Marching to London Camden Canal 2019/Carlos Pueblo
There is a small section of the London canal network called the Little Venice for the canal traffic similar to the Italian famed city. This little Venice is where I end my description of the last piece right at the Camden Lock surrounded by an International Bazzar, a fashion store with antique Singer sawing machines, and plenty of canal barges shuttle business. I kept on marching toward the opposite direction of the Regent's Canal until I was tired or stopped by a tunnel some distance from the King's Cross exit.
Walking on the pedestrian path along with the canal is very enjoyable especially in London. On both sides of the canal, there are all new high rise building with at least three well design sitting area by the office buildings and new shopping malls, etc. The size or the width of the canal is larger than those I have visited outside of London and busier in traffic because that many people are visiting the city and many boats residents. One area with many barge homes, I see a large facility of boat garage to do all kinds of repairing service.
Near the King's Cross exit, I saw a boat book store presented on the Youtube and went inside to check on this unique book store. It is very convenient for a visitor like me to walk along the canal in London because that I can select anywhere to exit and get on to the city subway to anywhere to refresh myself. I watched two barges passing by a nice lock with a service station behind and a pretty rose garden elevated from the ground. Once they open the lock, the water level will be even and the barge can be pass. The captain needs to close the lock and return to the barge to power through the lock to a mooring basin and another one will take its turn. I am used to the maneuvering and it is still very interesting. The steering bar at the rear of the boat with a bird model. At the beginning, I was wondering how come the pigeon could stand so long on the bar. I need to find out why there is a bird sign in Kanji, Chinese character, on the steering word. There must be a relationship between them, Chinese character and the barge steering with the bird in it.
A group of youngsters were stocked in front of the tunnel for not be able to pass through. Another group of three on a motor boat try to figure out a way to help and I was watching. The row boat is owned by one of the youngster from his college graduation work, a very good looking one can be seated three person. I saw them at the Camden lock right out side of market and they rowed on the canal or carried the boat this far to the tunnel behind the King's X. The wife of the motor boat owner indicated that a little boat like that could not be passed the tunnel safely; therefore, they offered to help by tying the little one to the bigger one with 4 veneers attached to the little one to avoid bumping along the edge of the canal. In home owner policy in the insurance or the furniture business, we call something attached to another subject veneer like the brick veneer or rose wood veneer for a rose wood desk, etc. Now I know how to address such stuff usually seen hanging on a boat or even a huge cruise ship. It is a veneer.
Sunday, August 25, 2019
Saturday, August 24, 2019
行軍倫敦堪姆登運河2019/莊峻華
行軍倫敦堪姆登運河2019/莊峻華
倫敦運河網中，較易拜訪，而且非常熱鬧有趣者，就是攝政王運河和堪姆登運河，河面寬闊，而且尚在充份使用中，我講到一日，走過舫膳餐廳，走到小威尼斯，這橋下就有站販賣運河遊艇節目，大號運河船，穿梭於兩運河間，有船長駕駛，有導遊說明，停泊碼頭，有專人繫繩，迎迓乘客，我是從此繼續行軍，邁向不知名之遠方。
倫敦是一大埠，許多英國人善用此運河，我相信有遊客駕船從遠方來，靠岸後，上岸搭地鐵，到處參觀倫敦，晚上寄宿船屋，也有很多船屋居民，看看船屋盆栽工具可見，小威尼斯附近都是觀光用船，行駛兩岸，都是高樓大廈，午間或是平常白日，是有許多人箸上班服裝，行走於運河步徑，也有很多人，帶飯包在大廈前院，用餐享受春天太陽，倫敦治安第一流，不見強人出沒運河，運河上也有修船塢，也有商圈，像是一家書店，就在船屋上，新舊書都有售，我是看到國王十字架站，就決定走出運河，這是一廣場，像是一社區學院，看到許多年輕人，以後再有兩次運河行軍，我都走更遠，走到一隧道入口，我在此出口，主要是要拜望這位有緣西藏姑娘，在聖潘魁亞斯站，也順便吃日本便當。
這運河中有水閘站，仍有站務管理，旁邊有一玫瑰花園，就在小坡上，整齊美觀，我在旁觀望，兩艘船屋進出水閘，都是女士操作，運河水面上上下下，船屋過閘後，就停泊在大水池旁，等候船主，完畢水閘工作，舵在船尾，有一隻鳥型，亂似成真。
我在堪姆登水閘附近，遇見三位青年，正在河畔搬運一小划舟，幾小時後，在隧道前，又再見，有一遊艇主人，一對夫婦和其友人，正在討論如何幫這三位青年過隧道，原來此小舟，可坐三人，是其中一位大學畢業作，畢業後邀請朋友就開始運河行，他們從堪姆登水閘，抬抬划划到國王站後隧道入口。遊艇男女主人，不相信他們青年小舟能安全過隧道，於是伸出援手，將繩繫遊艇，並且繫上四具軟包，以防碰撞損傷小舟，英國人稱之若為鑲木之物，我們保險房屋定義為木架外之磚石。
倫敦運河網中，較易拜訪，而且非常熱鬧有趣者，就是攝政王運河和堪姆登運河，河面寬闊，而且尚在充份使用中，我講到一日，走過舫膳餐廳，走到小威尼斯，這橋下就有站販賣運河遊艇節目，大號運河船，穿梭於兩運河間，有船長駕駛，有導遊說明，停泊碼頭，有專人繫繩，迎迓乘客，我是從此繼續行軍，邁向不知名之遠方。
倫敦是一大埠，許多英國人善用此運河，我相信有遊客駕船從遠方來，靠岸後，上岸搭地鐵，到處參觀倫敦，晚上寄宿船屋，也有很多船屋居民，看看船屋盆栽工具可見，小威尼斯附近都是觀光用船，行駛兩岸，都是高樓大廈，午間或是平常白日，是有許多人箸上班服裝，行走於運河步徑，也有很多人，帶飯包在大廈前院，用餐享受春天太陽，倫敦治安第一流，不見強人出沒運河，運河上也有修船塢，也有商圈，像是一家書店，就在船屋上，新舊書都有售，我是看到國王十字架站，就決定走出運河，這是一廣場，像是一社區學院，看到許多年輕人，以後再有兩次運河行軍，我都走更遠，走到一隧道入口，我在此出口，主要是要拜望這位有緣西藏姑娘，在聖潘魁亞斯站，也順便吃日本便當。
這運河中有水閘站，仍有站務管理，旁邊有一玫瑰花園，就在小坡上，整齊美觀，我在旁觀望，兩艘船屋進出水閘，都是女士操作，運河水面上上下下，船屋過閘後，就停泊在大水池旁，等候船主，完畢水閘工作，舵在船尾，有一隻鳥型，亂似成真。
我在堪姆登水閘附近，遇見三位青年，正在河畔搬運一小划舟，幾小時後，在隧道前，又再見，有一遊艇主人，一對夫婦和其友人，正在討論如何幫這三位青年過隧道，原來此小舟，可坐三人，是其中一位大學畢業作，畢業後邀請朋友就開始運河行，他們從堪姆登水閘，抬抬划划到國王站後隧道入口。遊艇男女主人，不相信他們青年小舟能安全過隧道，於是伸出援手，將繩繫遊艇，並且繫上四具軟包，以防碰撞損傷小舟，英國人稱之若為鑲木之物，我們保險房屋定義為木架外之磚石。
Friday, August 23, 2019
Disembark and Embark at Seward, Alaska 2019/Carlos Pueblo
Disembark and Embark at Seward, Alaska 2019/Carlos Pueblo
Seward, Alaska is located at the center part of an upside down pan of Alaska if we consider the territory is a cooking pan with two pan handles, one is the coastal line we just pass and the other is the Aleutian Islands on the west toward Japan. The port is on the south of Anchorage, the largest city of the State, and also is the transition port of a back to back cruise from Vancouver, Canada. The name of the town is in memory of William H. Seward, the Secretary of State helping to purchase the territory from the Tsar of Russia. It is one of the most beautiful township in the U.S. with snow cap mountains around and one strait open to the Pacific. I have been here three times, one with a land tour via a land glacier visit and twice with cruises, the Sun and the Jewel.
A short distance walk to a small rail station with many passengers as they manage to take the train to Anchorage Airport while some of us to take a free shuttle to downtown. Summer workers from 48 States down below come to Alaska to work during the season, like driving a shuttle or as a shop keeper, etc. to serve for the tourist industry. I got off at a huge camping ground park on the beach. Again, we can see all kinds of licence plates from all over the States and Canada. Tourists haul their mobile homes with boats here for fishing and to avoid the summer heat way at home. I also see some with tents set up on the ground with a vehicle near by for local transportation purposes.
I watched people fishing this time. I was a little late after the pull back of tide that morning. I saw only the left over of salmon after the slice to fellet while there was one young lady was still trying to catch any left over fishes. A regular fishing rod with a unique hook attached with a big lead , to control the rod like river trout fishing without a bait on it. I assume the purpose is to hook the fish in a crowded fish school. I did see a guy finish fishing and walking along the beach to search entangle hooks and leads which were by products of fishing I guessed. For halibut fishing, you need a boat to the sea at least 8 feet deep to catch them. I believe that there is a limit for one to catch in a day for this delicious fish. Alaska tourism provides fishing tour for tourists to catch these famous fishes result guarantee including eating and shipping home afterward.
I walked back to the downtown area for the shuttle back to the ship. There are two Chinese restaurants on a street and only one is open for business and another one has been closed for a long time. I kind of doubt how a Chinese restaurant survived in such a small town. This time, I didn't wonder around the town too long that might be no longer curious. I was ready for the second back to another 7 days trip.
Seward, Alaska is located at the center part of an upside down pan of Alaska if we consider the territory is a cooking pan with two pan handles, one is the coastal line we just pass and the other is the Aleutian Islands on the west toward Japan. The port is on the south of Anchorage, the largest city of the State, and also is the transition port of a back to back cruise from Vancouver, Canada. The name of the town is in memory of William H. Seward, the Secretary of State helping to purchase the territory from the Tsar of Russia. It is one of the most beautiful township in the U.S. with snow cap mountains around and one strait open to the Pacific. I have been here three times, one with a land tour via a land glacier visit and twice with cruises, the Sun and the Jewel.
A short distance walk to a small rail station with many passengers as they manage to take the train to Anchorage Airport while some of us to take a free shuttle to downtown. Summer workers from 48 States down below come to Alaska to work during the season, like driving a shuttle or as a shop keeper, etc. to serve for the tourist industry. I got off at a huge camping ground park on the beach. Again, we can see all kinds of licence plates from all over the States and Canada. Tourists haul their mobile homes with boats here for fishing and to avoid the summer heat way at home. I also see some with tents set up on the ground with a vehicle near by for local transportation purposes.
I watched people fishing this time. I was a little late after the pull back of tide that morning. I saw only the left over of salmon after the slice to fellet while there was one young lady was still trying to catch any left over fishes. A regular fishing rod with a unique hook attached with a big lead , to control the rod like river trout fishing without a bait on it. I assume the purpose is to hook the fish in a crowded fish school. I did see a guy finish fishing and walking along the beach to search entangle hooks and leads which were by products of fishing I guessed. For halibut fishing, you need a boat to the sea at least 8 feet deep to catch them. I believe that there is a limit for one to catch in a day for this delicious fish. Alaska tourism provides fishing tour for tourists to catch these famous fishes result guarantee including eating and shipping home afterward.
I walked back to the downtown area for the shuttle back to the ship. There are two Chinese restaurants on a street and only one is open for business and another one has been closed for a long time. I kind of doubt how a Chinese restaurant survived in such a small town. This time, I didn't wonder around the town too long that might be no longer curious. I was ready for the second back to another 7 days trip.
Thursday, August 22, 2019
在阿拉斯加蘇握港上下船/莊峻華
在阿拉斯加蘇握港上下船/莊峻華
蘇握港在阿拉斯加水壺狀中南端，郵輪北上南下港口，我曾三次路過，對此美麗小鎮，留下深刻印象，首次是開車從安可路治市南下，經一陸地冰洲，小溪遇見成群鮭魚返鄉，然後回高速公路南下到蘇握港，此港幾近四面環山，而且是近頂雪山，袖珍鎮面，整齊規劃，後來搭太陽號來此，這次隨行珠寶號，樂此不疲。蘇握港是紀念購買阿拉斯加之美國當年國務卿，威廉蘇握而命名。
走下郵輪，我隨眾人步行到附近小火車站，許多乘客搭火車到安可路治市，我在此搭鎮公所提供之免費校車，到市中心，市中心整潔美觀，過去我嘗逛街參觀，這次我就直接到海邊，觀看釣魚，海邊有一鎮立露營公園，許多開旅行車者，從美南48州前來避暑，而且都是準備完善，長期抗戰，有的掛上小艇，準備海上釣大比目魚，這是阿拉斯加特產，要水深八呎始有機會，一般鮭魚，在海邊就有機會釣箸，普通長桿，鉛垂，一種多齒魚鉤，在水中來回起落，像是魚鉤目標魚身，而非魚願嘴食上鉤也，魚釣上後，釣者開始在石塊上清理魚身，鮭魚甚大一尾，利刃切成厚片，其餘擲入水中，也有人置於海岸曝曬，約是退潮魚去，有人開始沿岸，撿拾閣淺回収魚鉤魚垂等魚具，我曾學過釣魚，但都在休市海邊，氣候稍熱於此。
有兩家中國餐廳，在同一街上，好幾次都是一模樣，有一家已關閉多年，另一家在營業中，鎮立圖書館也在附近，免費接送巴士，在許多角落設站，只要看到街上有人結集，大抵是一站。
蘇握港在阿拉斯加水壺狀中南端，郵輪北上南下港口，我曾三次路過，對此美麗小鎮，留下深刻印象，首次是開車從安可路治市南下，經一陸地冰洲，小溪遇見成群鮭魚返鄉，然後回高速公路南下到蘇握港，此港幾近四面環山，而且是近頂雪山，袖珍鎮面，整齊規劃，後來搭太陽號來此，這次隨行珠寶號，樂此不疲。蘇握港是紀念購買阿拉斯加之美國當年國務卿，威廉蘇握而命名。
走下郵輪，我隨眾人步行到附近小火車站，許多乘客搭火車到安可路治市，我在此搭鎮公所提供之免費校車，到市中心，市中心整潔美觀，過去我嘗逛街參觀，這次我就直接到海邊，觀看釣魚，海邊有一鎮立露營公園，許多開旅行車者，從美南48州前來避暑，而且都是準備完善，長期抗戰，有的掛上小艇，準備海上釣大比目魚，這是阿拉斯加特產，要水深八呎始有機會，一般鮭魚，在海邊就有機會釣箸，普通長桿，鉛垂，一種多齒魚鉤，在水中來回起落，像是魚鉤目標魚身，而非魚願嘴食上鉤也，魚釣上後，釣者開始在石塊上清理魚身，鮭魚甚大一尾，利刃切成厚片，其餘擲入水中，也有人置於海岸曝曬，約是退潮魚去，有人開始沿岸，撿拾閣淺回収魚鉤魚垂等魚具，我曾學過釣魚，但都在休市海邊，氣候稍熱於此。
有兩家中國餐廳，在同一街上，好幾次都是一模樣，有一家已關閉多年，另一家在營業中，鎮立圖書館也在附近，免費接送巴士，在許多角落設站，只要看到街上有人結集，大抵是一站。
Re-visiting London Regent's Royal Park 2019/Carlos Pueblo
Re-visiting London Regent's Royal Park 2019/Carlos Pueblo
On the second day of my arrival in London, I took the Tube, London Subway, to the Regent's Royal Park. Actually, it is near by both the Hyde and Kensington on the northwest of London, part of the city of Westminster and London borough of Camden. I was checking on the rose blooming status and my attempt to march the Regent's Grand Canals including the Camden
Canal. I always visit the Park every time passing through London. Camden is a suburban township of the Old London where the new comers reside. Now, the old small township has been very prosperous. The canal network used to be the transportation to move foods supply from outside to the city. I have had many good memories from my previous visits including a search of old residence of Amy Winehouse, the young deceased singer, the international Bazzar by the Canal, Little Venice, and a search of Great British Library, etc. The front desk clerk of the librarian answered my Sun Yat-sen's old desk while he was in exile in the city should be located at the basement of the Great British Museum. We were told that how great he was while reading books in the library to develop his revolution idea for China.
