Days 15, 16 at Sea. Day 17 Hong Kong. This was a shambles. The ship had to anchor well out because the water was not deep enough for it (yet the new wharf will be able to take even larger ships). At the start of the day there were few, if any, tenders alongside. The trip into the main wharf was very slow resulting in a late start for our, now hurried, tour. Our walking tour, now 1 hour late, took us to the posh area where we had some lunch at a business tower's restaurant. Clean, efficient, convenient and not Mc Donald's. The longest escalator in the world is really a series of 1 block escalators. We only went up 2 blocks, but then had to walk down again on very irregular, non-slip, paving stones.
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