{"id":9907,"date":"2014-12-07T08:32:24","date_gmt":"2014-12-07T13:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/babakaps.net\/?p=9907"},"modified":"2017-12-07T21:46:53","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T02:46:53","slug":"dec-6-14-kowloon-chung-king-mansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?p=9907","title":{"rendered":"DEC 7, 14 .. CHUNGKING MANSION .. KOWLOON .. PEARL HARBOR DAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IN THIS POST YOU ARE GOING TO SEE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THREE ROOMS IN THE CHUNGKING MANSION. Rooms I stayed in on December the 6th .. 7th .. and 24th.<\/p>\n<p>What began on December 6th as a single Post has become a\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">TWO PART POST ..<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Part 1 was written December 6th .. and many .. if not most of you .. have already read what I am now calling Part 1.<\/p>\n<p>As life happens ..\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">THINGS CHANGE ..<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I am now writing Part 2 on Sunday December 7th ..<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">WHAT CHANGED?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I was told this .. &#8220;Sir you are going to have to move into another room. A problem has developed with the plumbing in your room. We are sorry for any inconvenience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But! .. But! .. But! .. <span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">NO BUTS\u00a0<\/span>Sir!<\/p>\n<p>So this morning I packed up all of my Bobbseys and moved them into a common area here at the Guest House and went to a meeting at 12 Borrett Road over on Hong Kong Island. So now I will break this off and break this Post into two parts ..<\/p>\n<p>I did add two night scene photos as well as several others into the CHUNGKING Mansion Post .. Part 1 below ..<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 24pt;\">&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">Part 1 &#8211; December 6, 2014 ..<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Today I took yet another deep breath .. and once again I moved. Today I moved out of The Union Mansion on Chatham Road South into the CHUNGKING Mansion on Nathan Road.<\/p>\n<p>Just one flattering photograph of The Union Mansion. \u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">IF\u00a0<\/span>(Oh one of those BIG IFs!) there is any possible way .. and of course there is\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">NO WAY\u00a0<\/span>that you can call any large building in the Hong Kong Metro Area &#8216;kind-of-rural&#8217; .. but <span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">IF\u00a0<\/span>you could .. you could say the The Union Mansion off Chatham Road South is &#8216;kind-of-sort-of-rural&#8217;. \u00a0Nice trees .. very nice in fact.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9569\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9569\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9569\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSCN00211-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN0021[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSCN00211-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSCN00211-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSCN00211.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now here we go directly from the skillet into the fire. \u00a0Nathan Road is to Chatham Road South as The National Football League is to Semi-Pro Arena Football. Nathan Road is one big MAJOR ROAD. Chatham Road South is kind of like in the suburbs. Captain you are silly. There are NO suburbs in the Hong Kong Metro Area. Keep the above &#8216;rural setting&#8217; in mind as you look below at Nathan Road and The ChungKing Mansion.<\/p>\n<p>Directly straight ahead of you is my NEW HOME here in Kowloon .. The Chung KingMansion on Nathan Road. Will you all make-a-mental-note of the Pandora Carousel in the lower left corner of the below photo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9895\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9895\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9895\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77131-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7713[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77131-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77131-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77131.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below are two refresher photos for you of the charming and magical Pandora Carousel. You all saw the Pandora Carousel over at my blogspot web site .. bobba caps doxology.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9913\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9913\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9913\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN74981-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7498[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN74981-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN74981-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN74981.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the above photo .. The ChungKing Mansion is at the top right. Further below in this Post I am going to show you a set of three photos taken looking down from my room up near the roof the ChungKing Mansion. \u00a0I will use the Pandora Carousel as a common point in each of them.<\/p>\n<p>OK! \u00a0Back to the\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">MANIC NATHAN ROAD\u00a0<\/span>scene. \u00a0We move a few steps closer to The ChungKing Mansion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9896\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9896\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9896\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN771411-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7714[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN771411-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN771411-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN771411.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you see mention of Pandora at the top left of the below photo?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9897\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9897\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9897\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN771511-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7715[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN771511-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN771511-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN771511.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Above and below .. two photos of either side of the Main Entrance to The ChungKing Mansion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9893\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9893\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9893\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77101-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7710[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77101-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77101-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77101.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Nathan Road Area as-a-whole is busy\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">BUSY!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9892\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9892\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9892\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77091-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7709[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77091-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77091-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77091.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below we will look directly up at The ChungKing Mansion. \u00a0My room is up near the top. \u00a0IF Patti was here she could hang my blaze yellow jacket out to be seen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9894\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9894\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9894\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77111-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7711[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77111-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77111-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77111.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taken last night .. below you can see my room on the 14th floor. From the top floor (a light is on in the right-center of the mansion) .. my room is two floors down and is the second room with a light as you look down from the top floor. \u00a0I am at the right edge of the ChungKing Mansion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9927\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9927\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9927\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77851-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7785[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77851-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77851-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77851.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the photo below .. focus on the right edge of the building .. if you look straight up to the top of the building my room is the top room of those rooms along the right side of the building with a light on. My room light is the brightest light shown.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9926\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9926\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9926\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77841-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7784[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77841-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77841-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77841.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One more &#8216;Quick Peek&#8217; at the serene Chatham Road South area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9567\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9567\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9567\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSCN00181-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN0018[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSCN00181-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSCN00181-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSCN00181.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The lobby and the entryway area of The ChungKing Mansion is so busy and so crazy that I did not shoot a photo of the scene. \u00a0I may do so later but keep-in-mind today was moving day.