Point Cruz (CVE 119) - Naval Cruise Book

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. . . Hongkong in the fall is -a beautiful city. On one side the peninsula of Kowloon stretches out white into the harbor, and on the other, Victoria rises abrupt into the city that covers the m-ountain. ln the mornings the hills are covered with white mist. But by mid- day the mist has settled to the ground and the heat begins. We took the tour of the island again to see the Tiger Balm Gardens and Repulse Bay. A-nd in the evening we ate at the Parisian Grill. Then the days were spent in buy- ing. Over a glass of beer the Canton- ese shopgirls and the Indian salesmen unfolded before us roll after roll of fine wool. And in a small shop there was jade and fine ivory carving. On board it was the same for one day. Open- house -and it was bedlam. The hang- ar deck became a Hongkong street. There was so much to take in and re- member-s-ome to be forgotten: Mary Sue, and the side cleaners: the pick- pocket signs on the ferry boats: the suit that didn't fit. And the rest and recreation period ended too soon- some of us were still getting our suits altered-and we headed back to Korea for one last trip-or two-or three to lnchon and the Yellow Sea.