The rose blooming was not ready by a week yet the turnips were fully blooming. I made my mind to change my last leg of this trip by canceling Reeds visit and returning back to London for another 5 days in order to see roses. I did run into the late summer roses at Queen Mary's Rose Garden in 2018 on our way to Edinburgh after several misses in 10 years. I followed the direction board by the Park Lake, a wildlife sanctuary, toward the Canals. I met a Filipino nanny with a cute little girl. I utilized all my Tagalog learning from the cruise to introduce myself and comment her beauty, etc. She tells me that I can always find her in the Park and as a matter of fact that I meet her again the following week.
After the Lake, there is a huge parkland before the exit of the Park to the Canal. I walked on the opposite direction of the Zoo toward the other end if any. One side of the Canal is the civilian area of business and residential area while on the side is luxury mansions. A well learned local gentleman chatted with me about it. Actually they are the embassy housing for the foreign ambassadors like the U.S. and China, etc. He pointed an unique backyard of Chinese mansion and also one of the neighbor. He told me that Donald Trump's first official visit of London was staying here with a huge security bill with anti missile set up, etc. I can't understand why the Queen invites him back for another visit. He said because Theresa May asked her to do it. Based on what I knows of the Queen, I don't think that she likes Trump's raciest style, etc. neither do many European leaders like Danish and Iceland's and myself in the U.S. voting blog.
The area after my long distance march becomes a regular city scenery of immigrants like our east side of Houston, Texas. There are more and more boat houses, most of them are old and permanent yet I still see some visiting barges passing through on either ways. I walked back toward the Zoo and Camden. I had my lunch at Feng Shang Princess Chinese Restaurant, a Cantonese one on a huge size of barge. I have been to this unique restaurant before and taken many photos. After lunch and toilet use, I kept on going north to the Lock, the Bazzar, and the fashion store with old Singer's Sawing machines.
On the second day of my arrival in London, I took the Tube, London Subway, to the Regent's Royal Park. Actually, it is near by both the Hyde and Kensington on the northwest of London, part of the city of Westminster and London borough of Camden. I was checking on the rose blooming status and my attempt to march the Regent's Grand Canals including the Camden
Canal. I always visit the Park every time passing through London. Camden is a suburban township of the Old London where the new comers reside. Now, the old small township has been very prosperous. The canal network used to be the transportation to move foods supply from outside to the city. I have had many good memories from my previous visits including a search of old residence of Amy Winehouse, the young deceased singer, the international Bazzar by the Canal, Little Venice, and a search of Great British Library, etc. The front desk clerk of the librarian answered my Sun Yat-sen's old desk while he was in exile in the city should be located at the basement of the Great British Museum. We were told that how great he was while reading books in the library to develop his revolution idea for China.
The rose blooming was not ready by a week yet the turnips were fully blooming. I made my mind to change my last leg of this trip by canceling Reeds visit and returning back to London for another 5 days in order to see roses. I did run into the late summer roses at Queen Mary's Rose Garden in 2018 on our way to Edinburgh after several misses in 10 years. I followed the direction board by the Park Lake, a wildlife sanctuary, toward the Canals. I met a Filipino nanny with a cute little girl. I utilized all my Tagalog learning from the cruise to introduce myself and comment her beauty, etc. She tells me that I can always find her in the Park and as a matter of fact that I meet her again the following week.
After the Lake, there is a huge parkland before the exit of the Park to the Canal. I walked on the opposite direction of the Zoo toward the other end if any. One side of the Canal is the civilian area of business and residential area while on the side is luxury mansions. A well learned local gentleman chatted with me about it. Actually they are the embassy housing for the foreign ambassadors like the U.S. and China, etc. He pointed an unique backyard of Chinese mansion and also one of the neighbor. He told me that Donald Trump's first official visit of London was staying here with a huge security bill with anti missile set up, etc. I can't understand why the Queen invites him back for another visit. He said because Theresa May asked her to do it. Based on what I knows of the Queen, I don't think that she likes Trump's raciest style, etc. neither do many European leaders like Danish and Iceland's and myself in the U.S. voting blog.
The area after my long distance march becomes a regular city scenery of immigrants like our east side of Houston, Texas. There are more and more boat houses, most of them are old and permanent yet I still see some visiting barges passing through on either ways. I walked back toward the Zoo and Camden. I had my lunch at Feng Shang Princess Chinese Restaurant, a Cantonese one on a huge size of barge. I have been to this unique restaurant before and taken many photos. After lunch and toilet use, I kept on going north to the Lock, the Bazzar, and the fashion store with old Singer's Sawing machines.
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
重訪倫敦攝政王皇家公園2019/莊峻華
重訪倫敦攝政王皇家公園2019/莊峻華
抵倫敦翌日，從海灣水車站，搭車到攝政王公園，一則查看瑪莉女皇玫瑰花園，再者行軍附近運河網，包擴堪姆登鎮水閘，小威尼斯等，這是舊遊之處，留下許多美憶，有一次，我甚至找到新大英圖書館，想找孫文當年讀書之書桌，原來當年之大英圖書館，是在大英博物館地下室。公園內之鬱金香，已經怒放，但玫瑰花需要再等一週，於是我當場決定放棄一週後之里治市行，里治市之運河馳名於利物普線，我鄰居泰德，英國人也，準備今年八月底，從里治市搭船西向三十哩，完成利物普線五分之一強，我知道運河碼頭在皇家兵器博物館旁，同一新型購物中心，里治市是英國第二大城市，財務中心。
出瑪莉花園，按圖沿湖畔，走向圖上之運河區，此湖是一鳥類保護區，各種野生大小鳥類，途中巧遇一菲律賓保姆，帶一小孩，我同她講些菲語，並自我介紹，一週後又在花園附近湖畔草園相遇，於是我們一起帶小男孩逛花園。攝政王運河，原有運糧功用，我先走向另一方向，就是反勘姆登鎮方向，我想走盡運河路，其實是到倫敦市區之一角落，運河上已經有很多停泊船屋，而且多有船齡，走道上人群，像是移民，我就回頭走回動物園方向。
此段運河，民宅區域和皇家公園內豪宅有別，幾次我在此段運河行，都遇見退休者，有學識見解又健談，這些豪宅，原是外交使節團官邸，中國大使，美國大使等，這位當地居民曰，川普訪英住此，要求防空反飛彈措施，耗費不玼，我問歐巴瑪訪英多次，都到白金漢宮和三敏寺，有同樣要求？曰否，難怪最近川普想買格林蘭遭拒，老羞成怒曰，替丹麥省錢，我不喜歡川普之調調。
膳舫是一船屋廣東餐廳，十分別緻，我曾光顧其炒飯，它是在攝政王運河和勘姆登運河交接處，吃過飯，我就熟悉之走向勘姆登鎮區，這是早年倫敦之郊區，現在已經非常繁榮，一位藥物中毒身亡之年輕女歌星，愛美葡萄酒屋，出身於此，每次我都來此鎮，水閘週圍就是鬧區，平民環境，有一時裝店，收藏古典聖家縫紉機，非常有趣，有一國際食街，無提供座位，一般人站著，走著啃食，或是坐在運河畔，與粉鳥奪位，觀看小威尼斯船屋遊船來來去去，次番而後，我是越過堪姆登，往國王十字架出口方向邁進。
抵倫敦翌日，從海灣水車站，搭車到攝政王公園，一則查看瑪莉女皇玫瑰花園，再者行軍附近運河網，包擴堪姆登鎮水閘，小威尼斯等，這是舊遊之處，留下許多美憶，有一次，我甚至找到新大英圖書館，想找孫文當年讀書之書桌，原來當年之大英圖書館，是在大英博物館地下室。公園內之鬱金香，已經怒放，但玫瑰花需要再等一週，於是我當場決定放棄一週後之里治市行，里治市之運河馳名於利物普線，我鄰居泰德，英國人也，準備今年八月底，從里治市搭船西向三十哩，完成利物普線五分之一強，我知道運河碼頭在皇家兵器博物館旁，同一新型購物中心，里治市是英國第二大城市，財務中心。
出瑪莉花園，按圖沿湖畔，走向圖上之運河區，此湖是一鳥類保護區，各種野生大小鳥類，途中巧遇一菲律賓保姆，帶一小孩，我同她講些菲語，並自我介紹，一週後又在花園附近湖畔草園相遇，於是我們一起帶小男孩逛花園。攝政王運河，原有運糧功用，我先走向另一方向，就是反勘姆登鎮方向，我想走盡運河路，其實是到倫敦市區之一角落，運河上已經有很多停泊船屋，而且多有船齡，走道上人群，像是移民，我就回頭走回動物園方向。
此段運河，民宅區域和皇家公園內豪宅有別，幾次我在此段運河行，都遇見退休者，有學識見解又健談，這些豪宅，原是外交使節團官邸，中國大使，美國大使等，這位當地居民曰，川普訪英住此，要求防空反飛彈措施，耗費不玼，我問歐巴瑪訪英多次，都到白金漢宮和三敏寺，有同樣要求？曰否，難怪最近川普想買格林蘭遭拒，老羞成怒曰，替丹麥省錢，我不喜歡川普之調調。
膳舫是一船屋廣東餐廳，十分別緻，我曾光顧其炒飯，它是在攝政王運河和勘姆登運河交接處，吃過飯，我就熟悉之走向勘姆登鎮區，這是早年倫敦之郊區，現在已經非常繁榮，一位藥物中毒身亡之年輕女歌星，愛美葡萄酒屋，出身於此，每次我都來此鎮，水閘週圍就是鬧區，平民環境，有一時裝店，收藏古典聖家縫紉機，非常有趣，有一國際食街，無提供座位，一般人站著，走著啃食，或是坐在運河畔，與粉鳥奪位，觀看小威尼斯船屋遊船來來去去，次番而後，我是越過堪姆登，往國王十字架出口方向邁進。
Stay away from the summer heat way in Houston, Texas/Carlos Pueblo
stay away from the summer heat way in Houston, Texas/Carlos Pueblo
Justin of the cruise line agent reminded me to book my cruise tickets to avoid a regret of missing a back to back cruise to Quebec, Canada from New York City. I agree to him with an idea to my decision factors, to stay away from the summer heat way in Houston, Texas. Our summer in Houston has been very hot, above 100 degree of F or 38 degree of C plus lack of rain falls. I have had two weeks in Alaska in the early summer and like it very much to taste on the other side of the North Atlantic weather of 71 degree of F or about 22 degree of C, a spring climate in Texas.
Roger E., my tennis body, mentions to me that the booming of Houston population is due to the invention of air conditioning otherwise people can not imagine such a sleepy oil town would turn into the 4th largest city in the U.S. for such a short period of time. Especially after I am getting out of regular job, I hide myself inside the house all the time for the sorry rest of my old life.
Jackson, a tennis captain from my neighboring subdivision, and Lloyd, my old neighbor are all from the up state of New York. They both and many others came from the north after graduation from the engineering schools to Houston to work for the oil industry. Their parents gave them their old houses in the north; therefore, they went back to the north during the summer after their own retirement to avoid the summer heat and returned south during the winter to avoid the severe cold weather and snow up there.
i don't think that I can do this practice with second house idea. The real estate tax and the absentee owner are two reasons to be considered, plus both of children have no interests of moving around because that they are still working and young. I am glad that I find the interest of cruising around the world and I can follow the cruise liner of their business strategy to accomplish the weather, summer in the north and winter to the south, to avoid both severe temperature.
I read the itinerary of this back to back and I can see there are all very interesting ports of New England and the Canadian Provinces. Frugal person like me, I feel even better if I consider the cost of room and board, transportation, etc. It is very affordable in compare with the second house to own to reach such purpose to avoid the severe weather in Houston.
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
避暑旅行2019/莊峻華
避暑旅行2019/莊峻華
昨夜買上新英格蘭和加拿大郵輪旅行，一共是24日，我查加國魁北克氣溫，在華氏70度，比起我們休市之溽暑，溫度在81-102度之間，真是避暑旅行，最近讓我想開，如何管理金錢，如何花費儲蓄，以免儲蓄在股市翻騰，心中抱憾。
我們舊鄰居幾家，從前在紐約讀書，畢業後南下休市工作，父母過世後，遺留小祖產木屋，不值多少，鄰居們退休後，一到夏天，就遷居北部老家，躲開休市炙熱夏天，一直到冬天才回來，也避免北方之打掃積雪，如此可以持續到翌年夏天。
我當然不曾想過有避暑念頭，而且管理第二間屋舍，亦甚複雜，所以老年後，都躲在屋內一整日，一直到學會郵輪旅行，郵輪路線在夏秋間，安排北半球，像阿拉斯加，新英格蘭和加拿大，和歐洲行，過了秋天，船公司就將各處船隻，調回美國，加強加勒比海航線，這提供北半球寒冷地帶，居民活動機會。
我也不是注重長期避暑，畢竟休市為大城市，除溽暑外，一切方便，而且生活費用，尚稱低廉，天熱又像台灣，很多蔬菜，在此均可栽培，而且也有許多東方超市。
昨夜買上新英格蘭和加拿大郵輪旅行，一共是24日，我查加國魁北克氣溫，在華氏70度，比起我們休市之溽暑，溫度在81-102度之間，真是避暑旅行，最近讓我想開，如何管理金錢，如何花費儲蓄，以免儲蓄在股市翻騰，心中抱憾。
我們舊鄰居幾家，從前在紐約讀書，畢業後南下休市工作，父母過世後，遺留小祖產木屋，不值多少，鄰居們退休後，一到夏天，就遷居北部老家，躲開休市炙熱夏天，一直到冬天才回來，也避免北方之打掃積雪，如此可以持續到翌年夏天。
我當然不曾想過有避暑念頭，而且管理第二間屋舍，亦甚複雜，所以老年後，都躲在屋內一整日，一直到學會郵輪旅行，郵輪路線在夏秋間，安排北半球，像阿拉斯加，新英格蘭和加拿大，和歐洲行，過了秋天，船公司就將各處船隻，調回美國，加強加勒比海航線，這提供北半球寒冷地帶，居民活動機會。
我也不是注重長期避暑，畢竟休市為大城市，除溽暑外，一切方便，而且生活費用，尚稱低廉，天熱又像台灣，很多蔬菜，在此均可栽培，而且也有許多東方超市。
Monday, August 19, 2019
Visiting Quebec City, Canada 2019/Carlos Pueblo
Visiting Quebec City, Canada 2019/Carlos Pueblo
I just book a back to back trip from New York City to Quebec City, Canada on the 31st of August, 2019 and return back to NYC on the 20th of September, 2019. This is a notice to inform my daughters on the Dawn of my coming, a surprise.
I am looking forward to seeing all of you on this lovely route of the New England and Canadian Provinces to avoid the summer heat in Houston, Texas.
I am also reporting to my worldwide readers of my blog. I'll be back on writing after September 20 with an additional subject of this trip. Thank you very much of your reading of my blog.
