Seminole (AKA 104) - Naval Cruise Book

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We sailed fhrough the narrow Sfiirniniiiiuelri Sfraifs info fhe prefly Inland Sei-1 of Japan fo Bep. pu where fhe Japanese play, We enjoyed sfeiirn bafhs in niifurally heafed wafer piped from fhe sfeaming pools fhaf lie in fhe hills beyond fhe c.ify. And l-long Kong! Everyone insisfed fhaf his failor was fhe besf in fown, fhaf his maferials were sfriffly Brifish, and fhaf his prices were fhe very loweuf. There are ofher fhings abouf Hong Kong which we shall never forgef-Qfhe riclcshaws, fhe crowded Chinese disfricfs and fhe overf crowded refugee sefflemenfs, fhe old iunlcs ply- ing fheir way in fhe sparkling green harbory fhe side cleaners, fhe Tiger Balm Gardens, fhe sfraighf Chinese police direcfing fraffic. Who will ever forgef fhe view from fhe peak? And who will ever forgef fhe slim Chinese girls and fheir well-splif slcirfs?

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