MAY 20, 13 .. HONG KONG HIGHRISE APARTMENT LIVING ..

As most of you know .. I meet a lot of people in my day-to-day travels .. and here in Hong Kong it is no different .. and let me tell you .. God of Abraham seems to put in-front-of-me some very exceptional people !

I met 'Mull' in a meeting here in Hong Kong .. after the meeting ..  'Mull' and I got to visiting .. and we discovered we both were going back across Victoria Harbor on the Star Ferry .. and so off we two went .. we rode the Number 9 Mini-Bus down from Borrett Road to Hong Kong Central .. and we two got onto the Star Ferry for Kowloon ..

As we crossed Victoria Harbor .. 'Mull' said to me .. "My wife and I live in THAT (and he pointed it out) building" .. and I exclaimed .. "WOW !" .. below .. in the center .. is 'Mull's' apartment building .. the wide one between the tall one on the left .. and the red one on the right ..

I asked him and he said .. "I pay 38,000 HK Dollars a MONTH on a lease" .. friends .. that translates to Five Thousand One Hundred and Thirty Five U.S. Dollars and Thirteen Cents each and every MONTH .. got it .. it translates to Sixty One Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty One U.S. Dollars and Sixty Two Cents per YEAR .. on a lease .. NOT purchasing the apartment ..
So 'Mull' said to me .. "Would you like to see our apartment !" .. and I said .. "YES SIR !" .. you all have-to-be-proud of me ! .. when he asked me .. I did NOT .. jump up on the seat of the Star Ferry and start tap-dancing ! .. I wanted to do that but I did NOT .. in the below photo .. 'Mull's' apartment building is the one in the center .. there are ONE THOUSAND APARTMENTS in the building !
Good Lord ! .. How many people are invited into a building of this class and stature to have a 'look-around' .. am I lucky or am I lucky .. we two visited and then I screwed-up-my-nerve .. took a deep-breath .. and I stepped out onto his balcony .. and looked to my left .. see below ..
Then I turned a tad to my right and saw the below view ..

And I turned another 'notch' to my right and saw the below view ..

And finally .. a last 'notch-to-my-right' .. and this last view ..

THEN .. still out on the balcony .. I AGAIN screwed-up-my-nerve .. I AGAIN took-a-deep-breath .. and I very carefully 'peeked-DOWN' .. and to the left I saw the below scene ..

And to-the-right .. I saw the scene below ..

'Mull' went on to say that he has a friend who has a not-that-much-better apartment who pays 60,000 HK Dollars a MONTH .. that translates to U.S. Dollars $8,108.11 a MONTH  .. or U.S. Dollars $97,297.30 a YEAR .. on a lease ..

I feel so honored to have met 'Mull' .. and to have been invited into a piece of his world .. what more can I say .. 

Smiles and Joy to you All !   Oh So Very Very Lucky to be in Hong Kong !  .. Cap ..

P.S.  Patti has just posted this for me ... I have just touched down on the ground in Chicago, the US of A, and am going to head for a motel for over-night, then on to Anchorage tomorrow.