Saturday, March 10, 2018

Report #68 Hong Kong, People's Republic of China March 9, 2018 Friday Sunny & 64 degrees Sailawy Part # 3 of 3 80 Pictures

The finale…..

 

Getting much cooler now

 

The escort boat

 

The other ship stayed behind

 

Difficult shot to capture

 

Guess they left later

 

HK island in the setting sun

 

New terminal was far from downtown

 

About done

 

Sun sitting on the rooftop

 

Moving fast

 

Perfect

 

Fading already

 

Disappeared behind the peaks

 

Hope that the MRT hooks up to this area soon

 

Reflections are nice too

 

Thought it was gone

 

Not quite

 

OK now

 

Slipping away

 

Darkness increased

 

Goodbye until next time

 

Leaving the harbor

 

Leaving the sun

 

Small marina at Kai Tak

 

There will be no stop here on the 2019 GWV

 

One of many cranes in the city

 

Day is almost done

 

Ship traffic

 

Permanently at anchor – probably a gambling ship

 

Pilot boat

 

Really getting chilly now

 

Looking at Kowloon Island

 

Shoreside building

 

Housing for many

 

Checking us out

 

Fishing boat marina

 

More housing

 

Some older vessels

 

Fishing boats

 

There’s the raptor once again

 

There were several birds following in our wake

 

Opportunists

 

Searching for easy food

 

Grab fish with their talons

 

Gliding for hours

 

Watched them until dark

 

Getting too dark now

 

Flying across the back of the ship

 

A waterfront village

 

Original settlers

 

Not sure how they survive typhoons

 

Fixing of the seawall

 

Precarious place to build

 

Suburbs

 

Nearing the end of the islands

 

Goodbye Hong Kong

 

Certainly not modern

 

Ancient cemetery with vertical coffins

 

Entire hillside of graves

 

Row after row of coffins

 

Pilot’s job is complete

 

Farewell to the old and the new

 

A peaceful place

 

The high rises never seem to stop

 

Going for a catch

 

Industrial now

 

Extended housing

 

Last of the birds

 

A much more up-to-date boat

 

Leaving the islands

 

Two days at sea now

 

The lights have come on

 

Sorry to have missed the nightly Light Show

 

Sailing south

 

A lighthouse

 

Built Chinese-style

 

Does not need height

 

Escort is leaving