HKG - Shenzhen - HKG - LHR - NCE

In the middle of the night our Captain sneaked the ship from Junk Bay to a pier in the Modern Terminal Limited, which actually was a part of the new Container Terminal. We disembarked though without using the big cranes.
I was picked up by a socalled twin-city-cab, which was authorized to both Hong Kong and Shenzhen (two number plates both in the front and rear end). It took me to Shekou in Shenzhen where I visited my family. On the border we changed from driving in the left side of the road to the right side, like between Sweden and Norway approx 50 years ago, a little awkward, but it worked.

                                                        Here is a nice pier - we take that !

                                                First Clara the youngest have to go to school

                                                     Then it is time for Joachim !

                                            And finally Anna got to face the facts !

                                                              Then it is time for business

                                                                         not here !

                                                                    but here !

                                          Birk Danish Design - amber - amber - always amber

                                             With all those kids at school - you got to pay a little

                                                      Then meeting at the local "waterhole"

                                 by a coincidence all the colleagues from "Shenzhen Airlines"
                                           were there planning the next revolution - I think !

                                                        I did not know Ulrik had his own bar !

                                                    In the park just outside their flat !

                                                            The oysters comming in !

                                                    Finally the whole family together !

                        I am not sure that Ulrik knows that Mette has an extra job in the traffic police !
                        I think she has forgotten her uniform and without cap you get nowhere in China !

                                           Well  Anna and Mette did not know Ulriks Bar either !

I thank my wonderful family in Shekou for the very nice stay and hope they will continue to have a very nice time in China.

The trip back home with British Airways went on  without any surprises, so here I will stop my "block" for a while !

Finally Hong Kong

                                                    Between  China mainland and Hainan

                                                                    Is it mines or what ?

                                                          Fishing net between the mines

                                                                           village before

                                                                          village after

                                                           Kai Tak runway end has changed

 

                                                         Behind Star ferry terminal Kawloon

                                                           The tallest building on the island

Not much to see on the peak of Victoria

                                                                         The old Tram

                                  Something about round holes contre square holes - I did not get it

If you want to get pregnant white to the left

If you want to get rich black to the right

Simple

                                                                        It is cold

                                                              Round and square holes
 

If you look for it you can see a little white star

                                      

                                                                     Suspension bridge

                                            
                                                           Tallest building on the island

                                           Junke on its way to Junk Bay - like us

                                        
                                                   Here comes the cement to a new byilding !

Hongai – in the Gulf of Tonkin – 160 km north-east of Hanoi!

Finally we lie at anchor in Ha Long Bay outside Hongai, until now known for its coal-export harbour. After James Bond was here in a movie, the Ha Long Bay has been a tourist magnet and in 1994 UNESCO declared it a “natural heritage site of worldwide importance”. Today everybody in the area make a living from some sort of tourist service, and they like it much better than the hard work in the coal mines. They enjoy showing the tourists the picturesque Ha Long Bay from their Junk’s.

The temperature had dropped to 14 degrees C this morning and together with a strong breeze it felt like wintertime in the north. It was hard to remember that we had about 30 degrees C in Da Nang 2 days ago.

                                    
                                                                      Hue

                                                         Limestones in the water - Master

                                                                well on track - 4 more to go

                                                      well something is happening

                                                            He took the innercourse ?

                                                     I give up ! You got to rely on your Radar
                             

                                          next morning - we made it, but what are they doing ?
                                          trying to move us away or waiting for us to go on a tour
                                          in Ha Long Bay ?

                                              it is cold - it is blowing a gale - shall ? shall not ?

                                               Ok  we are vikings - even the above american !

                                                            Rear  -  sight

                                                             we are not alone !

                                                             They all go that way !

                               What is that ? a whole lot of Junks watching the roosters fight                     
                               or the chickens kiss ?   (we will be back later to find out) -

                                                           the ugly duckling ?

                                                 Well all the women agreed - it was a fallos !

   
                                              
                                                 but it was made of limestone - very hard !

                                               Old woman riding a dragon - I think

                                           you could choose you dinner there, but we went on !

                                               " Crys-Se " still there so do not worry

                                                  

                                            well there it is , but we got to line up in the queue

                                                  they are determined to keep their position
                                                   we go around !

   
                                                       

                                            well not too bad, but are they kissing or fighting
                                            Well the women are sure they are kissing,

                but the local guide - the judge - decides they are fighting.