I just book a back to back trip from New York City to Quebec City, Canada on the 31st of August, 2019 and return back to NYC on the 20th of September, 2019. This is a notice to inform my daughters on the Dawn of my coming, a surprise.
I am looking forward to seeing all of you on this lovely route of the New England and Canadian Provinces to avoid the summer heat in Houston, Texas.
I am also reporting to my worldwide readers of my blog. I'll be back on writing after September 20 with an additional subject of this trip. Thank you very much of your reading of my blog.
加拿大魁北克市行2019/莊峻華
加拿大魁北克市行2019/莊峻華
剛才我的郵輪代理白天留話，通知月底魁北克市行，於是我定下船票，這是一近一個月之紐約市，新英格蘭，和東北加國四省之旅行，約是一週前，已購妥來回機票，連絡好三位紐約老友，下週一夜，我就出發紐約，下月下旬回家，暫避一個月休士頓酷暑。
我要通知黎明號愛女們，我的返家探親，也在部落格報告，全球讀者，待返家後，新闢一戰場，多謝愛顧。
剛才我的郵輪代理白天留話，通知月底魁北克市行，於是我定下船票，這是一近一個月之紐約市，新英格蘭，和東北加國四省之旅行，約是一週前，已購妥來回機票，連絡好三位紐約老友，下週一夜，我就出發紐約，下月下旬回家，暫避一個月休士頓酷暑。
我要通知黎明號愛女們，我的返家探親，也在部落格報告，全球讀者，待返家後，新闢一戰場，多謝愛顧。
Sailing through the Hubbard Glacier, Yakutat Bay, Alaska 2019/Carlos Pueblo
Sailing through the Hubbard Glacier, Yakutat Bay, Alaska 2019/Carlos Pueblo
The ship exit Glacier Bay via Gustavus, near the visitors center of the National Park to enter the Icy Strait and again following the inside passage coastal line north to the Hubbard Glacier. The Hubbard Glacier is located between Yakutat city and borough and Canadian Yukon about the same latitude with Skagway to the east, 200 miles northwest of Juneau, the State Capital, and is in the World Heritage Site. It is a tidewater/mountain glacier or valley glacier about 76 miles long. It is called an advanced glacier which means the glacier is still growing. The Yukutat Bay is similar to the Glacier Bay to the southeast full of icebergs floating on the bay even more. It has been named after the Chairman of the Bell Corporation the predecessor of current day AT&T. Again, there are many glaciers on the historical site.
It is a bonus of this seven days cruise to visit the Hubbard Glacier before the next day disembark at Seward, Alaska, it is a seven days trip from Seattle to Seattle, you're not going to visit this one or on the way back from Seward to Vancouver, the itinerary would be Hoonah of the small Eskimo village on icy Strait in lieu of this Glacier. The huge glacier is a little bit of difference from the Glacier Bay on the color and the appearance. It is more bluer and dirtier due to the dirt carried from up stream of the valley. It looks like the calcium carbonate formation inside of a cavern. The glacier constantly has been carved into icebergs and spread to the bay and we can see sea lions lying on the iceberg and floating down stream. Again, it is very comfortable to sit inside or stand outside to view the wonderful scenery of the world.
I travel alone myself on cruise and I don't mind repeating the same itinerary because I have so much fun and relaxing during the trip, i.e. the Alaska trip has been the fifth time in the past 10 years. I had had a dinner with Stephanie, one of my adopted daughter from the Dawn on that night at an Italian Restaurant. Every trip I would have two vouchers at four fees restaurants with a company; therefore, I ask the permission from their supervisors to permit of the dinner and it is the most enjoyable dinners that I have had.
The ship exit Glacier Bay via Gustavus, near the visitors center of the National Park to enter the Icy Strait and again following the inside passage coastal line north to the Hubbard Glacier. The Hubbard Glacier is located between Yakutat city and borough and Canadian Yukon about the same latitude with Skagway to the east, 200 miles northwest of Juneau, the State Capital, and is in the World Heritage Site. It is a tidewater/mountain glacier or valley glacier about 76 miles long. It is called an advanced glacier which means the glacier is still growing. The Yukutat Bay is similar to the Glacier Bay to the southeast full of icebergs floating on the bay even more. It has been named after the Chairman of the Bell Corporation the predecessor of current day AT&T. Again, there are many glaciers on the historical site.
It is a bonus of this seven days cruise to visit the Hubbard Glacier before the next day disembark at Seward, Alaska, it is a seven days trip from Seattle to Seattle, you're not going to visit this one or on the way back from Seward to Vancouver, the itinerary would be Hoonah of the small Eskimo village on icy Strait in lieu of this Glacier. The huge glacier is a little bit of difference from the Glacier Bay on the color and the appearance. It is more bluer and dirtier due to the dirt carried from up stream of the valley. It looks like the calcium carbonate formation inside of a cavern. The glacier constantly has been carved into icebergs and spread to the bay and we can see sea lions lying on the iceberg and floating down stream. Again, it is very comfortable to sit inside or stand outside to view the wonderful scenery of the world.
I travel alone myself on cruise and I don't mind repeating the same itinerary because I have so much fun and relaxing during the trip, i.e. the Alaska trip has been the fifth time in the past 10 years. I had had a dinner with Stephanie, one of my adopted daughter from the Dawn on that night at an Italian Restaurant. Every trip I would have two vouchers at four fees restaurants with a company; therefore, I ask the permission from their supervisors to permit of the dinner and it is the most enjoyable dinners that I have had.
Sunday, August 18, 2019
船行阿拉斯加哈巴特冰洲2019/莊峻華
船行阿拉斯加哈巴特冰洲2019/莊峻華
郵輪黃昏離開冰洲灣，駛向亞庫塔特灣，我們將訪另外一巨大冰洲曰，哈巴特冰洲，哈巴特是貝爾公斯之老闆，我特別察看地圖，我們都在阿拉斯加內海行駛，這是全球最原始美景之一，先從加拿大溫哥華港開始北上，非常安全，都在內海島嶼間行駛，先抵凱其堪港，然後穿梭過古帝俄時代首都席特加島嶼東海岸，到今日阿州首府珠諾港，這都是阿州之手提壺手提把部份，阿州另外一小手提把是阿留申群島，需要搭螺旋槳飛機。然後沿內海北上到史凱格衛港，我都一一介紹過，為了拜訪冰洲灣國家公園，船長將郵輪南下，駛出內海，經古斯塔娃的冰洲灣國家公園訪客中心站，進入冰洲灣，看完大冰洲一整天，又開回古斯塔娃訪客中心，進入冰塊海峽北上，到亞庫塔特灣，準備參觀另外一座大冰洲，這冰塊海峽南端，有一愛斯基摩小村，如今已是郵輪行之一站，我將介紹。亞庫塔特與史凱格衛相同緯度，不同經度，在西邊，在珠諾港之西北200哩，哈巴特冰洲幅員跨亞庫塔特和加國之約克堂，是名列於世界傳統景區。
也是一整天，船駛進亞庫塔特海灣，途經多少冰山頂，冰封瀑布，大小冰洲，我們可以在室內或室外觀賞，這哈巴特冰洲有1,350平方哩，寬達75.81哩，我的相機因主人不會操作，效果不佳，谷歌有很多清楚美麗之相片，此冰洲顏色更藍，而且有流經山谷，夾帶之泥土色，冰塊灑遍海灣各處，我們到船外觀看，就期待看到野生動物，此地區有如冰凍庫，真是不宜人居，但是風景絕佳，僅懼全球暖化，融化原始冰洲。
我屢次阿拉斯加郵輪行，除美麗風景外，也因為期待探望船上愛女們，這些年輕女孩，美麗勤奮工作，有許多都是舊識，非常親切，我希望下次再會。
郵輪黃昏離開冰洲灣，駛向亞庫塔特灣，我們將訪另外一巨大冰洲曰，哈巴特冰洲，哈巴特是貝爾公斯之老闆，我特別察看地圖，我們都在阿拉斯加內海行駛，這是全球最原始美景之一，先從加拿大溫哥華港開始北上，非常安全，都在內海島嶼間行駛，先抵凱其堪港，然後穿梭過古帝俄時代首都席特加島嶼東海岸，到今日阿州首府珠諾港，這都是阿州之手提壺手提把部份，阿州另外一小手提把是阿留申群島，需要搭螺旋槳飛機。然後沿內海北上到史凱格衛港，我都一一介紹過，為了拜訪冰洲灣國家公園，船長將郵輪南下，駛出內海，經古斯塔娃的冰洲灣國家公園訪客中心站，進入冰洲灣，看完大冰洲一整天，又開回古斯塔娃訪客中心，進入冰塊海峽北上，到亞庫塔特灣，準備參觀另外一座大冰洲，這冰塊海峽南端，有一愛斯基摩小村，如今已是郵輪行之一站，我將介紹。亞庫塔特與史凱格衛相同緯度，不同經度，在西邊，在珠諾港之西北200哩，哈巴特冰洲幅員跨亞庫塔特和加國之約克堂，是名列於世界傳統景區。
也是一整天，船駛進亞庫塔特海灣，途經多少冰山頂，冰封瀑布，大小冰洲，我們可以在室內或室外觀賞，這哈巴特冰洲有1,350平方哩，寬達75.81哩，我的相機因主人不會操作，效果不佳，谷歌有很多清楚美麗之相片，此冰洲顏色更藍，而且有流經山谷，夾帶之泥土色，冰塊灑遍海灣各處，我們到船外觀看，就期待看到野生動物，此地區有如冰凍庫，真是不宜人居，但是風景絕佳，僅懼全球暖化，融化原始冰洲。
我屢次阿拉斯加郵輪行，除美麗風景外，也因為期待探望船上愛女們，這些年輕女孩，美麗勤奮工作，有許多都是舊識，非常親切，我希望下次再會。
Marching to three London Royal Parks 2019/Carlos Pueblo
Marching to three London Royal Parks 2019/Carlos Pueblo
My hostel is located outside of the Kensington Park at Bayswater, I have routine march to three Royal Parks every time I visit the city, the Kensington Park, Hyde Park, across business district of Westminster to the Regent's Park. What I enjoy the most of these two five weekday visits are the quiet environment of this huge city, the spring flowers, the wild life, and some others like run into morning drills of the Queen's horse guards, etc.
I walk into Kensington on or before 6 a.m when the gate is open toward west to the Kensington Palace. There is a square garden called the Kensington Green behind Queen Victoria's white marble statue. In front of the statue is the Round Lake with hundreds of white mute geese, Canadian geese, wild duck, and plenty of pigeons, etc. The colorful turnips were blooming at the time at the Green Garden while roses at four corners were not ready. There is another statue, a standing King William III on the south gate, both Victoria and him used to be the resident of the Palace. Current day is occupied by Prince William, Princess Kate , and their three young children. William's parents, Prince Charles and Diana, used to live here before their divorce. After Diana's death, people built two memorial on the Park to remember her, a memorial playground for children on the north and a memorial fountain on the west of the Palace just by the Serpentine Lake.
I walked toward the Albert Square. Prince Albert is Victoria's husband and there is a huge golden sitting statue of him facing the Albert Hall, a famous place of performing arts in London. In this area, there are several Royal Colleges campus, museums, and foreign embassy offices, etc. extended to the city center like the Buckingham Palace, etc. On two raining days, I did visit the Victoria and Albert Museum to view their jewelry collection. I remember that this area of the Park has Japanese cherry blossom and some other area of the Hyde. I walk pass the south end of the Serpentine, a lake and one of the city water resource.
A small plate has been built to record Queen Caroline on her effort to dam the river to form a lake to serve as old time Londoners drinking water. She is the wife of King George II. The King lost in the American Revolution was his grandson, George III.
The Serpentine is a lake with plenty of wild birds, geese, ducks, and pigeons, etc. There are old people feeding birds along the lake and attracting a long line of geese and ducks, even parakeets on their shoulders. Swimmers are swimming on the lake by the Lido's Cafe all year long without the concern of cold. On the west side, it is the Kensington Garden which I wonder if the name is the same as the Kensington Park.
My hostel is located outside of the Kensington Park at Bayswater, I have routine march to three Royal Parks every time I visit the city, the Kensington Park, Hyde Park, across business district of Westminster to the Regent's Park. What I enjoy the most of these two five weekday visits are the quiet environment of this huge city, the spring flowers, the wild life, and some others like run into morning drills of the Queen's horse guards, etc.
I walk into Kensington on or before 6 a.m when the gate is open toward west to the Kensington Palace. There is a square garden called the Kensington Green behind Queen Victoria's white marble statue. In front of the statue is the Round Lake with hundreds of white mute geese, Canadian geese, wild duck, and plenty of pigeons, etc. The colorful turnips were blooming at the time at the Green Garden while roses at four corners were not ready. There is another statue, a standing King William III on the south gate, both Victoria and him used to be the resident of the Palace. Current day is occupied by Prince William, Princess Kate , and their three young children. William's parents, Prince Charles and Diana, used to live here before their divorce. After Diana's death, people built two memorial on the Park to remember her, a memorial playground for children on the north and a memorial fountain on the west of the Palace just by the Serpentine Lake.
I walked toward the Albert Square. Prince Albert is Victoria's husband and there is a huge golden sitting statue of him facing the Albert Hall, a famous place of performing arts in London. In this area, there are several Royal Colleges campus, museums, and foreign embassy offices, etc. extended to the city center like the Buckingham Palace, etc. On two raining days, I did visit the Victoria and Albert Museum to view their jewelry collection. I remember that this area of the Park has Japanese cherry blossom and some other area of the Hyde. I walk pass the south end of the Serpentine, a lake and one of the city water resource.
A small plate has been built to record Queen Caroline on her effort to dam the river to form a lake to serve as old time Londoners drinking water. She is the wife of King George II. The King lost in the American Revolution was his grandson, George III.
The Serpentine is a lake with plenty of wild birds, geese, ducks, and pigeons, etc. There are old people feeding birds along the lake and attracting a long line of geese and ducks, even parakeets on their shoulders. Swimmers are swimming on the lake by the Lido's Cafe all year long without the concern of cold. On the west side, it is the Kensington Garden which I wonder if the name is the same as the Kensington Park.
