ades available here enabled us to get a head start on the etus of shopping that would take place in Hong Kong, our t port. Yokohama, being Japan ' s largest trade port, had a ety of other goods and products which ranged from optical ipment to tool kits. bout the ship, Christinas activities (page 145) kept us busy, trimmed the ship from stem to stem with lights, trees and a vity scene. When we were all dressed up for the season we rtaincd the children of .American scr ice men stationed here.
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Page 100 text:
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Shopping and sight seeing amid ictorian, Oriental and Modern structured Kowloon and Hong Kong kept us busy. To the mainland side on the Star Ferry and by omnibus out to the seetninglv plush apartments, which actually are resettlement houses whose twelve foot square rooms may house twenty people, then back again to the ictoria side we treaked. An amazmg sight, the floating sampan-citv of .Aberdeen and the children, who perhaps had recently escaped from behind the Bamboo Curtain, left vivid impressions.
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