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Hong Kong Sail Away

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The start of our World Cruise Voyage Segment.

Hong Kong-Victoria Harbor

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A Red-Sailed Junk Boat Is Signature Hong Kong 

Hong Kong-Victoria Peak

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I mist! Early morning fog gives a bit of punctuation to the Aerial Feng Shui grammar. Although I am not fluent in metric, the 2.5 kilometer walk somatically felt like a good mile. It was brilliant. Here are a few select shots of one of the most fascinating cities on the planet: The Vertical Club 1500 feet above sea level Excuse me while I kiss the sky I mist Next time we will use a flash to illuminate our faces 30 MAY, 2018 HONG KONG - DAY 1 29 March 2018 Arrived in Hong Kong at 07h30.  Made it through immigration and customs without a hitch.  On our way out of the terminal we exchanged US$200 for HK$ so we each had just over 700 to play with.  Then a quick stop at the tourist information desk.  A really well-spoken Chinese tourist agent gave us a nice map and metro map and advised us that it would be best to take a cab to our hotel.     We had to take a RED CAB as these are the only...

2018 World Cruise Hong Kong to Southampton

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Hat Trick-Third time crossing The Atlantic SOTON to NYC onboard the world's greatest ocean liner-Cunard's QM2. A post shared by Ed Reif (@edreif) on Sep 4, 2016 at 2:27am PDT Picking up the Queen Mary 2 on her final Voyage Segment this month, from Hong Kong. Ports of call include: Barcelona and Cadiz, Spain;  Cochin, India;  Colombo, Sri Lanka;  Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Muscat, Oman; The Suez Canal  via Port Said Cairo, Egypt; Hong Kong, China;  Kuala Lumpur ,Langkawi and Penang, Malaysia; ; Limassol, Cyprus;  Naples and Rome (from Civitavecchia) Italy;  Nha Trang, Vietnam; Petra, Jordan (from Aqaba); Phuket, Thailand; ; Singapore; Southampton, United Kingdom (SOTON) While in Capetown last month, we had the good fortune of meeting up with The Mary: Keep Calm. Ship Happens!  What an  amazing feeling when boarding a ship we have sailed on. The QM2 is no miraculous exception.  This is not your typical cruise ship. In fact, it...

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