Saturday, August 17, 2019
行軍倫敦三皇家公園2019(2)/莊峻華
行軍倫敦三皇家公園2019(2)/莊峻華
居停客棧在灣水市，就在堪新頓皇家公園牆外，公園清晨六時開放，我就進園散步，每訪倫敦，我都選此三公園，堪新頓，海德，和攝政王，這次更特別，一共十個週日，都在此三處打轉，先是清晨六點到八點，在堪新頓和海德，賞花，賞鳥，觀看晨泳，結識愛犬等，住足觀賞女皇騎兵操練等，吃過早餐後，再穿過兩公園，出大理石門，走近鬧區，到攝政王公園，第一週行軍運河，第二週，就是分別到海德玫瑰花園，攝政王瑪莉女王玫瑰花園，和堪新頓王宮綠園賞花，兩相機拍攝千餘張相片，都存在家中桌型老電腦中。
先到堪新頓宮之綠園，現在鬱金香怒放，四角落之玫瑰花叢，花苞累累，我注意的是瑪莉女皇花園，所以未曾詢問女園丁，這王宮是威爾斯太子東宮，現在是太子孫威廉和凱特和其三幼子女居住，有皇室未婚王子和公主，也被邀住在公寓型王宮內，維多莉亞女皇曾在此住過，所以綠園前，有一白大理石雕全身雕像，面對圓湖，這圓湖有上百白天鵝，加拿大野雁，和無數野鴨鴿等棲息。南門有一尊威廉第三戎裝銅像。英國人懷念車禍喪生之黛安娜王妃，在堪園設立兩處，稍北一處兒童遊憩場，稍北長水畔一記念濆水池，此園旁也栽玫瑰花。
皇家公園種有開花巨樹，像是樹林，也有廣大草皮，為人們活動，愛犬奔馳聚會，許多人坐下閱讀，或是躺下小寐，春日曬太陽，我繞過圓湖，暫別這些天鵝，往愛伯特廣場方向，此區是堪園日本櫻花林，我曾遇見櫻季，愛伯特太子是維多莉亞女皇愛婿，夫妻恩愛，愛子後代承續帝位，全球甚多女皇紀念名號，愛伯特廣場在南門，是一宏偉黃金廣場，有美麗金皇色坐像，南向面對愛伯特大廳，還有幾座皇家學院，這已經是衛斯蜜林斯特特區，與白金漢宮相近，步行可及，兩日綿雨，我躲到維多莉亞和愛伯特博物館，欣賞女皇珠寶，我去過一次，一次走失，走近自然科學觀參觀。
瑟班廷湖是海德和勘新頓之分界湖，湖水也有地下泉水湧出，原是一河流，喬治二世妻凱若琳皇后有眼光，責令築水壩為湖，為倫敦水源地，時年1730, 喬治二世之孫三世，就是輸掉美國者。這湖屬海德公園，西邊界就是勘新頓花園，我不知是否整個公園別名花園，抑或是花園在其中，勘園確實美麗，有皇家園丁，專職管理，而且園藝知識豐富。
沿湖西岸南北走，清晨可遇見兩老者，一男一女，身體捷健，携布袋鳥糧，餵食湖中鳥類，白天鵝野雁粉鳥尾隨，形成一行，也有綠鶯哥停在雙肩，我在湖東岸，找到一對鶯哥之巢穴，原來在白楊樹幹洞穴中，約是啄木鳥先行挖洞取蟲，鶯哥隨後安居，皇家公園有近四百保護鳥類。
居停客棧在灣水市，就在堪新頓皇家公園牆外，公園清晨六時開放，我就進園散步，每訪倫敦，我都選此三公園，堪新頓，海德，和攝政王，這次更特別，一共十個週日，都在此三處打轉，先是清晨六點到八點，在堪新頓和海德，賞花，賞鳥，觀看晨泳，結識愛犬等，住足觀賞女皇騎兵操練等，吃過早餐後，再穿過兩公園，出大理石門，走近鬧區，到攝政王公園，第一週行軍運河，第二週，就是分別到海德玫瑰花園，攝政王瑪莉女王玫瑰花園，和堪新頓王宮綠園賞花，兩相機拍攝千餘張相片，都存在家中桌型老電腦中。
先到堪新頓宮之綠園，現在鬱金香怒放，四角落之玫瑰花叢，花苞累累，我注意的是瑪莉女皇花園，所以未曾詢問女園丁，這王宮是威爾斯太子東宮，現在是太子孫威廉和凱特和其三幼子女居住，有皇室未婚王子和公主，也被邀住在公寓型王宮內，維多莉亞女皇曾在此住過，所以綠園前，有一白大理石雕全身雕像，面對圓湖，這圓湖有上百白天鵝，加拿大野雁，和無數野鴨鴿等棲息。南門有一尊威廉第三戎裝銅像。英國人懷念車禍喪生之黛安娜王妃，在堪園設立兩處，稍北一處兒童遊憩場，稍北長水畔一記念濆水池，此園旁也栽玫瑰花。
皇家公園種有開花巨樹，像是樹林，也有廣大草皮，為人們活動，愛犬奔馳聚會，許多人坐下閱讀，或是躺下小寐，春日曬太陽，我繞過圓湖，暫別這些天鵝，往愛伯特廣場方向，此區是堪園日本櫻花林，我曾遇見櫻季，愛伯特太子是維多莉亞女皇愛婿，夫妻恩愛，愛子後代承續帝位，全球甚多女皇紀念名號，愛伯特廣場在南門，是一宏偉黃金廣場，有美麗金皇色坐像，南向面對愛伯特大廳，還有幾座皇家學院，這已經是衛斯蜜林斯特特區，與白金漢宮相近，步行可及，兩日綿雨，我躲到維多莉亞和愛伯特博物館，欣賞女皇珠寶，我去過一次，一次走失，走近自然科學觀參觀。
瑟班廷湖是海德和勘新頓之分界湖，湖水也有地下泉水湧出，原是一河流，喬治二世妻凱若琳皇后有眼光，責令築水壩為湖，為倫敦水源地，時年1730, 喬治二世之孫三世，就是輸掉美國者。這湖屬海德公園，西邊界就是勘新頓花園，我不知是否整個公園別名花園，抑或是花園在其中，勘園確實美麗，有皇家園丁，專職管理，而且園藝知識豐富。
沿湖西岸南北走，清晨可遇見兩老者，一男一女，身體捷健，携布袋鳥糧，餵食湖中鳥類，白天鵝野雁粉鳥尾隨，形成一行，也有綠鶯哥停在雙肩，我在湖東岸，找到一對鶯哥之巢穴，原來在白楊樹幹洞穴中，約是啄木鳥先行挖洞取蟲，鶯哥隨後安居，皇家公園有近四百保護鳥類。
Sailing through the Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska 2019/Carlos Pueblo
Sailing through the Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska 2019/Carlos Pueblo
The ship left Skagway in the early evening sailing through the inside passage of Alaska all night toward the world famous Glacier Bay National Park. When I check the map of this area, I get a better picture of what inside passage, the location of Juneau, Skagway, Hoonah, etc for the World Heritage site includes the Tongass National Forest and Icy Straight. During the night, the ship was wondering around the Lynn Canal from Skagway and turned into the Icy Strait to approach Point Gustavus and picking up a team of rangers of the Glacier Bay National Park Visitor Center to present the Park on Board. We were official on sail at the Bay used to be a river in 1680, covered by the Glacier all the way passing through the Visitor Center to the Icy Strait in 1750, formed a huge bay inward in 1880 and today according to four pictures on the official map of the National Park. We were doing a comfortable sight seen of the great scenery inside the temperature control cruise ship.
We can sit inside or stand outside to view the scenery, i.e. the deck 12 rear open Cafe, the entire deck 13, and the pedestrian path of deck 7. The ship opens up window seats during the day till 4:30 pm for the preparation of dinner business. The newer ships like Joy and Bliss even add additional observation lounge on entire deck 13 with seats and couches, and bar, etc. The global worming during the summer, forms water falls along the way with snow cap still vivid on the top. This is what we call fjord, a cliff of mountain directly stick into the sea. There several fjords existed where the cruise liners love to present to their customers like Norwegian fjords, South American fjords and Alaskan fjords. My prejudice is that Alaska is the most charming one of all.
The Captain made the ship slowly turning around to make the direct view of the huge Glacier available to every one at every position on board. The main one is 5,130 sq. miles about the size of Connecticut, 760 statute miles, 1,410 feet deepest point. There are 1,040 various glaciers formed individually after all the warming with 50 named. A certain level of the color appears to light blue due to the light reflection on the ice. Many iceberg are floating on the bay with one or two sea lions lying on it. I did see bears running on the shores. I was well prepared for the trip because of my previous experience. I was warm from the top of my head, neck hands, and a pair of boots on the ground. I have two cameras and a pair of binocular on hands. I nedd to learn how to use the camera manually instead of auto setting in order to catch a better picture with snow white color background.
I tell my adopted daughters how lucky they are to work on this route to see the most beautiful scenery on earth. I don't think that I would be tired of repeated visits if I have my next opportunity. We're going to visit another huge one glacier, the Habbard Glacier and after disembark at Sewer, Alaska finally and I'll embark to repeat again for another 7 days trip with identical route.
The ship left Skagway in the early evening sailing through the inside passage of Alaska all night toward the world famous Glacier Bay National Park. When I check the map of this area, I get a better picture of what inside passage, the location of Juneau, Skagway, Hoonah, etc for the World Heritage site includes the Tongass National Forest and Icy Straight. During the night, the ship was wondering around the Lynn Canal from Skagway and turned into the Icy Strait to approach Point Gustavus and picking up a team of rangers of the Glacier Bay National Park Visitor Center to present the Park on Board. We were official on sail at the Bay used to be a river in 1680, covered by the Glacier all the way passing through the Visitor Center to the Icy Strait in 1750, formed a huge bay inward in 1880 and today according to four pictures on the official map of the National Park. We were doing a comfortable sight seen of the great scenery inside the temperature control cruise ship.
We can sit inside or stand outside to view the scenery, i.e. the deck 12 rear open Cafe, the entire deck 13, and the pedestrian path of deck 7. The ship opens up window seats during the day till 4:30 pm for the preparation of dinner business. The newer ships like Joy and Bliss even add additional observation lounge on entire deck 13 with seats and couches, and bar, etc. The global worming during the summer, forms water falls along the way with snow cap still vivid on the top. This is what we call fjord, a cliff of mountain directly stick into the sea. There several fjords existed where the cruise liners love to present to their customers like Norwegian fjords, South American fjords and Alaskan fjords. My prejudice is that Alaska is the most charming one of all.
The Captain made the ship slowly turning around to make the direct view of the huge Glacier available to every one at every position on board. The main one is 5,130 sq. miles about the size of Connecticut, 760 statute miles, 1,410 feet deepest point. There are 1,040 various glaciers formed individually after all the warming with 50 named. A certain level of the color appears to light blue due to the light reflection on the ice. Many iceberg are floating on the bay with one or two sea lions lying on it. I did see bears running on the shores. I was well prepared for the trip because of my previous experience. I was warm from the top of my head, neck hands, and a pair of boots on the ground. I have two cameras and a pair of binocular on hands. I nedd to learn how to use the camera manually instead of auto setting in order to catch a better picture with snow white color background.
I tell my adopted daughters how lucky they are to work on this route to see the most beautiful scenery on earth. I don't think that I would be tired of repeated visits if I have my next opportunity. We're going to visit another huge one glacier, the Habbard Glacier and after disembark at Sewer, Alaska finally and I'll embark to repeat again for another 7 days trip with identical route.
Friday, August 16, 2019
船行阿拉斯加冰洲灣國家公園2019/莊峻華
船行阿拉斯加冰洲灣國家公園2019/莊峻華
離開史凱格偉鎮後，仍在內海道行駛，船長在駕駛室控制台，講好船經冰洲國家公園訪客中心時間，這是此行兩大座冰洲之一，一組國家公園職員，上船來服務，並介紹解釋此世界奇景，而且也在13層豪華酒廳，販賣公園禮品，公園訪客中心，在海灣之一角落，附近就是冰海峽，入海灣後，就是奇特壯觀之峭壁，遠近山上都是積雪，而且有許多融雪匯集成瀑布，從天上山頂奔飛下來，很多小座冰山，都符合冰洲定義，地圖上有四張圖，顯示冰洲範圍，1750年冰洲覆蓋到今日訪客中心，而且1680年冰洲底仍是陸地，僅一融雪河川入海，如今地球暖化，冰洲已退縮到今日加拿大邊界，底下之陸地，已形成冰洲灣，兩岸必需是懸崖峭壁，許多命名不同之冰洲。
搭乘郵輪逛冰洲，確實舒適，船速緩緩而行，可以站在甲板上觀望，也可以坐在暖氣室內，白天大餐廳不做生意，可以在臨窗座位，觀看不遠處山水，野生動物等，比起冬日日本北海道火車行有趣。船漸漸靠近這馳名全球之冰洲海灣，一共5,130 平方哩，寬760哩，約有卡內迪克州大小，此冰洲灣內有1,045座冰山，50座有命名，最深處達1,410呎深。我來過多次，有三件皮衣，手套，圍巾，相機，和望遠鏡，而且可以進進出出，我携帶兩相機，但因不知如何調光圈和速度，自動無法攝取雪白景色，下次要改進。
船開近冰洲，有些冰呈天藍色，船長調度四側，使每側都有面對冰洲機會，偶見海獅趴在冰塊上，漂離冰洲方向，我回程時，看到岸上黑熊。我們船漸漸駛離海灣，在珠諾市郊之曼丹賀冰洲之東加斯國家森林，也在此，灣外之冰塊海峽，就是回程之一站。
離開史凱格偉鎮後，仍在內海道行駛，船長在駕駛室控制台，講好船經冰洲國家公園訪客中心時間，這是此行兩大座冰洲之一，一組國家公園職員，上船來服務，並介紹解釋此世界奇景，而且也在13層豪華酒廳，販賣公園禮品，公園訪客中心，在海灣之一角落，附近就是冰海峽，入海灣後，就是奇特壯觀之峭壁，遠近山上都是積雪，而且有許多融雪匯集成瀑布，從天上山頂奔飛下來，很多小座冰山，都符合冰洲定義，地圖上有四張圖，顯示冰洲範圍，1750年冰洲覆蓋到今日訪客中心，而且1680年冰洲底仍是陸地，僅一融雪河川入海，如今地球暖化，冰洲已退縮到今日加拿大邊界，底下之陸地，已形成冰洲灣，兩岸必需是懸崖峭壁，許多命名不同之冰洲。
搭乘郵輪逛冰洲，確實舒適，船速緩緩而行，可以站在甲板上觀望，也可以坐在暖氣室內，白天大餐廳不做生意，可以在臨窗座位，觀看不遠處山水，野生動物等，比起冬日日本北海道火車行有趣。船漸漸靠近這馳名全球之冰洲海灣，一共5,130 平方哩，寬760哩，約有卡內迪克州大小，此冰洲灣內有1,045座冰山，50座有命名，最深處達1,410呎深。我來過多次，有三件皮衣，手套，圍巾，相機，和望遠鏡，而且可以進進出出，我携帶兩相機，但因不知如何調光圈和速度，自動無法攝取雪白景色，下次要改進。
船開近冰洲，有些冰呈天藍色，船長調度四側，使每側都有面對冰洲機會，偶見海獅趴在冰塊上，漂離冰洲方向，我回程時，看到岸上黑熊。我們船漸漸駛離海灣，在珠諾市郊之曼丹賀冰洲之東加斯國家森林，也在此，灣外之冰塊海峽，就是回程之一站。
Thursday, August 15, 2019
Re-Visiting London, England 2019/Carlos Pueblo
Re-Visiting London, England 2019/Carlos Pueblo
After two days visit of Oxford, I went on to London, England for my next visit of English canals and rivers. London has been my favorite city to visit for years and I expect to see roses blooming, three Royal Parks, and the Regent's and Camden Canals. The train passes through the green fields of England with familiar scenery of ships roaming at the grass lands. I didn't see the power plants this time not like from Bristol to Oxford railroad track where the Mayor of Taipei, Taiwan liked to send his associates to visit for the power supplying model in Taiwan. I got off at the King's Cross Station of London. Kungga Zomkyi's Japanese restaurant is at the St.Pancras Station across the square. She is a pretty girl from Tibet. I got to know her two years ago when I passed by the station and on my way to London Gatwick Airport. She was appreciated of my visit and paid my bill. On the next day, I went back to the restaurant and stuff a 20 Pound bill at her hand and she returned it to me because she liked my special visit.
After releasing my luggage, I went on to visit the nearby Kensington Park and the Hyde Park. There are still so much to see even I have been to London for several times and mostly visiting these two parks. I took a quick tour of the Kensington Palace, the Albert Statue, and one side of the lake, and the Italian Garden, etc. The cherry blossom was out and the roses blooming was not at the season yet. The next morning, a gardener told me that the first bloom of roses should be within a week which was a disappointment news to me. I had missed the spring blossom ever since my first visit of London, I therefore made a change of my itinerary and skipped my five days visit of Reeds, England after the weekend visit of Cambridge. The only time when I saw the roses at Queen Mary's Rose Garden was in the late summer of 2017. It is a very attractive rose garden at the Reagent's Park.
