Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Visual stimulation overload . . .

We're very busy, stopping at new ports almost every day now.  For this bit we are going to include lots of photos, but only make very short comments.

Manila, Philippines -  Port Greeting



JeepneyStreet Vendor

Very Catholic City - Beautiful church.

The Manila Hotel Lobby

Mani/pedi anyone?

 Contrasts - Along Manila Bay










The Mall of Asia - Largest mall in SE Asia.

Hong Kong, China - Entering Hong Kong Bay


Port Greeting 

Morning tea break.





Dry food and herbal market; i.e., the wholesale medication district.






Fish for dinner?





Man Mo Temple















The Peak and a poodle fix.







Needs no explanation.






Wall-to-wall skyscrapers., set against Aberdeen, the one remaining floating village.









Repulse Bay - Very exclusive area.


JUMBO , the floating restaurant, accessible only by boat.




The flower market.

Pooches with shoes!



The Bird Market

H&M, Hong Kong

    The news stand.



Hanoi, Viet Nam - No Port Greeting








Traffic moves in all directions simultaneously and there are no traffic lights.






Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam - UNESCO World Heritage Site





Land masses are too steep to build on so small floating villages are the norm.

Begging along side of the Silver Spirit.








Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr . . .









Saigon, Viet Nam - At Port in the Container Port (1 hour outside of Saigon)

Skyscraper complete with helipad.


The Post Office, designed by Gustave Eiffel.



 The night market.














The Ao Dai - traditional Vietnamese dress.

The night market and street food - looked and smelled great - should have eaten there.








Still Saigon - The Mekong Delta

 










A stop for some fresh fruit and then lunch, which included  local Elephant Fish.































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