Yesterday morning brought us to Ocean Terminal of Hongkong. The weather was lousy, almost raining and foggy. But it did not disturb me because I was going to walk and look for places and bars, where I had spent unforgetable moments during my over 60 visits since 1972 to Hongkong.
I left the ship at 10am and was strolling trough the city to East Tsimshatsui. Especially Mody Road had changed almost totally, new luxory skycrapers instead of old rotten houses. I ended to "Bulldog" bar, where I sat for a while with a glas of red wine. Then I decided to go to German restaurant "Schnurrbart" to have my lunch.
There I sat in 1989 with German business friends when Berlin wall came tumbling down. After a huge portion of "Frikadellen mit Kartoffelsalat", I decided to go with MTR to Wanchai to visit those lady bars, where Suzie Wong once lived. I spent some US$40 for ladies drinks, and had a company of four Pilippina beauties for a while.
I then walked to Central to " Mandarin Oriental". In this hotel I always stayed between the years 1972-1986. The "Capten's Bar had practically changed at all from my days there, and it was as lively and fun likje in the old days. So many beautiful memories came vividly into my mind. Around 8.30pm I wanted to take a Star Ferry to Shimshatsui but could not find the terminal because it had been removed. I then took a taxi to "Ned Kelly's last stand" , a famous Jazz local since 1972. During the years I spent a lot of times with friends down there and had a lot of fun.
Yesterday I found a place at the table of a bunch of men, who accidentally happened to be our crew members, partly musicians from ship's orchestra. They then later joined to play together with house band, and we all had a great time.
I was back onboard after midnight exhausted but happy, having made during the day 21155 steps.
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