London is the most visited city in the whole world and there are many reasons behind it. The city has been a representation of the world civilization for thousand of years. It has been the capital city of the old British Empire and the current center of the Commonwealth. City transportation network is super efficient. English is one of the most popular languages in the world and many people like to send their children to study in the United Kingdom. I am so impressed when I stand at the square between the King's X and St. Pancras Stations to see so many visitors are taking pictures of the beautiful architecture around.
After two days visit of Oxford, I went on to London, England for my next visit of English canals and rivers. London has been my favorite city to visit for years and I expect to see roses blooming, three Royal Parks, and the Regent's and Camden Canals. The train passes through the green fields of England with familiar scenery of ships roaming at the grass lands. I didn't see the power plants this time not like from Bristol to Oxford railroad track where the Mayor of Taipei, Taiwan liked to send his associates to visit for the power supplying model in Taiwan. I got off at the King's Cross Station of London. Kungga Zomkyi's Japanese restaurant is at the St.Pancras Station across the square. She is a pretty girl from Tibet. I got to know her two years ago when I passed by the station and on my way to London Gatwick Airport. She was appreciated of my visit and paid my bill. On the next day, I went back to the restaurant and stuff a 20 Pound bill at her hand and she returned it to me because she liked my special visit.
After releasing my luggage, I went on to visit the nearby Kensington Park and the Hyde Park. There are still so much to see even I have been to London for several times and mostly visiting these two parks. I took a quick tour of the Kensington Palace, the Albert Statue, and one side of the lake, and the Italian Garden, etc. The cherry blossom was out and the roses blooming was not at the season yet. The next morning, a gardener told me that the first bloom of roses should be within a week which was a disappointment news to me. I had missed the spring blossom ever since my first visit of London, I therefore made a change of my itinerary and skipped my five days visit of Reeds, England after the weekend visit of Cambridge. The only time when I saw the roses at Queen Mary's Rose Garden was in the late summer of 2017. It is a very attractive rose garden at the Reagent's Park.
London is the most visited city in the whole world and there are many reasons behind it. The city has been a representation of the world civilization for thousand of years. It has been the capital city of the old British Empire and the current center of the Commonwealth. City transportation network is super efficient. English is one of the most popular languages in the world and many people like to send their children to study in the United Kingdom. I am so impressed when I stand at the square between the King's X and St. Pancras Stations to see so many visitors are taking pictures of the beautiful architecture around.
重返英國倫敦市2019/莊峻華
重返英國倫敦市2019/莊峻華
最近幾年，我幾乎每年都拜訪英國倫敦市，後來在郵輪旅行，愛女瑪西之船方旅行節目統計，倫敦是每年全球訪客最多之城市，我一點都不意外，我旅行倫敦，都是拜訪同處景點，習慣使然，而且時間越來越長，但地點越來越集中，越來越重複，這次前後有十日，多半在三處皇家公園賞花，在攝政王公園運河行軍，還有四次拜訪國王的十字架車站日本餐廳，因為一位美麗之西藏姑娘經理，坤佳珠琪。
牛津站火車在倫敦國王站下車，英國各地火車來倫敦，在不同車站下車，也在相同車站，前往各地，英國鐵道，世界級標準，而且不是壟斷事業，是統一售票，我們老年人有繳費購買折扣票，票價隨時間改變。這次倫敦行，沿路景色，不像西南角布莉斯陀市到倫敦，經過之發電廠，因為台北市之柯市長，準備派人來英國考察英國之火力發電廠和電力管理，讓我更期待注意英格蘭原野散佈之發電廠。國王站沒有首次相遇之宏偉，但仍舊壯觀，尤奇站在火車站外，觀看旅客拍攝之建築物，古點或新潁，坤佳之餐廳在國王站對面之聖潘克拉斯站，這是到倫敦凱特維克機場之起站。
坤佳很高興再會到我，不巧我上次認收之阿根廷愛女不在。她說她尚未升任經理，但已經是首席帶位，處理店面業務，我僅點三小盤刺身，就要18英鎊，甚是心疼，結帳時，她要女侍者刷她之信用卡，我再三感謝，但她堅持，因我特別來探望，翌日，我從堪美登運河出口，重返國王站，塞她掌心一張20英鎊鈔票，她堅拒曰，感謝我來看她，後來我從劍橋來回，都到餐廳用餐，而且離去前，也提行李道別。
放下行李後，我就搭車到攝政王公園，找到瑪莉女皇玫瑰花園，園丁語我，花需再等一週，我開始失望，想又錯過一次，多年首次參觀此園，值春初新枝萌芽，人曰五月始有花開，終於等到前年九月初，但已是夏日最後期之玫瑰花，花實已累累，我當下決定取消一週後之里治市行，從劍橋重返倫敦之決心。
其實，攝政王園內，尚有其他花朵盛開，鬱金香一例，此時亭亭玉立，而且有幾種顏色，皇家公園面積廣闊，尤其是這三座在市中心，攝政王，海德，和堪新頓，是承繼英帝國之規模，是當今英國之顏面。
最近幾年，我幾乎每年都拜訪英國倫敦市，後來在郵輪旅行，愛女瑪西之船方旅行節目統計，倫敦是每年全球訪客最多之城市，我一點都不意外，我旅行倫敦，都是拜訪同處景點，習慣使然，而且時間越來越長，但地點越來越集中，越來越重複，這次前後有十日，多半在三處皇家公園賞花，在攝政王公園運河行軍，還有四次拜訪國王的十字架車站日本餐廳，因為一位美麗之西藏姑娘經理，坤佳珠琪。
牛津站火車在倫敦國王站下車，英國各地火車來倫敦，在不同車站下車，也在相同車站，前往各地，英國鐵道，世界級標準，而且不是壟斷事業，是統一售票，我們老年人有繳費購買折扣票，票價隨時間改變。這次倫敦行，沿路景色，不像西南角布莉斯陀市到倫敦，經過之發電廠，因為台北市之柯市長，準備派人來英國考察英國之火力發電廠和電力管理，讓我更期待注意英格蘭原野散佈之發電廠。國王站沒有首次相遇之宏偉，但仍舊壯觀，尤奇站在火車站外，觀看旅客拍攝之建築物，古點或新潁，坤佳之餐廳在國王站對面之聖潘克拉斯站，這是到倫敦凱特維克機場之起站。
坤佳很高興再會到我，不巧我上次認收之阿根廷愛女不在。她說她尚未升任經理，但已經是首席帶位，處理店面業務，我僅點三小盤刺身，就要18英鎊，甚是心疼，結帳時，她要女侍者刷她之信用卡，我再三感謝，但她堅持，因我特別來探望，翌日，我從堪美登運河出口，重返國王站，塞她掌心一張20英鎊鈔票，她堅拒曰，感謝我來看她，後來我從劍橋來回，都到餐廳用餐，而且離去前，也提行李道別。
放下行李後，我就搭車到攝政王公園，找到瑪莉女皇玫瑰花園，園丁語我，花需再等一週，我開始失望，想又錯過一次，多年首次參觀此園，值春初新枝萌芽，人曰五月始有花開，終於等到前年九月初，但已是夏日最後期之玫瑰花，花實已累累，我當下決定取消一週後之里治市行，從劍橋重返倫敦之決心。
其實，攝政王園內，尚有其他花朵盛開，鬱金香一例，此時亭亭玉立，而且有幾種顏色，皇家公園面積廣闊，尤其是這三座在市中心，攝政王，海德，和堪新頓，是承繼英帝國之規模，是當今英國之顏面。
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Re-visiting Skagway, Alaska 2019/Carlos Pueblo
Re-visiting Skagway, Alaska 2019/Carlos Pueblo
The ship left Juneau late in the afternoon sailing through the inside passage of Alaska again to Skagway, another lovely township left from the gold rush era. I always hike on the lower Dewey Lake for all my visits to this historical town. This time, I tried the upper Dewey Lake for my first attempt because an Indonesian internet manager showed me early this year a photo of a white wolf on his i-phone from Upper Lake and I was very impressed.
I disembark to the pier toward the rail road station where the White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad is started toward Canadian Yukon Territory. At the Gold Rush time, the town reached to 10,000 population and was the large township of the entire Alaska Territory. Next to the station is the office of the Klondike Gold Rush Historical Park, is also related to the Gold Rush
and also has another station in the downtown for the kids visitors like a modern museum. Walking toward a highway by passing through a memorial park with a statue of someone famous, I turned into the entrance of the water resource and the lakes. I felt a little more difficulty to climb up to the smooth hiking route and I wondered if it was because of my age
or weight. I turned into the Upper Lake Route to enter the thick forest area and sometimes ran into climbing again with difficulty. Quit was always in my mind due to exhaustion.
Not many mountain hikers were there, as a matter of the fact, there were only three; however, the signs of direction were clear. We all desire to reach a waterfall and the Upper Lake for the views where is more hat an hour for jogger and I hiked more than two hours, stop and go, and still only made to the sign for the fall. Of course, I didn't see any wild animals and not even any birds significant.
On my way down to the mountain, I ran into a lady hiking with her two white dogs. I got their attention and I asked the permission to take their pictures in lieu of my while wolf dream. She doubts seriously that there is any wolf existing not even white color one in this area. I know the is very special and should bring in a good luck as he, the internet manager is told by the local aborigine which I guess is the Eskimo. I managed to get down to the mountain via the service road, more straight down to the hill and difficult yet faster.
I walked pass the small creek and enter the well kept downtown. Skagway is a typical town ship of the American West. Most of the stores are restaurant, jewelry stores, and gift shops. Many tourists are shopping and carrying shopping bags back to the ship. There are several places which I have missed this time, like he Lower Dewey Lake and the Pirate Point across a bridge of Skagway River. I always skip those paid trips like the locomotive ride, a tour to the Canadian border, or a helicopter ride, etc.
The ship left Juneau late in the afternoon sailing through the inside passage of Alaska again to Skagway, another lovely township left from the gold rush era. I always hike on the lower Dewey Lake for all my visits to this historical town. This time, I tried the upper Dewey Lake for my first attempt because an Indonesian internet manager showed me early this year a photo of a white wolf on his i-phone from Upper Lake and I was very impressed.
I disembark to the pier toward the rail road station where the White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad is started toward Canadian Yukon Territory. At the Gold Rush time, the town reached to 10,000 population and was the large township of the entire Alaska Territory. Next to the station is the office of the Klondike Gold Rush Historical Park, is also related to the Gold Rush
and also has another station in the downtown for the kids visitors like a modern museum. Walking toward a highway by passing through a memorial park with a statue of someone famous, I turned into the entrance of the water resource and the lakes. I felt a little more difficulty to climb up to the smooth hiking route and I wondered if it was because of my age
or weight. I turned into the Upper Lake Route to enter the thick forest area and sometimes ran into climbing again with difficulty. Quit was always in my mind due to exhaustion.
Not many mountain hikers were there, as a matter of the fact, there were only three; however, the signs of direction were clear. We all desire to reach a waterfall and the Upper Lake for the views where is more hat an hour for jogger and I hiked more than two hours, stop and go, and still only made to the sign for the fall. Of course, I didn't see any wild animals and not even any birds significant.
On my way down to the mountain, I ran into a lady hiking with her two white dogs. I got their attention and I asked the permission to take their pictures in lieu of my while wolf dream. She doubts seriously that there is any wolf existing not even white color one in this area. I know the is very special and should bring in a good luck as he, the internet manager is told by the local aborigine which I guess is the Eskimo. I managed to get down to the mountain via the service road, more straight down to the hill and difficult yet faster.
I walked pass the small creek and enter the well kept downtown. Skagway is a typical town ship of the American West. Most of the stores are restaurant, jewelry stores, and gift shops. Many tourists are shopping and carrying shopping bags back to the ship. There are several places which I have missed this time, like he Lower Dewey Lake and the Pirate Point across a bridge of Skagway River. I always skip those paid trips like the locomotive ride, a tour to the Canadian border, or a helicopter ride, etc.
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
重訪阿拉斯加州史凱格衛鎮2019/莊峻華
重訪阿拉斯加州史凱格衛鎮2019/莊峻華
郵輪沿阿拉斯加州內海，續行北上，這夜剛好與珍妮在牛排餐廳晚餐，未盡瓶酒已先醉，回房間後美睡整夜，醒來已近史凱格衛鎮，清晨甲板觀賞日出山峰際，望遠鏡掃瞄遠近海面鯨魚浮沉吐氣，多麼暇閒人生。史鎮也是古淘金小鎮，接近加拿大邊界，從美國開車到阿拉斯加州，必需經過加拿大英屬哥倫比亞省，再切入凱其堪，珠諾，和史鎮等地，我的五次造訪，都是經郵輪，這是我旅行經驗中，最為美麗特殊和有趣之一，史鎮有一維護甚佳之美國西部街景，也有非常美麗之山麓可健行，這來回兩次重訪，我因體力侷限，僅能兩次分別等上下杜威湖。
下船後，我很熟練之步出碼頭，也無需到國家歷史公園辦公室拿圖，直接走向杜威湖方向，這是小鎮火車站，有專車登山到白隘之幽堪線鐵路，可以爬山到加國，有人告知，有私人包車，可以到加國小鎮幽堪參觀，不過我的五次，都在爬小山和逛街。這次目標是上杜威湖，何以故？年初我在另一艘郵輪，與船上印尼籍網路經理聊天，當年他也在太陽號服務，他展示手機白狼相片曰，在上杜威湖遇見，確實非常英俊超俗，他說當地原住民曰，將帶來好運，於是我想爬上杜威湖。先上山階，我已經喘息不堪，在下杜威湖，東西向分叉口，有一徑是指向一瀑布，此上杜威湖之水源也，據聞需兩小時餘山程，我是鐵下老心矣。
這山步徑稍困難於下杜威湖，而且多半是森林，沒有下湖之景色，就是許多景觀點，湖景和遠處雪峰景色，我心中仍是惦念那隻白狼，所有人皆曰不可能看到白狼，我還是繼續爬山，一直到一路標轉角處，已經爬山甚久，而且體力有所不支，內心掙扎，瀑布甚多，不差上杜威湖，於是掉頭，下山途中，巧遇一女士，攜帶兩白色愛犬登山，兩白犬並非雪白，但也差強人意，於是經主人同意，拍照留念，彼曰未曾聽聞有白狼出沒。我在一處看到路標指示史鎮石道，這原來是登山車徑，近垂直上下，可以不用繞道下湖，我咬緊牙根，蹲步下山，出杜威湖水源地，穿過市區，我稍做休息，走過鐵道，聞人在車廂喚叫，原來是紐約乘客，他們參加下午班白隘幽堪線小火車行，我是臉色鐵青，狼狽不堪，船長也出來逛街。
郵輪沿阿拉斯加州內海，續行北上，這夜剛好與珍妮在牛排餐廳晚餐，未盡瓶酒已先醉，回房間後美睡整夜，醒來已近史凱格衛鎮，清晨甲板觀賞日出山峰際，望遠鏡掃瞄遠近海面鯨魚浮沉吐氣，多麼暇閒人生。史鎮也是古淘金小鎮，接近加拿大邊界，從美國開車到阿拉斯加州，必需經過加拿大英屬哥倫比亞省，再切入凱其堪，珠諾，和史鎮等地，我的五次造訪，都是經郵輪，這是我旅行經驗中，最為美麗特殊和有趣之一，史鎮有一維護甚佳之美國西部街景，也有非常美麗之山麓可健行，這來回兩次重訪，我因體力侷限，僅能兩次分別等上下杜威湖。
下船後，我很熟練之步出碼頭，也無需到國家歷史公園辦公室拿圖，直接走向杜威湖方向，這是小鎮火車站，有專車登山到白隘之幽堪線鐵路，可以爬山到加國，有人告知，有私人包車，可以到加國小鎮幽堪參觀，不過我的五次，都在爬小山和逛街。這次目標是上杜威湖，何以故？年初我在另一艘郵輪，與船上印尼籍網路經理聊天，當年他也在太陽號服務，他展示手機白狼相片曰，在上杜威湖遇見，確實非常英俊超俗，他說當地原住民曰，將帶來好運，於是我想爬上杜威湖。先上山階，我已經喘息不堪，在下杜威湖，東西向分叉口，有一徑是指向一瀑布，此上杜威湖之水源也，據聞需兩小時餘山程，我是鐵下老心矣。
這山步徑稍困難於下杜威湖，而且多半是森林，沒有下湖之景色，就是許多景觀點，湖景和遠處雪峰景色，我心中仍是惦念那隻白狼，所有人皆曰不可能看到白狼，我還是繼續爬山，一直到一路標轉角處，已經爬山甚久，而且體力有所不支，內心掙扎，瀑布甚多，不差上杜威湖，於是掉頭，下山途中，巧遇一女士，攜帶兩白色愛犬登山，兩白犬並非雪白，但也差強人意，於是經主人同意，拍照留念，彼曰未曾聽聞有白狼出沒。我在一處看到路標指示史鎮石道，這原來是登山車徑，近垂直上下，可以不用繞道下湖，我咬緊牙根，蹲步下山，出杜威湖水源地，穿過市區，我稍做休息，走過鐵道，聞人在車廂喚叫，原來是紐約乘客，他們參加下午班白隘幽堪線小火車行，我是臉色鐵青，狼狽不堪，船長也出來逛街。
Monday, August 12, 2019
Re-Visiting the Thames River at Oxford, England 2019/Carlos Pueblo
Re-Visiting the Thames River at Oxford, England 2019/Carlos Pueblo
On the next day of my visit of the canal at Oxford, England, I went to the waterway, the river parallel to the canal through another direction. The entrance is on the other side of the train station with wider river yet with a canal lock facility and barges are waiting in line to pass. It has a touch tone control of the lock and digital cashier to take the fee. I saw a small office by
the path side yet there was nobody at hand and I watched barge captains helped each other to manage the system. It is a functioning network of the canals and rivers trust. There are more barges moored by the banks of both sides. At the beginning, we are still at the city vicinity and the river gradually moves away from the city yet still with parks, grass lands and some water sports facilities. I marched even farther than my previous two visits of the city and I attempted to reach my physical limit. I enjoyed watching the rowing crowds, a three days 100 miles marathon, passing 4 bridges hanging over the river, and turning back after a lovely village.
