Travel Diaries and Journals

Travel Diaries and Journals

Pages That Mention Chinatown

Diary by a young American woman living in the Philippines, 1905

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Monday March 20.

Sat on deck all the forenoon. Talked with inter- esting young man who is writing sketches of Manila. Had indigestion pain and spent afternoon in berth. Cold, damp, rainy & disagreeable. I was unable to go ashore & spent the night on the boat.

Tuesday, March 21. Hong Kong.

Katie went ashore in the forenoon. Can eat nothing by malted milk but went ashore sight see- ing in the afternoon. Went [aroaming?] among the shops. Then took a ricksha ride through Chinatown. Palmer came over to dinner and spent the evening & said good bye. Brought me large basket of violets.

Last edit almost 4 years ago by Mick

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are grouped along the curving shore and the shops are stretched along one long street back of these, ending in Chinatown, and the European dwellings are scattered back of these and on the slopes of the Peak which rises abruptly behind the city. The city is nestled at the foot of and on the sides of the steep hills, giving a most pic- turesque effect. A tram goes to the top of the Peak almost perpendicularly. On the Peak are hotels and dwellings and a beautiful view of the harbor and city at the base. It is cool there in summer & a fa- vorite place for residences.

Last edit almost 4 years ago by kladcat

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