Hong Kong at last! We finished with the storm as the sun was rising, then we had to hose down all the aircraft with fresh water, as they were covered with sea salt. The decks were gritty with salt crystals everywhere. I thought about collecting some to cook with later, then I remembered how many petroleum products our helos drip onto the decks. So, perhaps not.

After I post this, I'll be getting on a liberty ferry to go ashore in one of the world's great cities. We have to take little ferries because we're at anchor, instead of pierside like normal. I'm told that the ship is too tall to make it under the harbor bridge unless we spent way too much time disassembling the radar antennas. I'm suspicious that it also may be a question of money- the bigger the port, the more expensive the pier space. And Hong Kong is one of the biggest ports in the world.

The sun is already going down, so I don't think we'll do much sightseeing today. More likely we'll eat dinner then the others will get hammered. Tomorrow I'll try to steer the guys towards some of the city tourist spots: at a minimum, I want to take the tram to the top of Victoria Peak to look over the city, and I want to see a temple with the Tian Tan Buddha that's supposed to be around here somewhere.

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