Lost in Hong Kong

Sampan house boat

Junket fishing boat

 We drove up to Victoria Peak yesterday to get a view from above of all of Hong Kong and all we saw was fog as thick as pea soup. We took a cruise around the harbor in a sampan. They are small house boats used many years ago, but now used for tourism. I can’t imagine what life was like with a family on board and all my earthly possessions. Along the way we encountered some junkets which are fishing boats. They have to have a special permit to fish in the China Sea. In many ways Hong Kong is still separate from China. One of them is that they have their own currency although the exchange rate is just about the same. 

View from my balcony of the harbor 

Convention Center 

We are currently pulling out of the port of Hong Kong. A pilot from Hong Kong hops on to our ship to guide us out of the harbor and a tug boat sticks by our side to keep us in the deepest channel. 

Tug boat