HONG KONG
JUNK HARBOUR ABERDEEN
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1974-02-044 - One of the "roads" in the floating city - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
1974-02-045 - The "Boat People" - a water taxi is getting boarded in Aberdeen Harbour, Hong Kong, - April 04. 1974 - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
1974-02-046 - Taking a break - - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
1974-02-047 - The "Boat People" - a grandmother leaves the floating city for a shopping trip ashore, - Aberdeen Harbour, - April 04.1974 - (Take note of the beautiful wooden drums. They are for fish, - each marked with the owners names.) (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
1974-02-048 - Grandma going ashore, - while junior takes a nap - - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
1974-02-049 The "Boat People" - a water taxi waits for customers in Aberdeen Harbour, - Hong Kong -, April 04. 1974 - (Take note of the funny small passenger seats in the sampan.) - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
1977-02-088 - The "Floating City" in Aberdeen Harbour, - Hong Kong-, March 27. 1977 - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen ©)
1977-02-087 - The "Floating City", - Aberdeen Harbour, Hong Kong, - March 27. 1997 - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen ©)
Take note of the many wooden boat yards, - in the center, - in the lower left side and to the upper right side of the picture.
All surrounded by fishing junks and permanently moored junks where the "Boat People" live - -
1977-02-086 - The many wooden boat yards at Ap Lei Chau island, - Aberdeen Harbour, - Hong Kong -, March 27. 1977 - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen ©)
1977-02-092 - From the "Floating City" in Aberdeen Harbour, March 27. 1977. - here a view of the "Jumbo" restaurant, - one of the huge floating restaurants in the harbour - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen ©)
The first pictures on this side are from 1974, - but now - the last 4 pictures are from 1977.
That's great, because then I can show some pics of a VERY impressive floating restaurant - the JUMBO - in the middle of Aberdeen harbour - - -
It was built in 1976 - just one year earlier - and is built like a Ming Dynasty palace, - and it is the biggest floating restaurant in the World - - - VERY impressive - - -
1977-02-093 - Another floating restauirant - the "Tai Pak" floating restaurant, - March 27. 1977 - - in Aberdeen Harbour, - Aberdeen, Hong Kong - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen ©)
1977-02-094 - The "Floating City" in Aberdeen Harbour, - Hong Kong -, March 27. 1977 - a view of the "Floating City" and the huge floating restaurant "Jumbo" in the middle of it all - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen ©)
1977-02-097 - The "Boat People" - from the "Floating City" in Aberdeen Harbour, - Hong Kong -, March 27. 1977 - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen ©)
1977-02-098 - The "Boat People" - from the "Floating City" in Aberdeen Harbour, - Hong Kong -, March 27. 1977 - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen ©)
At this point there have been several pictures showing the Chinese "Yuloh" oar which is widely used for stern sculling.
It is fixed to the stern so that it can pivot, - and it is amazing to see even large boats driven by such a long "yuloh" oar - - -
And it seems as if everybody can use it - old women - young girls.
Here it looks as if "smaller sister" is receiving instructions from "elder sister" on how to do - - - -
1977-02-099 - And away it goes - The "Boat People" - from the "Floating City" in Aberdeen Harbour, - Hong Kong -, March 27. 1977 - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen ©)
1977-02-100 - The "Boat People" - navigating Aberdeen Harbour in their sampan, - Hong Kong -, March 27. 1977 - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen ©)
1977-03-001 - The "Boat People" - navigating Aberdeen Harbour in their sampan, - Hong Kong -, March 27. 1977 - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen ©)
Take note of how long the "Yuloh" oar is - - - It gives considerable more punch than the normal oar can give, when we use this technique in our dinghies in Denmark - - -
1977-03-002 - The "Jumbo" floating restaurant - the main entrance of the huge "Jumbo" restaurant in Aberdeen Harbour, March 27. 1977 - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen ©)
Just look at those dragons - - -
1977-03-003 - The floating restaurant, "Jumbo" - a closer view of the main entrance, - Aberdeen Harbour -, March 27. 1977 - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen ©)
Take note of the young lady in the red "cheongsam" - - - - She is there to greet people and to guide them inside - - -
And by coincidense the red "cheongsam" is just like Kit Yu's - many years later - - - :-)
1977-03-006 - Aberdeen Harbour detail - fish drums with markings indicating ownership, - Aberdeen Harbour, Hong Kong -, March 27. 1977 - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen ©)
Back to the real World again - - - -
These decorative "buckets" are for fish - - -
Remember that Aberdeen is a fishing village - - -
The names of the owners are written on the buckets - -
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