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde';\">&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">CHUNGKING MANSION .. 14th FLOOR .. ROOM NUMBER 18 ..<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A ROOM WITH A VIEW!<\/p>\n<p>Further down below in this Post are photos of ROOM NUMBER 11 also on the 14th FLOOR ..<\/p>\n<p>We have entered The CHUNGKING Mansion .. We have checked in .. Now we are going to see my room. \u00a0The main entryway sign to my room is .. ah-h-h just a little on the dark side.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9876\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9876\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9876\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77801-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7780[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77801-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77801-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77801.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nice tone-setter for the guests .. I like it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9877\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9877\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9877\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77791-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7779[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77791-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77791-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77791.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the left edge of the below photo is the fresh laundry of the bedding hung out to dry. Following the below photo I show you a close-up photo of the sign at the end of the hall up near the ceiling.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9879\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9879\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9879\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77781-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7778[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77781-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77781-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77781.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below a photo with the laundry taken-in. Quite a difference.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9925\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9925\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9925\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77831-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7783[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77831-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77831-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77831.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below a close up of the sign for the Guest House. It is not too clear in the above two photos.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9880\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9880\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9880\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77771-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7777[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77771-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77771-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77771.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now for a look-see at my room. It has a fully functional window.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9886\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9886\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9886\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77561-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7756[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77561-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77561-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77561.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since we are here and looking straight directly ahead .. I will show you what the view <span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">DIRECTLY<\/span>\u00a0across the street from my room looks like as viewed from my window.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9902\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9902\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9902\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77641-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7764[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77641-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77641-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77641.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lord God In Heaven Above .. here I thought my Union Mansion was the\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">BIG\u00a0<\/span>time. \u00a0I now see The Union Mansion is in the minor leagues as to the\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">BIG&#8217;s!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I mean .. you-want-grim .. you-got-grim .. at least STRAIGHT AHEAD DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM MY ROOM.<\/p>\n<p>*Author&#8217;s Note .. I nearly did\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">NOT\u00a0<\/span>show the above view directly straight across from my room\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">BECAUSE\u00a0<\/span>in a way it is totally unfair to the exceptional views all around .. North up Nathan Road and South down Nathan Road. \u00a0But what is ..\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">IS\u00a0<\/span>and it is grim directly across from me. I think we have a slum-landlord who won&#8217;t upgrade the property.<\/p>\n<p>OK looking back from the window towards the foot of my bed. My room is <span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">VERY<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">CLEAN!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9887\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9887\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9887\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77571-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7757[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77571-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77571-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77571.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now standing beside my bed .. which would be to the left of the above photo we look at the necessary room.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9888\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9888\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9888\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77541-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7754[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77541-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77541-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77541.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9889\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9889\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9889\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77551-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7755[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77551-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77551-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77551.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I will repeat myself .. My Room Is Spotless bordering on being\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">IMMACULATE!\u00a0<\/span>I am pleased with my room! \u00a0Below we have a great situation! Room <span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde';\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">UNDER\u00a0<\/span><\/span>my bed to stash my luggage. \u00a0Across the top of the below photo is the bed rail for the bed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9905\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9905\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9905\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77721-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7772[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77721-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77721-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77721.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below .. on my bed in the upper left .. you can see that my Bobbseys have already begun to jump out of their bag and begin to magically clutter every surface. I\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">LOVE\u00a0<\/span>the under-bed storage area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9906\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9906\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9906\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77731-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7773[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77731-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77731-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77731.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>IN FACT .. I REALLY LIKE MY ROOM\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">A LOT!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>OK Sports Fans let&#8217;s look outside. Below (far down there below) we look North up Nathan road.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dad Oh Dad .. Dad please do not drop me Dad. \u00a0This is scary the way you are holding me out with one hand and snapping my shutter button with one hand Dad!&#8221; \/sign me as\/ \u00a0Dad&#8217;s Nikon Coolpix L22 Camera.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9901\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9901\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9901\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN776111-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7761[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN776111-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN776111-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN776111.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A closer look at the extreme top of the buildings on the immediate left above.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9904\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9904\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9904\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77711-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7771[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77711-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77711-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77711.