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At that time, things that were manufactured in Hong Kong were
cheap. We bought other things in addition to our tailored clothing. We
loved the Star Ferry that regularly commuted between Kowloon and
Hong Kong island. The view from the peak on Hong Kong island was
endlessly fascinating. At that time freighter ships arriving or departing
from Hong Kong unloaded onto small barges which then shuttled to and
from the shore. As a result, the Hong Kong harbor was the busiest we
had ever seen anywhere in the world.
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had been designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. In the interior in some ways
it gave you the impression of walking around in a cave, but it was very
interesting. Richard and I left the girls to explore and shop in Tokyo
while we went to Kyoto. The famous gardens there are justly renowned.
Each had been designed by a superb landscape architect. To preserve
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plants, shrubs and trees in separate gardens. Each was trained to be an
exact duplicate of those planted in the original garden. When a shrub
or tree in the original garden died for any reason, it was replaced by an
exact similar tree or shrub. Had the original tree grown at an unusual
angle, the replacement had been trained in exactly the same form. As
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like a Rembrandt painting – they were timeless.
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Japanese ships that were sunk by the Marines defending the island in
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the saltwater would have corroded the metal down to nothing, but in-
stead the ships looked relatively well preserved. Janet had become ill
in Tokyo and the Japanese doctor whom we called gave her a penicillin
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of our fellow passengers asked if she were still alive.
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