The spring was there of my visit with many different flowers decorated by the residents on their front and back yards. The first bridge after the entrance is a small independent township at Oxford that I know it is existed. The bridge is a busy street to a part of downtown while on the other direction is going to the suburban area. I must get up and down of the bridge in order to continue my walk by the river. The second bridge is not far away which is the Subway Sandwich Store located. I know a waitress from Eastern Timor. There is also a private high school with a nice rose garden on the campus which I remember well and also
inside another bridge is adjacent to a famous Oxford College. A small gift shop appeared on a famous movie is attracting many tourists. A row boats renter is on the river by a restaurant. I kept on marching and saw people engaging the rowing sport. Usually there is a person sitting on the rear to control the speed and direction while another coach is riding a bicycle on the path following the boat and provide the yelling to make a progress. The rowing length is lasting a couple of miles.
There are two paths for the pedestrian however one path is interrupted somewhere and back on. On my side, there are green fields for seasonal geese and ducks, some cloth covered horses, etc. Everything looks so nice and peaceful. I ran into the finish line of a 100 miles three days marathon. Some one introduced me the activity and was quite interesting. I forget
the starting place which is about 30 minutes train ride down on the track to London. English and European appreciate the pass of the cold winter and open up their spring sport activities immediately. Many of the participants were accompanied by their friends or family members to enter the final station. I try to find the name of the marathon in vain, some advertisers yet no name, neither can I Google out the details.
I kept on going till a rowing club where I used its mobile toilet in order to march further. The station provides pier to land the boat to the river and some simple warehouse to keep the boats. There is a luxury sail vehicle by a side stream with a tall sail and a mansion is behind. I went on back to my path and pass that third bridge. More activities on the river and I ran into a beautiful set of lock with a small path to a beautiful village. I was curious and went inside to visit. I was very impressed of the date flower blooming. It is a residential area and I don't see a way out to a business area and I return back to the river.
I had a good length of conversation with a barge owner. He lives on boat and rents a mail box at town. This is what he says that you don't pay tax for the boat house. It is quite safe for his property, of course, the public safety is quite well in the U.K. also the neighbors keep their eyes on the intruders and help each other.
On the next day of my visit of the canal at Oxford, England, I went to the waterway, the river parallel to the canal through another direction. The entrance is on the other side of the train station with wider river yet with a canal lock facility and barges are waiting in line to pass. It has a touch tone control of the lock and digital cashier to take the fee. I saw a small office by
the path side yet there was nobody at hand and I watched barge captains helped each other to manage the system. It is a functioning network of the canals and rivers trust. There are more barges moored by the banks of both sides. At the beginning, we are still at the city vicinity and the river gradually moves away from the city yet still with parks, grass lands and some water sports facilities. I marched even farther than my previous two visits of the city and I attempted to reach my physical limit. I enjoyed watching the rowing crowds, a three days 100 miles marathon, passing 4 bridges hanging over the river, and turning back after a lovely village.
The spring was there of my visit with many different flowers decorated by the residents on their front and back yards. The first bridge after the entrance is a small independent township at Oxford that I know it is existed. The bridge is a busy street to a part of downtown while on the other direction is going to the suburban area. I must get up and down of the bridge in order to continue my walk by the river. The second bridge is not far away which is the Subway Sandwich Store located. I know a waitress from Eastern Timor. There is also a private high school with a nice rose garden on the campus which I remember well and also
inside another bridge is adjacent to a famous Oxford College. A small gift shop appeared on a famous movie is attracting many tourists. A row boats renter is on the river by a restaurant. I kept on marching and saw people engaging the rowing sport. Usually there is a person sitting on the rear to control the speed and direction while another coach is riding a bicycle on the path following the boat and provide the yelling to make a progress. The rowing length is lasting a couple of miles.
There are two paths for the pedestrian however one path is interrupted somewhere and back on. On my side, there are green fields for seasonal geese and ducks, some cloth covered horses, etc. Everything looks so nice and peaceful. I ran into the finish line of a 100 miles three days marathon. Some one introduced me the activity and was quite interesting. I forget
the starting place which is about 30 minutes train ride down on the track to London. English and European appreciate the pass of the cold winter and open up their spring sport activities immediately. Many of the participants were accompanied by their friends or family members to enter the final station. I try to find the name of the marathon in vain, some advertisers yet no name, neither can I Google out the details.
I kept on going till a rowing club where I used its mobile toilet in order to march further. The station provides pier to land the boat to the river and some simple warehouse to keep the boats. There is a luxury sail vehicle by a side stream with a tall sail and a mansion is behind. I went on back to my path and pass that third bridge. More activities on the river and I ran into a beautiful set of lock with a small path to a beautiful village. I was curious and went inside to visit. I was very impressed of the date flower blooming. It is a residential area and I don't see a way out to a business area and I return back to the river.
I had a good length of conversation with a barge owner. He lives on boat and rents a mail box at town. This is what he says that you don't pay tax for the boat house. It is quite safe for his property, of course, the public safety is quite well in the U.K. also the neighbors keep their eyes on the intruders and help each other.
Saturday, August 10, 2019
英國牛津翌日2019/莊峻華
英國牛津翌日2019/莊峻華
清晨，我就走向運河，這是與昨日相反方向，河面寬廣，顯然是運用舊河道，加上河閘設備，這段河道，已經開始有行船，而且河船靠岸，步徑寬闊，兩岸仍是市區，公園住宅間置，春天花開，牛津人晨跑，益顯大學城之安逸。經過兩重要之石橋，這是連繫泰晤士河上游兩岸牛津市郊，第一座緊接一小鎮，河畔有餐廳，有小船出租等，過不久就是第二座橋，有一私立中學，美麗校園，橋內就是牛津城中，古典古香之牛津學院，教堂和老街等，橋外就是那地下鐵三明治店所在，是稍新社區，兩橋都在歩行範圍內。走下第二座橋，就是此河兩岸活動之開始，許多划船活動，船屋整排，巧遇一春季馬拉松比賽，我下定決心，走道體力盡處。
牛津市有優異之划船環境，大學城，年輕人口，划船有單人，雙人，到多人等，一劍輕舟，川尾有隊教練節制速度，歩徑上還有騎鐵馬么喝之技術教練，這類划船兢賽，在歐美，甚為普遍，河岸有船塢，可置放輕舟，也有划船俱樂部，週日划船嗜者雲集，嗜者年齡亦甚為廣，從初中少女開始，到一些單舟老者，河上交通秩序尚佳。第三座橋下，就是牛津市划船俱樂部，這是歩徑對岸，過去我都在此處回頭，這此我堅定意志，要走過該橋，於是我過橋，使用其活動廁所，並參觀俱樂部設備，有一咖啡屋，附近草叢水間，停靠一華麗古帆船。
就在第二，三座橋間，是一片原野草場，偶有巷入小住宅區，草原上有幾匹牧馬，天寒馬匹常有披風，這次遇見一年度春季馬拉松比賽，時間是三日一百哩路，可跑可行，已經開始完成進場，沿路都是跑者，他們家人親戚朋友在旁鼓勵，連我都鼓掌，來去兩次，我都入場終線觀看，英國人喜歡運動，可見前先祖尚武精神，有人介紹我起跑城鎮，我一時忘記寫下，是在往倫敦火車途中一站，也有運河經過。
走過第三座橋，向泰晤士河下游方向邁進，經過城外一小鎮，我在水閘處轉入社區，房舍井然有序，找不到商業區，庭院中有很多像白色枣花，我未久留，回水閘繼續前進，泰晤士河河面漸次開廣，我終於回頭。
我請教一船屋主人，他是單身，以船為屋，市內租有郵政新箱，好像無需繳費，治安也尚可，也無甚可偷竊，而且鄰居也守望相助，非常有趣。
清晨，我就走向運河，這是與昨日相反方向，河面寬廣，顯然是運用舊河道，加上河閘設備，這段河道，已經開始有行船，而且河船靠岸，步徑寬闊，兩岸仍是市區，公園住宅間置，春天花開，牛津人晨跑，益顯大學城之安逸。經過兩重要之石橋，這是連繫泰晤士河上游兩岸牛津市郊，第一座緊接一小鎮，河畔有餐廳，有小船出租等，過不久就是第二座橋，有一私立中學，美麗校園，橋內就是牛津城中，古典古香之牛津學院，教堂和老街等，橋外就是那地下鐵三明治店所在，是稍新社區，兩橋都在歩行範圍內。走下第二座橋，就是此河兩岸活動之開始，許多划船活動，船屋整排，巧遇一春季馬拉松比賽，我下定決心，走道體力盡處。
牛津市有優異之划船環境，大學城，年輕人口，划船有單人，雙人，到多人等，一劍輕舟，川尾有隊教練節制速度，歩徑上還有騎鐵馬么喝之技術教練，這類划船兢賽，在歐美，甚為普遍，河岸有船塢，可置放輕舟，也有划船俱樂部，週日划船嗜者雲集，嗜者年齡亦甚為廣，從初中少女開始，到一些單舟老者，河上交通秩序尚佳。第三座橋下，就是牛津市划船俱樂部，這是歩徑對岸，過去我都在此處回頭，這此我堅定意志，要走過該橋，於是我過橋，使用其活動廁所，並參觀俱樂部設備，有一咖啡屋，附近草叢水間，停靠一華麗古帆船。
就在第二，三座橋間，是一片原野草場，偶有巷入小住宅區，草原上有幾匹牧馬，天寒馬匹常有披風，這次遇見一年度春季馬拉松比賽，時間是三日一百哩路，可跑可行，已經開始完成進場，沿路都是跑者，他們家人親戚朋友在旁鼓勵，連我都鼓掌，來去兩次，我都入場終線觀看，英國人喜歡運動，可見前先祖尚武精神，有人介紹我起跑城鎮，我一時忘記寫下，是在往倫敦火車途中一站，也有運河經過。
走過第三座橋，向泰晤士河下游方向邁進，經過城外一小鎮，我在水閘處轉入社區，房舍井然有序，找不到商業區，庭院中有很多像白色枣花，我未久留，回水閘繼續前進，泰晤士河河面漸次開廣，我終於回頭。
我請教一船屋主人，他是單身，以船為屋，市內租有郵政新箱，好像無需繳費，治安也尚可，也無甚可偷竊，而且鄰居也守望相助，非常有趣。
Friday, August 9, 2019
Going to visit Bangkok, Thailand in 2020/Carlos Pueblo
Going to visit Bangkok, Thailand in 2020/Carlos Pueblo
Yesterday afternoon, I received an e-mail from Singapore Airline for a promotional fare in 2020. After a phone call advice from Yong Teoh in Staten Island, NYC, I booked a round trip flight for 19 days between late January and February.
The promotional fares for flights are restrict and limit; therefore, it is good for me for a reasonable budget with plenty of time to manage it. Amy is joining me for the trip and it is the visit to this lovely country for the first time. We don't know if we can extend our trip to some other cities for this period of time.
I'll inform Dr. Laow of the head monk of a Thai Buddhist Temple at Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire to see if he can give me some advise. I'll also contact two of my daughters in this area, Roma of Indonesia and Peiven of Malaysia and we may visit them.
Yesterday afternoon, I received an e-mail from Singapore Airline for a promotional fare in 2020. After a phone call advice from Yong Teoh in Staten Island, NYC, I booked a round trip flight for 19 days between late January and February.
The promotional fares for flights are restrict and limit; therefore, it is good for me for a reasonable budget with plenty of time to manage it. Amy is joining me for the trip and it is the visit to this lovely country for the first time. We don't know if we can extend our trip to some other cities for this period of time.
I'll inform Dr. Laow of the head monk of a Thai Buddhist Temple at Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire to see if he can give me some advise. I'll also contact two of my daughters in this area, Roma of Indonesia and Peiven of Malaysia and we may visit them.
泰國行2020/莊峻華
泰國行2020/莊峻華
下午星航有廣告信來，推廣廉價旅行，經與紐約之永祥兄請教後，決定選則明年初之泰國行，最便宜之票價，僅能維持十九日，其間約有三日在空中飛行，愛美聞起，也願意
同行，但不願意在客棧居停，我無異議，我從來不曾到國泰國，而且不曾去國台灣和日本以外之國家，倒是我們家琳兒，去過東南亞幾次。
這種廉價機票，有很多限制，但也無妨，我可以專心參觀這佛教古國，真正品嘗南洋鮮果蔬菜，如有機會走出曼谷，我真要報告在史塔佛特之泰國寺勞博士，說不定他可給我一些指示。
下午星航有廣告信來，推廣廉價旅行，經與紐約之永祥兄請教後，決定選則明年初之泰國行，最便宜之票價，僅能維持十九日，其間約有三日在空中飛行，愛美聞起，也願意
同行，但不願意在客棧居停，我無異議，我從來不曾到國泰國，而且不曾去國台灣和日本以外之國家，倒是我們家琳兒，去過東南亞幾次。
這種廉價機票，有很多限制，但也無妨，我可以專心參觀這佛教古國，真正品嘗南洋鮮果蔬菜，如有機會走出曼谷，我真要報告在史塔佛特之泰國寺勞博士，說不定他可給我一些指示。
Re-visiting Juneau, Alaska 2019/Carlos Pueblo
Re-visiting Juneau, Alaska 2019/Carlos Pueblo
The cruise ship left Ketchikan late early evening and sailed the entire night toward the north to Juneau, the State Capital of Alaska. It is all on inland sea and very smooth sailing. Juneau is a city with huge city limit, the second largest in the entire U.S. next to Jacksonville, Florida even our Houston city territory is smaller than Juneau. Including the next back from Seward, Alaska southward, it has been my 5 times visits to this lovely city. I visited Liv of the House of Russia, took a bus to the Mendenhall Valley, marched to the Mendenhall Lake, viewing the
Mendenhall Glacier, the Nugget Fall, and the Tongass National Forest Visitors center.