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now we turn back around 180 degrees and look South down Nathan Road. \u00a0You can see the Hong Kong Skyline in the distance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9885\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9885\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9885\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77631-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7763[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77631-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77631-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77631.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From my room we have looked North up Nathan Road and back South down Nathan Road. \u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">WONDERFUL VIEWS!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For this reason I felt it was a tad unfair to show the\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">MESS\u00a0<\/span>directly across from my room. \u00a0I like my views a lot except for directly across from me.<\/p>\n<p>OK do you all remember\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">PANDORA&#8217;s CAROUSEL\u00a0<\/span>up above? \u00a0We are now going to\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">LOOK DOWN\u00a0<\/span>and you can use PANDORA&#8217;s CAROUSEL as a reference point.<\/p>\n<p>Do you see her at the top left?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9898\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9898\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9898\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77591-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7759[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77591-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77591-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77591.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now I am &#8216;panning up&#8217; and she is now in the center of the below photo. Patti .. in the below photo .. your bookstore is up the street at the top of the photo and to the right.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9899\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9899\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9899\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77581-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7758[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77581-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77581-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77581.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now she is at the bottom as we have &#8216;panned up&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9900\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9900\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9900\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77681-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7768[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77681-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77681-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now I am going to look back South down Nathan Road towards Victoria Harbor. The lower building in the center of the below photo is the lower level of The Peninsula Hotel. The high-rise extension of the Peninsula Hotel can be seen in the extreme top right of the below photo. The Peninsula Hotel is one of the oldest and one of the most famous and one of the most expensive hotels in the Hong Kong Metro Area!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9884\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9884\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9884\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77661-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7766[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77661-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77661-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77661.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below I have swung my camera to the right of the above photo to show the high-rise extension of the Peninsula Hotel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9903\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9903\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9903\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77651-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7765[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77651-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77651-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77651.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A closer look at the top of the hotel high-rise section.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9883\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9883\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9883\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77761-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7776[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77761-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77761-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77761.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below I am showing you a street level view of the hotel. The Peninsula Hotel is the one on the extreme left of the below buildings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9878\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9878\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9878\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77821-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7782[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77821-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77821-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77821.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back to my room! \u00a0Constantly .. as in all-the-time .. Helicopters were carrying the\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">SUPER ELITE\u00a0<\/span>of the <span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">BIG TIME ROLLERS\u00a0<\/span>to the roof of the Peninsula Hotel. One after another or so it seemed to me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9882\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9882\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9882\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77751-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7775[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77751-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77751-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77751.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9881\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9881\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9881\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77741-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7774[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77741-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77741-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77741.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What more can I say? .. What more can I add?<\/p>\n<p>I think that maybe I will do a photo shoot of the lobby area. \u00a0You want to see a crazy scene? .. you will see a crazy scene!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">Smiles! \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cap<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Below is a map showing the location of The ChungKing Mansion which is the balloon on the lower left. Patti your bookstore was on Lock Road. The balloon on the upper right is my Union Mansion.<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">ANDREJ ! <\/span>.. Thank You So Very Much For All Of The Work You Put Into Our Website Here! I like the map feature and I think that I have the &#8216;hang-of-it&#8217; my friend!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=8882\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8882\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8882\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCN0015-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN0015\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCN0015-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCN0015-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCN0015.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You should be happy and proud of our site. \u00a0I know I am! Your Ally! .. Cap<\/p>\n<p>Keep scrolling down for Part 2 written Sunday December 7th .. see you below ..<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 24pt;\">&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">CHUNGKING MANSION .. 16th FLOOR ..<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">Part 2 &#8211; December 7, 2014 ..<span style=\"font-size: 20pt; color: #ff6600;\"> Pearl Harbor Day in the U.S.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>And Sports Fans .. Today I myself got BOMBED like Pearl Harbor got bombed back in 1941 with this dratted room change!<\/p>\n<p>What is ..\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">IS. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I did\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">NOT\u00a0<\/span>want to move from my room (Part 1 above) on the 14th floor up to another room on the 16th floor. But I had no choice whatsoever. \u00a0I would prefer to stay put .. in one room .. in one place. \u00a0Moving is a hassle .. Moving takes time and effort. \u00a0As I write this second part to this post I am actively exploring my options to get my own place here in the Metro Hong Kong Area. I would like to actually live here for awhile .. on a month-to-month basis. This being written I am flying to India on Monday the 15th of December. Thus with only one week left here on this visit .. I very well may <span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">NOT\u00a0<\/span>have-in-place a rental unit before I go to India. I have many options.<\/p>\n<p>So here we go all over again .. another day and yet another room.<\/p>\n<p>RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW I WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT !<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde';\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">IF .. AS YOU LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING PHOTOGRAPHS .. MY NEW ROOM LOOKS CLEAN AND SPOTLESS .. BELIEVE ME IT IS !<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde';\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">I BELIEVE I COULD EAT OFF THE FLOOR !<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Below we look down the corridor to my new room.