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A view of Hong Kong's convention center, site of the 1997 ceremony in which the British returned the island to mainland China. |
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Hong Kong's Central district, with its famous skyscrapers. |
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A closer view of Central, as a boat enters the frame. |
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A view of the harbor from a boat we took from the southern side of the island. |
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The skyline looks hazy from all the salt spray kicked up by our boat. |
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The night of light show, a dinner cruise boat decorated with a giant dragon crosses the harbor. |
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"The waterfront was crowded with thousands of locals, undoubtedly attracted by the fact that tonight's show would be accompanied by a Cantonese-language narrator. All of us became transfixed on Hong Kong's skyline as tens of thousands of lights danced and flashed to an orchestrated history of Hong Kong, punctuated by bursts of fireworks from the rooftops. The view was spectacular, but the fact that it was narrated in Cantonese made it more than a little difficult to follow the story line.
The show lasted 20 minutes, followed by a molasses flood of people all trying to leave the waterfront at the same time." (From Andy's blog, Exploring Hong Kong) |
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Fireworks explode above the city as we view the lightshow from Kowloon's waterfront. |
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The light show narration was conducted in Cantonese that night, so the majority of people in the crowd were Chinese. | |
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Victoria Harbor shimmers colorfully as we return to the island on the Star Ferry. | |
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Suzanne and Marcelo enjoying the boat ride across the harbor. |
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Trying to take a picture of our group without a flash. |
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There, that's better. |
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Alexander, his girlfriend and Melita chat on the ferry ride back to the island. |
