NOV 30, 14 .. HONG KONG HIGH RISE BUILDINGS ..

WHOA !

What happened to Our Captain?

DON'T KNOW !

He was just walking down the street here in Hong Kong .. grinning and humming and giggling like an Indian Guru giggles and chortling and smiling and radiating joy .. saying to himself over and over and over again .. "Oh God Of Abraham My Creator .. I could not possibly be happier.  Thank You God for my blessings!"

AND ?

Next thing we knew there was a PUFF and Our Captain was gone .. disappeared!

Here is what happened!

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Cap .. The Top Is Down .. Hop In !

I will drive you over to Kowloon ! Got your camera?

Oh Yeah ! Have Camera Will Shoot !

OOPS !  TUNNEL AHEAD ! SHOW OVER !

The Toll Gate .. The Ride Is Over !

IF all I had experienced was just getting to ride through the Cross-Harbour Tunnel from Hong Kong Island to Kowloon under Victoria Harbour I WOULD HAVE BEEN THRILLED! 

Am I sad? How could I be sad? I am overflowing with joy for experiencing the ride!

Not only do I get a ride with the top down .. I get a ride in a HOT LITTLE MERCEDES-BENZ to boot .. My Oh My Oh My!

Michael My Man ! How Do I Thank You !

No Thank You is necessary Cap .. All I did was drive home with you riding shotgun .. Just PAY IT FORWARD Cap .. Just share it with your followers!  Pass It On! .. See you next Sunday Cap!

I sit here stunned with gratitude and happiness and joy for the life you have given to me Oh God Of Abraham!

What's That God? .. PAY IT FORWARD! .. I am trying Oh God Of Abraham!

AND?

Without Gullible who set this website up for me in October of 2011 and who coached me on how to use it and .. Gullible and Clement and Shaddy and others who have shown me by their example of how to do websites .. and ..

.. and .. Without ANDY here at the HOMY INN in Kowloon who has given me FREE and TOTALLY UNLIMITED USE 24/7 of his computer .. and the availability of a telephone 24/7 with which I can use my calling card to be in touch with Patti .. this scene would not be happening!

I could go on and on and on ..

Thank You Patti for your support and for staying up half-the-night waiting for me to finish Posts so you can assist me ..

THE DOXOLOGY

Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Oh Captain My Captain! .. Enough drama! .. Just press PUBLISH and LAUNCH THIS POST ..

NOV 26, 14 .. HONG KONG / KOWLOON STREET SCENES ..

Before I begin .. I want to THANK YOU ALL for NOT pressing me for more scenes of Hong Kong. I have to establish my own rhythm here.  I am approaching two weeks here and finally I am begining to feel some relief from the Jet Lag.  I stress the word 'some' .. I am not fully adjusted to the time difference but I am feeling much better.  

I imagine that some of you are restless to see more photographs of Hong Kong.  As in .. "Cap we know you love your Singapore Rice Noodles. We know you love your Star Ferries." 

BUT! .. how about some street scenes?

Well here we go!

This one IS for you Karolynn 99502-5469 and for all of you KML ladies.  Thanks for your support.  Truly it means a lot to me! Thanks for lending Patti to me for this trip!

Below are a number of 'totally-random' street scenes that I photographed primarily in the Tsim Sha Tsui district of Kowloon. At the bottom of this Post are a few scenes of Hong Kong. 

We have two words here .. Kowloon .. and .. Hong Kong.

Kowloon is two things. (1) Kowloon is a city across Victoria Harbor from Hong Kong.  (2) Kowloon is also the Kowloon Peninsula of Mainland China.

Hong Kong on the other hand is three things.  (1) Hong Kong is a city.  (2) Hong Kong is an island.  (3) Hong Kong .. like many of our large cities .. is a metropolitan  area.  As such the Hong Kong metro area encompasses Kowloon and other districts within its metropolitan area.

The two of them  .. Kowloon and Hong Kong .. are 'sister' cities.  Much like San Francisco and Oakland .. Minneapolis and St. Paul .. Detroit and Windsor .. 

Here we go with a few photographs of the Tsim Sha Tsui District of Kowloon.

How do I do this?  Patti has Red Hair!