Liv is the owner of this lovely gift shop on the main street of Juneau, the House of Russia. Every time when I take the Alaska cruises, I always report to her of my arrival at her shop. I believe that she is either a Norwegian or Swedish yet not a Russian. Her shop is very unique and very successful even the purchase agent on board put it on the instruction lists of shop.
What I do is say hallo and chat some if she is not that busy or I'll say good bye and see you again. I walked briefly in the downtown and ran into Lisa Zhang, my Chinese adopted daughter who wanted to go to a market and I informed her my way to Mendenhall Glacier.
The bus station is near by a Sheraton 4 Points Hotel and I am familiar with how the bus to work. I took the city bus to circle a part of Juneau city for more than 12 direct line miles to the Mendenhall Valley stop and marched about 40 minutes to the Visitors Center of the Tongass National Forest where the Mendenhall Lake and Mendenhall Glacier are located. The breeze blowing from the 13.6 miles wide Gracier through the iceberg Lake has been cooling down the the hard march on the road. I ran into Michael of Colorado who recaptured their lost luggage at the Juneau Airport that day. They hired a jeep to tour the city and took some photos of a black bear in his i-phone. I walked to the Nugget Water Fall about 3 miles a round trip. The Glacier is the in-melted snow becoming an ice formation covered the entire mountains. Some of the ice melted during the year and the icy water falls from top of the glacier down to ground to form a clean beautiful lake and the water path is the water fall.
The Nugget Fall is huge and beautiful.
I didn't stop by the midway lake front viewpoint, instead I took many photos on my way back of the spring wild flowers, dandelion, our Texas Bluebonnet in larger size, and some Forget me not Alaska State flower, etc. The visitors' center while the National Forest is very large. At night, I had a late dinner with one of my adopted daughter, Jenny who was the one officer assigned to help to recapture his luggage from the negligent airline. She went out to have some Filipino Bar-B-Q at the downtown harbor square; therefore, I ate her hare of the steak. The waitress, Mica, another daughter delivered the left over cheese cakes to my room for my breakfast next morning.
The cruise ship left Ketchikan late early evening and sailed the entire night toward the north to Juneau, the State Capital of Alaska. It is all on inland sea and very smooth sailing. Juneau is a city with huge city limit, the second largest in the entire U.S. next to Jacksonville, Florida even our Houston city territory is smaller than Juneau. Including the next back from Seward, Alaska southward, it has been my 5 times visits to this lovely city. I visited Liv of the House of Russia, took a bus to the Mendenhall Valley, marched to the Mendenhall Lake, viewing the
Mendenhall Glacier, the Nugget Fall, and the Tongass National Forest Visitors center.
Liv is the owner of this lovely gift shop on the main street of Juneau, the House of Russia. Every time when I take the Alaska cruises, I always report to her of my arrival at her shop. I believe that she is either a Norwegian or Swedish yet not a Russian. Her shop is very unique and very successful even the purchase agent on board put it on the instruction lists of shop.
What I do is say hallo and chat some if she is not that busy or I'll say good bye and see you again. I walked briefly in the downtown and ran into Lisa Zhang, my Chinese adopted daughter who wanted to go to a market and I informed her my way to Mendenhall Glacier.
The bus station is near by a Sheraton 4 Points Hotel and I am familiar with how the bus to work. I took the city bus to circle a part of Juneau city for more than 12 direct line miles to the Mendenhall Valley stop and marched about 40 minutes to the Visitors Center of the Tongass National Forest where the Mendenhall Lake and Mendenhall Glacier are located. The breeze blowing from the 13.6 miles wide Gracier through the iceberg Lake has been cooling down the the hard march on the road. I ran into Michael of Colorado who recaptured their lost luggage at the Juneau Airport that day. They hired a jeep to tour the city and took some photos of a black bear in his i-phone. I walked to the Nugget Water Fall about 3 miles a round trip. The Glacier is the in-melted snow becoming an ice formation covered the entire mountains. Some of the ice melted during the year and the icy water falls from top of the glacier down to ground to form a clean beautiful lake and the water path is the water fall.
The Nugget Fall is huge and beautiful.
I didn't stop by the midway lake front viewpoint, instead I took many photos on my way back of the spring wild flowers, dandelion, our Texas Bluebonnet in larger size, and some Forget me not Alaska State flower, etc. The visitors' center while the National Forest is very large. At night, I had a late dinner with one of my adopted daughter, Jenny who was the one officer assigned to help to recapture his luggage from the negligent airline. She went out to have some Filipino Bar-B-Q at the downtown harbor square; therefore, I ate her hare of the steak. The waitress, Mica, another daughter delivered the left over cheese cakes to my room for my breakfast next morning.
Thursday, August 8, 2019
船靠阿拉斯加州會珠諾港2019/莊峻華
船靠阿拉斯加州會珠諾港2019/莊峻華
船離阿州凱其堪港一夜，抵達阿州州會珠諾市碼頭，我行軍到市中心，開始一日參觀行程，帝俄時代之阿拉斯加首都席特加，在珠諾之東南，郵輪都在加拿大和阿州內海航行穿梭，清晨開始可以看到鯨魚，隨著巨輪出沒，引起船上騷動。這次和回程，是我第四和五次拜訪珠諾市，我已經知道想拜訪甚麼，首先我特別訪問俄羅斯屋之莉芙老闆，這是一家禮品店，她不是俄人，而是挪威或是瑞典人，約八年前，首次郵輪輪停靠，下船後立即發現此家別緻店家，後來太陽號兩次，我們都上岸專程拜望，現在我一出現，她就知道我為何人物，挪威輪購物專員，在船上也提到她之店號。
我主要是特別安排行軍到巴士站，搭巴士到12哩外之曼丹賀谷，參觀箸名之曼丹賀大冰洲，下巴士後，需要再步行四十分鐘，才到曼丹賀湖之通革斯國家森林訪客中心，接近冰洲。巴士站在喜萊登四點大飯店附近，車票是二美元單程，然後就是一段漫常巔波之
市內旅行，珠諾市區幅員，美國第二，第一據曰為佛州之傑克森維爾市，我們休市也很大，但不知全美排名第幾？我在訪客中心遇見船上旅客，科州之邁可，他顯然取回遺失
之行李，正待展示手機上之黑熊，我答應他上船再看，他們行李，轉機時未曾跟上，船上客服部，安排他們衣服，並指定愛女珍妮幫忙連絡航空公司，追蹤行李。湖邊有冰洲落下大冰塊，散落各處，天氣寒冷，平常我也就打道回府，但這次我想試試這國家森林，通革斯，我選上三哩路程金塊瀑布，半程是湖邊。
冰洲是北極冰覆蓋在山脈上，融雪冰塊從山脈高處飛奔下來，非常壯觀美麗，積水成湖，這是最接近冰洲之處，此冰洲有13.6哩寬，深則不可及，我已經非常滿意，於是走回訪客中心，一路旁都是我們德州州花，大號之藍紫丁帽花，阿州之沒忘我則佈滿珠諾市。
下車後，經過菲律賓烤肉攤，買瓶可口可樂解渴，晚上與愛女珍妮晚餐，她說白天和同事在菲律賓攤吃燒烤，晚上吃不下牛排，於是我就吃兩份，乳酪甜糕和剩酒，下班後侍者送到房間來，翌日早餐，我吃乳酪糕，遇見遺失行李之邁可，前夜，我和珍妮話題之一，邁可與我船上巧遇多次，算是舊識。
船離阿州凱其堪港一夜，抵達阿州州會珠諾市碼頭，我行軍到市中心，開始一日參觀行程，帝俄時代之阿拉斯加首都席特加，在珠諾之東南，郵輪都在加拿大和阿州內海航行穿梭，清晨開始可以看到鯨魚，隨著巨輪出沒，引起船上騷動。這次和回程，是我第四和五次拜訪珠諾市，我已經知道想拜訪甚麼，首先我特別訪問俄羅斯屋之莉芙老闆，這是一家禮品店，她不是俄人，而是挪威或是瑞典人，約八年前，首次郵輪輪停靠，下船後立即發現此家別緻店家，後來太陽號兩次，我們都上岸專程拜望，現在我一出現，她就知道我為何人物，挪威輪購物專員，在船上也提到她之店號。
我主要是特別安排行軍到巴士站，搭巴士到12哩外之曼丹賀谷，參觀箸名之曼丹賀大冰洲，下巴士後，需要再步行四十分鐘，才到曼丹賀湖之通革斯國家森林訪客中心，接近冰洲。巴士站在喜萊登四點大飯店附近，車票是二美元單程，然後就是一段漫常巔波之
市內旅行，珠諾市區幅員，美國第二，第一據曰為佛州之傑克森維爾市，我們休市也很大，但不知全美排名第幾？我在訪客中心遇見船上旅客，科州之邁可，他顯然取回遺失
之行李，正待展示手機上之黑熊，我答應他上船再看，他們行李，轉機時未曾跟上，船上客服部，安排他們衣服，並指定愛女珍妮幫忙連絡航空公司，追蹤行李。湖邊有冰洲落下大冰塊，散落各處，天氣寒冷，平常我也就打道回府，但這次我想試試這國家森林，通革斯，我選上三哩路程金塊瀑布，半程是湖邊。
冰洲是北極冰覆蓋在山脈上，融雪冰塊從山脈高處飛奔下來，非常壯觀美麗，積水成湖，這是最接近冰洲之處，此冰洲有13.6哩寬，深則不可及，我已經非常滿意，於是走回訪客中心，一路旁都是我們德州州花，大號之藍紫丁帽花，阿州之沒忘我則佈滿珠諾市。
下車後，經過菲律賓烤肉攤，買瓶可口可樂解渴，晚上與愛女珍妮晚餐，她說白天和同事在菲律賓攤吃燒烤，晚上吃不下牛排，於是我就吃兩份，乳酪甜糕和剩酒，下班後侍者送到房間來，翌日早餐，我吃乳酪糕，遇見遺失行李之邁可，前夜，我和珍妮話題之一，邁可與我船上巧遇多次，算是舊識。
Re-Visiting Oxford, England 2019/Carlos Pueblo
Re-Visiting Oxford, England 2019/Carlos Pueblo
There are canals and rivers network at Oxford, England that a train conductor, a canal
expert, recommends me to visit. I have been to the upstream of River Thames several
times and I find that I can visit the canal on an opposite direction during my weekend
stay at this lovely college town.
After putting down my luggage, I walked across a bridge above the upstream of the
Thames toward the downtown, all Oxford Colleges located. I found that the old square
of the bus station became a barzar again with many eatery stands crowded with visitors.
I didn't find the Turks rolls like my first visit to this city, instead I picked a dumpling place
my lunch and I was not impressed.
Returning to the bridge and began to walk down to the canal, I found a metal plat on the
ground to commemorate the 200 years built of the canal, 1790-1990. It is almost 230 years
of usage for this waterway and still quite vivid in compare to all my canals visits before.
The width of this canal is wider with a river parallel briefly next to it. On the pedestrian
path, there are many barges, house boats, moored by the bank, aged boats mostly. Based
on the appearance of the barge installation, I believe that they are residents of the city.
By the path, there are city water connection, power source, and even shower facility, etc.
Across the canal on the other side, it is a regular residential brick houses with the traditional
English style and the backyard facing the water with some pretty garden. Some residents even
have pies built to have a way to use the canal.
I see at least a larger pier with larger barge on the other side of the pedestrian path for canal
touring use. After the residential area, it is become a large tennis park of many many grass
tennis courts full of uniform girls taking lessons or some kinds of weekend activities. On the
walking path, the parallel creek ended and followed by some regular farm houses with horses on the backyards. There is a birds sanctuary park on the same side. I kept on marching
as far as I could. I saw a bridge and exit to a small playground of a nice apartment complex
and I thought of using a toilet and have a small eatery like in Birmingham canals. I was lost at
the apartment side street and couldn't locate the street across the bridge or any sign of a
business set up at all.
Until I felt enough and I returned back to the city. There were more pedestrians on both
directions and I believed that was a main pass for some residents nearby. I inspected the barge more and again. I even watched a barge full of youngsters passing through to reach
the city even though they looked green of their operation yet there was someone in their
group who could come to rescue at the mess up situation.
Some of the barge residents look like permanent, they even cultivate small gardens by the
path or built grill stand for regular use. They lock their bikes either on the boat or by the path
with permanent fixture.
There are canals and rivers network at Oxford, England that a train conductor, a canal
expert, recommends me to visit. I have been to the upstream of River Thames several
times and I find that I can visit the canal on an opposite direction during my weekend
stay at this lovely college town.
After putting down my luggage, I walked across a bridge above the upstream of the
Thames toward the downtown, all Oxford Colleges located. I found that the old square
of the bus station became a barzar again with many eatery stands crowded with visitors.
I didn't find the Turks rolls like my first visit to this city, instead I picked a dumpling place
my lunch and I was not impressed.
Returning to the bridge and began to walk down to the canal, I found a metal plat on the
ground to commemorate the 200 years built of the canal, 1790-1990. It is almost 230 years
of usage for this waterway and still quite vivid in compare to all my canals visits before.
The width of this canal is wider with a river parallel briefly next to it. On the pedestrian
path, there are many barges, house boats, moored by the bank, aged boats mostly. Based
on the appearance of the barge installation, I believe that they are residents of the city.
By the path, there are city water connection, power source, and even shower facility, etc.
Across the canal on the other side, it is a regular residential brick houses with the traditional
English style and the backyard facing the water with some pretty garden. Some residents even
have pies built to have a way to use the canal.
I see at least a larger pier with larger barge on the other side of the pedestrian path for canal
touring use. After the residential area, it is become a large tennis park of many many grass
tennis courts full of uniform girls taking lessons or some kinds of weekend activities. On the
walking path, the parallel creek ended and followed by some regular farm houses with horses on the backyards. There is a birds sanctuary park on the same side. I kept on marching
as far as I could. I saw a bridge and exit to a small playground of a nice apartment complex
and I thought of using a toilet and have a small eatery like in Birmingham canals. I was lost at
the apartment side street and couldn't locate the street across the bridge or any sign of a
business set up at all.
Until I felt enough and I returned back to the city. There were more pedestrians on both
directions and I believed that was a main pass for some residents nearby. I inspected the barge more and again. I even watched a barge full of youngsters passing through to reach
the city even though they looked green of their operation yet there was someone in their
group who could come to rescue at the mess up situation.
Some of the barge residents look like permanent, they even cultivate small gardens by the
path or built grill stand for regular use. They lock their bikes either on the boat or by the path
with permanent fixture.
