T ar if' ln Ban 6 ,10 k » a Lancaster County and surroundm 6 areas,
sharp contrast to the many markets in
Area Farmers
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produce on the floating market
place Many of the people live on
the boats their entire life The
boats are also called sanpans
The water is very filthy, and still
the people wash their clothes,
dishes, hair, bodies and even
teeth in it We even saw dead
animals floating in the river.
We were also in a very
primitive area of farming, where
the farmers irrigate by throwing
the water over the crops with a
kind of shovel, with a 10-foot
handle on it
Bankok itself has very modern
stores and hotels On the 14th of
November we departed Bankok
for Hong Kong
On November IS we went sight
seeing, which included several
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farms, and also a Harbor Cruise,
past the sanpan water villages
We had dinner on a floating
restaurant We passed the
wreckage of the Queen Elizabeth,
which burned in the Harbor some
time ago
Hong Kong is known in
ternationally as the place to get
souvenirs, and the women on the
tour really showed it by doing lots
of Christmas shopping
We had our last-night-out
party, which was my birthday,
November 16 They surprised me
with a huge birthday card and a
cake and the traditional singing
of Happy Birthday
On November 17 we departed
Hong Kong on Japanese'Airlines
for Tokoyo changed planes m
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Here, we left the group and
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