Pridal-aventure: Pridal - Aventure dag 123 og 124

To Nagasaki 123 og 124.

To Nagasaki Japan at Sea dag 123.

Left Shanghai dag 122, kl. 1300 and kl. 2000 the harbor-pilot left CrySy.

The pier was on the left side of the narrow river Huangpu.

As they Navigate the ships to the right side of the river, we had to cross over to get into line.

The small Tugs with barges, the sampans, the cargo ships and even ocean liners made a long line.

You must be patient and wait until there is a break in the slow-moving que.

When in the que, the “fast” small boats overtake - like motorbikes in the streets-.

When we reached the point where Huangpu join the big river Yangtze it was all filled up.

Apparently, there is no control, at one time CrySy stood still for several minutes.

Everybody knows that it is very difficult to turn or move a ship with 0 speed.

The Pilot even tried to use CrySy big horn, but it was totally ignored by all the small boats.

I think the only way was to speed up, and I am sure the small boats would get out of the way,

because they would get hurt, if they scratch the big ship. On the other hand, the Cruise line would probably be banned from the harbor, so that was no solution.

Those communist countries are controlling everything but the traffic. One of the guides in Vietnam bragged that they neither used right or left hand driving, but they all used the middle of the road.

If you have tried crossing the street in Ho Chi Minh City, you will have experienced that if you wait until there is a pause in the traffic of motorbikes, you will probably still be standing there waiting.

The “system” there is, walk out into the street and the motorbikes will avoid hitting you by planning to pass in front of you or behind you, but if you stop, it becomes real dangerous, because their estimates of your movements suddenly are wrong and they must improvise and that would be risky for both parts.

Den smalle Huangpu løber ud i Yangtze

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Roosevelt House

Roosevelt House 2

vejen til Nagasaki i Japan

Nagasaki Japan dag 124.

Excursion Panoramic Nagasaki kl. 0830

Nagasaki is situated on the northwestern shore of Kyushu Island. It was home to a major Imperial Japanese Navy base.

During World War II, Hiroshima and Nagasaki was atomic bombarded. It made the Japanese surrender and end the war.

Today the big Japanese firm Mitsubishi has its headquarters here. The City is completely rebuilt and Mitsubishi is very successful on the world markets.

As a curiosity, Puccini’s Opera, Madame Butterfly, was inspired by the Glover Mansion, built by Thomas Blake Glover a Scottish entrepreneur, who contributed to modernization of Japanese shipbuilding industry.