I think I'll take a walk in the park
Hey, hey, hey, it's a beautiful day…”
(Beautiful Sunday)
In fact, we didn’t take a walk in the park on Sunday morning but, in fact, a sailing tour in Victoria Harbor by Dukling, a traditional Chinese red-sail junk boat formerly used for fishing, with nearly 70 years of history.
Since Hongkong was mainly a fishing harbor in the old days, these Chinese junk boats are an indispensable part of Hongkong’s history. Therefore, Dukling has naturally become the icon of Hongkong.
Once a fishing boat, Dukling now sails across the renowned Victoria Harbor as a sightseeing cruise and provides boat tours to both tourists and Hongkong locals.
During the boat cruise, not only can visitors enjoy the stunning views of the Victoria Harbor but can also listen to the commentary to learn more about Hongkong history and fishermen culture.
There are many “taxi-cruises” to sail around the harbor but Dukling remains the best and also the most expensive one. Up till now, Dukling has welcomed more than 100,000 guests on board.
While waiting for Dukling to pickup around 10 guests, we had a chance to discover Victoria Harbor’s scene and a large number of people gathering around the place.
The atmosphere in the harbor was quite wonderful and relaxing with tourists and cruise passengers in an ideal afternoon without rain in the focasted thunderstorm weather.
An interesting & beautiful afternoon for tourists in Hongkong!
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My daughter in front of the ticket booth
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Statue of Bruce Lee (Lý Tiệu Long), the famous HK movie star
Stop the kungfu... I'm too old for you!
My son-in-law
Victoria Harbor scene
There are many means of cruising the harbor
Taxi-cruise
Dukling arrives at the bakground of Hongkong
Against the skyline of Hongkong
Here comes the Dukling Chinese junk boat!
The Dukling junk boat
Dukling is ready to pick-up tourists
It's just a small junk
With one of the Dukling crew
We are onboard of the Dukling
With my daughter
The red shirt man in the right is one of the crew
With traditional hats we play the role of ancient HK fishermen...
The old man and the sea!
An old fisherman
Fisherman with souvenirs bought onboard the boat
An old sailor on the fishing junk
She looks happy onboard
On the old junk against the backgound of modern HK
He enjoys the cruise
Sunset viewed from the junk
HK at sunset
Harbor’s view from the junk
Harbor’s view from the junk
Harbor’s view from the junk
Harbor’s view from the junk
An old sailor looks back to the past
Last photograph of the junk
The sail turned red when returning to the harbor
Bye bye the Dukling sail boat!
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