No, Boat Spotting is not a typo! I’m sure by now most of you are familiar with my hobby (therapist insists it’s an addiction) of plane spotting however I’m putting a little twist on it.
When I was in Hong Kong a few days ago I found myself walking the streets at 7am on my first morning, when most of the city was only beginning to wake up. Having a couple of hours to pass before my favorite places opened, I walked over to Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Park to take in the water front. I noticed a flurry of boating activity and habit forced me to start taking pictures of the passing ferries, freighters and other types of ships. It got to a point where I started focusing on the harbor traffic and built quite a collection of photos.
As you look through them, you’ll see photos from the Kowloon side as well. You’ll be able to tell what side the photo is from based on the skyline that you’ll see in the background.
This was the slickest thing on the water.....
Parked at the ferry terminal next to Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park
Sailboats out for a tour (taken from Kowloon)
I would see this tug twice - 10 hours apart
Skiing at full throttle......
....Skis retract when throttle is reduced
It is a very busy harbor always…
The TurboJet is a Boeing made product. The same folks that make airplanes. Boeing use to build them where the 737 airplanes are currently made. The boat building business was later sold. The TurboJet takes you to Macau, the former Portugese enclave and now gambling capital of Asia aka Sin City Far East.
Nice pictures, HK and Taipei are my favorite Asian cities.