Below Patti is in front of The Spaghetti House. I had to choose to have the Spaghetti House sign clear or to have Patti clear.. I chose Patti!

Find the below Mandarin character in the above photo.  It is purple above and green below.

Below is the almost identical photograph at night.  Find the above Mandarin character in the below night time photo.

Patti's book store (below) is straight up the above street on the left.

Oh  Captain My Captain .. do your words mean nothing My Captain? Above you admitted that you believe that all of your followers are sick and tired of Singapore Rice Noodle photos .. and ..

What have we coming below My Captain?

Below (lower left corner) is my favorite restaurant for my beloved Singapore Rice Noodles at the Sun Yuen Restaurant.

Mister Lin Lee Yuen .. is the owner of Yuen's my favorite Singapore Rice Noodle Restaurant.

What a break-through!  After years and years and YEARS of eating in his restaurant!  Suddenly the walls of cool inscrutable reservation towards me came crashing down!  In a twinkling he became a warm and gracious friend!

Hush now .. please do NOT tell Mister Lin Lee Yuen this .. but I do eat Singapore Rice Noodles at many other restaurants.

Did you all know that I can 'read minds'?  Yes!  The young lady above is thinking to herself .. That Man is taking MORE photographs of his Singapore Rice Noodles!

Can you all tell that I am having FUN!

Ah Nathan Road in Kowloon .. a major road.

Note my Union Mansion (red brick building) on the left edge of the below photo.

Riding Hong Kong's MTR subway to a meeting.

The Mariners Club is a local Kowloon landmark.

Below is 'MY' Post Office in Kowloon.

Do you see the Mariners Club in the extreme top right corner of the below photo?

My Post Office is at the end of the street on the left and the Mariners Club is behind it.

A partial photo of the Salisbury Road YMCA where Patti and I stayed.  I plan to do a Post showing only the YMCA.

Very Beautiful! Very Tender! The Christmas Season is coming to Hong Kong China! .. and it isn't even Thanksgiving in the USA yet!  The Chinese are ahead of us in many ways!

My Dear Patti .. It seems as if a dream.  We looked forward to this trip for months and now it has come and gone.  What memories we have!

The below photo was taken from the 9th floor of the YMCA and it looks-down-upon the scenes in the above four photos.

Words simply fail me!

Oh My!  Doesn't everyone love a Carousel !  Google .. Wikipedia .. what on earth would I do without you?

Can you make out the Spaghetti House sign in the background?

Again .. words simply fail me!  How very touching and how very tender this children's Carousel is .. here in China of all places.

The two below photographs are of a 'food court' within the lower level of the Silvercord Building in Kowloon. Yes! It truly is more-than-a-bit OVERWHELMING!

The below photo was taken in the Tsim Sha Tsui Station of the underground metro system.

Below is a photo of Kowloon Park .. an enormous city park in Kowloon.  Patti was impressed with the green areas through out the Hong Kong area.  Nice city planning! 

Now we will take a look at some of Kowloon 'after-dark'.

The photo above shows the sign the best.  The photo below shows Patti the best!

Of course!  The buses are out at night!

Stunning!

Nice isn't it?

Below is the building in the background of the above two photos taken from a distance.

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The remainng photos below were all snapped in Hong Kong.

Ah-h-h .. Yes!  There certainly is traffic at night.

The Apple Store is simply Beyond-The-Beyond!

And I get to experience all of this!

Below are a few photos of DOWNTOWN Hong Kong. You can see a different ambiance from Kowloon above.

There you have it.  WHAT A PLACE!  All of it! 

Cheerio!  I am so very lucky to be here!   Cap
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Tee Hee Hee .. I decided to slip a little bit of Ol' America in here for Danny 48073. Unfortunately Danny 48073 does NOT follow along here with me. /s/ The Captain!

There below .. Is-The-Lady-For-YOU .. Danny 48073!

I don't know!  I wish I did know!  These photos just seem to happen with me!  She is Saluting you Danny!

Truly .. World Wide Services.

Not Too Shabby Captain .. Not Too Shabby!  Yet another small miracle has happened!  You have gotten another Post together!  NOW Captain just do it!  Press PUBLISH .. Atta Boy!