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
重訪英國牛津市2019/莊峻華
重訪英國牛津市2019/莊峻華
結束伯明罕運河行，搭乘火車前往牛津市，這也是英國河川運河區之一，牛津乃舊遊處也，放下行李，我就走向城中心，路過巴市站廣場，巧遇乾集，我仔細觀看每一攤位食
物，終於下定決心，吃兩小份蒸餃和一素菜包，然後走回客棧方向，走下運河，我在牛
津僅兩夜，衡量體力，我是可以走上一大段河川小徑，一段我走過幾次，是泰晤士河上
游，與此相反方向。運河入口，就有一紀念碑，記述運河歷史，1790-1990兩百週年，所
以今年是230年，運河仍是健在，只是不同功用。
剛開始有一段，與古河川並行，運河河面稍廣，僅一方有人行徑，對面是住宅區之後院
，都是標準之英國磚樓，後院是小花園，有的住家甚至搭建小碼頭，置放小船出入運河
，此運河可接全國運河和河川網，只要有時間和閒錢，英國治安甚佳安全。牛津是大學
城，約有十六萬居民，有一小部分人口，躲到運河和河川岸船上，這些船屋，有新有舊
，可住上一小家庭，有小發電機，河畔有市區電源，自來水，和浴室等，都可信用卡繳費，尚稱方便，我到時值週末，運河稍有船出入活動，就是步道也有許多人經過。
走過併行河川後，運河兩岸開始都是公園，樹林等，也有漂亮之公寓，對面有一廣大之
草皮網球場，全部是網球制服女生，不一定是高手，像是課外網球課。我在一公寓旁院
走出運河，甚盼能找到一小餐廳不果，只好走回原徑，繼續前進。我看這些船屋者，常
期居民，除船屋上內外，植有花盆，連徑旁小片地，也有人開闢花圃，有些工具，鐵馬
同行用，平時鎖在船上或木幹上，也有設備很好之船屋，有人在船內飲酒讀小說，必要時就開船出遊也。
走累了，開始回頭，巴士站趕集已結束，牛津市區尚可處理，走過鬧區，就是頂頂大名
之牛津諸學院，和歐洲最古老美麗之街道，我熟練之穿過泰晤士河上游一橋，找到上次光顧之地下鐵三明治店，果然碰上那位美麗之帝汶島姑娘，我稍自我介紹，她就有回憶，上次我們談到帝汶獨立之困難。
結束伯明罕運河行，搭乘火車前往牛津市，這也是英國河川運河區之一，牛津乃舊遊處也，放下行李，我就走向城中心，路過巴市站廣場，巧遇乾集，我仔細觀看每一攤位食
物，終於下定決心，吃兩小份蒸餃和一素菜包，然後走回客棧方向，走下運河，我在牛
津僅兩夜，衡量體力，我是可以走上一大段河川小徑，一段我走過幾次，是泰晤士河上
游，與此相反方向。運河入口，就有一紀念碑，記述運河歷史，1790-1990兩百週年，所
以今年是230年，運河仍是健在，只是不同功用。
剛開始有一段，與古河川並行，運河河面稍廣，僅一方有人行徑，對面是住宅區之後院
，都是標準之英國磚樓，後院是小花園，有的住家甚至搭建小碼頭，置放小船出入運河
，此運河可接全國運河和河川網，只要有時間和閒錢，英國治安甚佳安全。牛津是大學
城，約有十六萬居民，有一小部分人口，躲到運河和河川岸船上，這些船屋，有新有舊
，可住上一小家庭，有小發電機，河畔有市區電源，自來水，和浴室等，都可信用卡繳費，尚稱方便，我到時值週末，運河稍有船出入活動，就是步道也有許多人經過。
走過併行河川後，運河兩岸開始都是公園，樹林等，也有漂亮之公寓，對面有一廣大之
草皮網球場，全部是網球制服女生，不一定是高手，像是課外網球課。我在一公寓旁院
走出運河，甚盼能找到一小餐廳不果，只好走回原徑，繼續前進。我看這些船屋者，常
期居民，除船屋上內外，植有花盆，連徑旁小片地，也有人開闢花圃，有些工具，鐵馬
同行用，平時鎖在船上或木幹上，也有設備很好之船屋，有人在船內飲酒讀小說，必要時就開船出遊也。
走累了，開始回頭，巴士站趕集已結束，牛津市區尚可處理，走過鬧區，就是頂頂大名
之牛津諸學院，和歐洲最古老美麗之街道，我熟練之穿過泰晤士河上游一橋，找到上次光顧之地下鐵三明治店，果然碰上那位美麗之帝汶島姑娘，我稍自我介紹，她就有回憶，上次我們談到帝汶獨立之困難。
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
At the end of my 15 day Panama Transit Cruise 2019/Carlos Pueblo
At the end of my 15 day Panama Transit Cruise 2019/Carlos
Pueblo
The ship
left Cabo San Lucas, Mexico at night and sailed north on the north
Pacific coastal
line toward Los Angeles, California, it was at the end of my 15
day Panama
Transit Cruise in 2019. I have had so many good memories from
the trip,
met so many beautiful adopted daughters, visited so many nice ports
, seen so
many mango trees with green fruits hanging on branches, met so many
Interesting nice
people, and taken lessons of Japanese Go and the bridge game.
The ship Bliss is much newer than most of my
previous experience with the cruise
liner and
larger. I was very happy to see Aiza from the ship Jade and her roommate
Gerli whom both
I invited to two nice restaurants for dinners. These are the perks
which are
given to me as the reward of my latitude status. It is one of my favorite
activities
during my cruise trip. I also get to know many new adopted daughters on
the ship
that I treasure very much as they are such wonderful youngsters, polite and
hard working
with excellent manners.
During days
at sea, the cruise provided some classes to fill the day, such as bridge
Lessons,
Japanese Go, and several language classes, etc. This is the first formal
lessons
which I have
had with the bridge game. The instructor is the fellow passenger, Patrick
Kallaus, the
head of bridge club at Hawaii Island. He delivers notes to introduce how to
open the
game and count cards. Ted Terpstra is the President of San Diego Go Club,
a very nice
gentleman, offers his help to promote Go in California. I also attended the
language
classes including Tagalog, Spanish, French, and African, etc. The staff on
board
pitch in for
the tutorship. I can open and respond several rounds of bridge opening and
roughly
count the points all hands and some cards of my partner on hand. It is more
difficult
for me to keep Go as my hobby at home. I can still practice some foreign
language
in Houston
by attending the local community center classes or speak to my neighbors.
I ran into a
young lady staff with the cruise director’s office. She is from Mukden,
Manchuria.
We have had
several interesting conversation about Manchu Dynasty which her ancestors
belongs to. She
gave me some good tip about Manchu race in history. I have had an adopted
mother also
from Mukden also with a surname Pei like hers. She told me how that surname
comes from.
It is also involved the Chinese slavery history. She is very surprised that I
am so
fond of the
classical novel, the Dream of the Red Chamber, about the royalty of Manchu
Dynasty.
There were slavery system in the Chinese History, yet it seemed to be better
off
than some of
the rest of the world where I travelled.
Monday, August 5, 2019
結束2019巴拿馬運河行/莊峻華
結束2019巴拿馬運河行/莊峻華
船離墨西哥卡波聖意港，沿巴哈加利佛尼亞海岸兩夜一日，到
洛杉磯之聖培德洛港，郵輪贈送精緻彩色相片版證書和路線，
當作紀念，因緣際會行將暫告一段落，此行幫忙我安排一週後
之一個月英國行，上岸時，永源兄，已在碼頭等待，有一日非
常愉快之洛城行。這次旅行，與許多前次一樣，都是滿分，新
船，氣候溫和，有趣行程路線，結識許多朋友愛女，這些都是
我熱愛郵輪旅行之緣故也。
極樂號是艘新型豪華巨輪，設備新潁，船行加勒比海和太平洋
，日麗風和，確時為我晚年如天堂般之享受，前日尚收到愛女
葛莉之電郵，想來她已回馬尼拉度假，她是愛女愛莎之室友，
此行兩免費餐廳之晚餐伴侶，終於活到花甲之年，有幸美女陪
伴用餐，每次郵輪旅行，郵輪均贈送兩張餐劵，可使用於兩家
餐廳。
活動部主辦三項活動，引起我興趣，一是日本圍棋，由聖地牙
哥旅客泰德特普斯特拉主持，經他耐心指導下，先讓十目，下
船時，已進步到讓五目，早年吾家有回國日人遺留棋桌具一套
，家人無人識圍棋，今由大姊夫使用。有兩節橋牌課，多人參
加，我僅上課，並未參加課後牌局，講師是來自夏威夷島之派
翠克卡羅素，是當地橋牌俱樂部之主持，我最近回社區中心讀
西語，下課後連上橋牌局，僅按筆記開叫，即非常有趣。另外
，也有許多語言課，都是海上日，每節十五分鍾，我都携帶舊
講義夾隨行，在船上有機會練習菲語，西語，甚至一些法語，
就是開津法語等，非常有趣。
我常到賭場拜訪愛女們，極樂號賭場有無煙區，空氣較好，可
待稍久，但愛女們有時較忙，無暇談話，於是我到處閒逛，上
下甲板，有一冰淇淋餐廳，在第七層甲板，是我經常逗留處，
六位職員，都是我愛女。
Friday, August 2, 2019
Continue to march on the city canals in Birmingham, England/Carlos Pueblo
Continue to march on the city canals in Birmingham,
England/Carlos Pueblo
There were
four days to stay in Birmingham; therefore, I continued to visit
the 2000
miles U.K. canals and rivers network. My understanding is that the
system has
been built during the era of the Great Industrial Revolution. The
canals were
needed to transferred the raw material from Liverpool and
Manchester
ports, etc. to the inland factories and vice versa, the finished
products to
be shipped out worldwide via these tiny manmade waterway.
The internet
sources is believed that the pottery manufactories of
Staffordshire
initiated the first canal. I believe that all the canals were built
by the
private venture of needs. I ran into a Chinese youngster who walked
on the canal
bank to his work in the morning and I asked him about the famous
Chinese
Great Canal between the north and the south about 1500 years ago.
He tells me
that the Canal is still functioning yet not for foods transportation but
for the
construction material and the width of that canal is larger than the canals
in U.K.
I am very
fond of my newly finding interest of the canal in England, as a matter of fact,
it is my
sole purpose of this monthly visit. I like the well maintain system and
converted
to a local
park after their loss of transportation usage. Mute Geese, ducks, and some
other wild
birds are the permanent fixture of the system. The canal is used by leisure
barge
operators to travel around and few interested like me to make a special trip
and
taste of
this man made wonder. There are three more ventures that I like to mention
during my
stay in Birmingham. In order to solve my toilet issue during my march at the
canal, I had
to exit to the street in order to continue my 15 miles or more daily walk.
Two of my
exit, I ran into two German car dealerships, one Mercedes-Benz and another
one BMW.
Both have the excellent facilities. The third and fourth exit were at the same
hamburger
restaurant on a roadside. At the beginning, the lady manager just pointed the
door to the
backyard and I didn’t have to purchase anything. On the way back, I was thirsty
and needed
to go to the toilet and I came to the same exit and the same restaurant.
I ordered a
can of soda and went to the backyard. I followed a young man to order that
day’s
special, a double layers cheese burger, French fries and another drink in the
same
order. I
believe that is one of the best burger for a long time for me. After
Birmingham,
I continued
to march on U.K. canals and I exited for toilet and sometimes for food and I
didn’t run
into that kind of small restaurant again, just a two ladies operated business.
Thursday, August 1, 2019
續行英國伯明罕市運河/莊峻華
續行英國伯明罕市運河/莊峻華
行軍伯明罕市內運河網，是件工程，我一共走了四日，因為不熟
廣告地圖，幾次重複路線，倒也無妨，運河網步行徑，仍舊維護
甚佳，也無閒雜人物出沒，偶遇行船河過，我的問題是如廁和午
餐，我介紹過拜訪城中三大學校園，另外有四次走出運河，兩次
遇見同一小漢堡餅店，兩次分別遇見兩德國名牌車行，朋馳和寶
馬，兩車行都有世界級衛生設備，而且也不在意，提供服務。
伯市和曼徹斯特市，都是在工業革命中，茁壯之城市，當年有此
需要，開鑿運河，以便貨物運輸，當然隨後交通運輸工具，為鐵
道所取代，也在伯市運河行中，巧遇一中國青年，走運河步徑上
班，他說史書所云大運河，仍在使用，不再運送江南食糧，而是
一些建材，但河面比英國運河寬廣，是中國隨代，約是西元五百
餘年前， 英國運河網，是私立企業所建立，最早則為我前述之史
塔佛特陶器企業，我下火車，特別觀看之史塔克新堡運河，英國
運河是一土一鏟挖掘，河岸都是砌磚堤牆，以避免癱崩，英國製
造之特色。
一次，我真是走久矣，開始有壓力，運河徑上無廁所，只好走出
運河，剛好交叉路上，有一小餐廳，女經理指廁所在後院，出來
我亦未購買食物，僅道謝便離開，回程中走出運河，又再遇此店
，於是我就坐下，點上當日特價乳酪漢堡和薯條飲料，結果是最
佳午餐之一，隨後我在各地運河行中，再也不見此類餐廳，她說
多半是老客戶和路過客人。
先是遇見朋馳車行，遠處就看到商標高聳，進門也不用招呼，僅
廁所安在？朋馳在二樓，寶馬在一樓，車場有外國移民置車工人
親切指點回運河路線。
我約是一日行軍十五哩路，而且是一路欣賞美麗之運河，小碼頭
行船，老工廠，和白天鵝等棲息鳥類。
Re-Visiting Ketchikan, Alaska 2019/Carlos Pueblo
Re-Visiting Ketchikan, Alaska 2019/Carlos Pueblo
Ketchikan,
Alaska is the first port out of Canadian Coastal Inland Sea
back to the
U.S. territory. It has been established way before the
Alaska Gold
Rush era back to the Russian fur trade after Tsar Peter the
Great. I
always hike through the bank of the Ketchikan Creek to the
park by the
hatchery. On my first back to back disembark, I saw a pretty
pink
blooming scene on a hill and I decided to take some photos for my
cherry
blossom photo collection. It is rhododendron. After that residential
visit, I
marched back to the creek and complete my routine.
The
residential area is built on a hill and must climb up on wooden stages
and street.
I didn’t locate the big pink blooming tree; however, there were
many smaller
others with different colors, red, yellow, light blue, and purple,
etc. After a
long freezing winter, spring flowers are even more vivid and
beautiful. I
also noticed the petunia pots hanging on under the roof or on
the balcony,
and many wild flowers, such as dandelions, forget me not the
State
flower, and bluebonnet bigger in side that our Texas one, our State
flower. I
have been attracted by the rhododendron in many place worldwide
such as
Seattle, Victoria, BC, the Great Chateau de Fontainebleau, France, etc.
I has been a
treat to visit Ketchikan in the spring to view such wonderful
Scenery, two
parks in particular, a small one out of the channel before the creek
and another
one larger by the hatchery.
At the end of
the creek hike, there is a hatchery and a Totem Museum closed to
each other. I
haven’t been inside to either place, yet I do stay at the beautiful
park all the
time. The park is surrounded by rhododendron trees and the golden
bell trees
with small brook from the peak nearby with tall trees inside the park.
I am
interested in the life of the salmon and trout, their coming home from the
Ocean. The
hatchery releases their products back to the creek down to the sea
regularly
and I think that is similar to the one trout hatchery in California.
Ketchikan is
also claimed as the Salmon Capital of the world other than a small
Gold rush
town in Alaska. I tried a small piece of preserved can fish and was tastier
than the one
fillet at home. The old creek side stores begin with many small gift
shops and
small restaurants and usually I finish a quick tour of the area and walk
out of the
wood board path up stream toward the hatchery. On my way back to
the cruise
ship, I would walk through the new downtown area.
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