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9928\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9928\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9928\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77861-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7786[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77861-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77861-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77861.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My new room is on the immediate right. \u00a0I will now turn the door knob and we will look into my (yet another) new room.<\/p>\n<p>From our vantage point .. in the below photo .. it would seem that the bed stretches from one wall to the other. \u00a0It looks like there is no room whatsoever between the bed and the walls of my new room.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9929\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9929\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9929\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77951-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7795[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77951-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77951-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77951.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When we now look at my room from within the room .. you can see why the above photo appears to show that the bed takes up the entire width of the room\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">BECAUSE IT DOES!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9930\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9930\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9930\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77961-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7796[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77961-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77961-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77961.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lets take a closer look. \u00a0Yes .. it truly occupies the entire width of the room! Please note that I have a window beside my bed. I actually have two windows in this room. You will see the other window in photos further below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9931\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9931\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9931\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77971-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7797[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77971-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77971-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77971.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>WELL ! What do\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">YOU\u00a0<\/span>want for\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">$64.93\u00a0<\/span>United States Dollars per day!\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">YOU\u00a0<\/span>want space under the bed to put your things since there is no other space except <span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">ON<\/span>\u00a0the bed do you? \u00a0Well that can be and that is arranged for you!<\/p>\n<p>Below is a photo of my bed IN ACTION. I sit with my back against the bedroll and the pillows and write post cards. \u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">I\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">TRULY DO LIKE MY ROOM\u00a0<\/span>even though it is a tad small. My room is serving me very nicely.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9966\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9966\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9966\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78791-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7879[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78791-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78791-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78791.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What a gift it is to have storage space\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">UNDER\u00a0<\/span>my bed. \u00a0This feature is just great.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9941\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9941\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9941\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78071-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7807[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78071-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78071-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78071.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>OK onto my bed for a look see from the head of my bed back towards where I was standing above at the foot of the bed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9944\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9944\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9944\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78111-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7811[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78111-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78111-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78111.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There on the left of these two photos is my other window. In these two photos you will note on the right the door into the bathroom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9945\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9945\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9945\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78121-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7812[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78121-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78121-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78121.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>OK now lets have a look see at the bathroom. The hot water heater gets the water DANGEROUSLY hot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9935\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9935\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9935\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78011-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7801[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78011-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78011-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78011.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Panning down we see the shower hose located at bottom of the hot water heater .. and the soap and shampoo dispensers for the sink.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9936\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9936\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9936\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78021-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7802[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78021-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78021-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78021.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the water closet with the sink peeking out at the left below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9934\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9934\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9934\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78001-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7800[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78001-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78001-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78001.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below is a better photo of the sink.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9933\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9933\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9933\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77991-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7799[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77991-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77991-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77991.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">THIS ROOM IS POSITIVELY IMMACULATE !<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Now to the windows. The below two photos (as I &#8216;pan&#8217; down) show the window at the foot of my bed along with a small storage \/ working area or a DESK if you will.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9937\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9937\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9937\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78031-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7803[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78031-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78031-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78031.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9938\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9938\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9938\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78041-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7804[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78041-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78041-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78041.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I decided to show you more details of the little desk shown above. \u00a0It may have slipped past you but did you notice in the photo immediately above\u00a0and in the three photos below that\u00a0I have my very own private\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">TELEPHONE\u00a0<\/span>on my little desk<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9962\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9962\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9962\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78731-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7873[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78731-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78731-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78731.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9963\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9963\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9963\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78761-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7876[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78761-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78761-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78761.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh GOOD GRIEF CAPTAIN ! Don&#8217;t you think that the below photo is an ittsy bittsy teeny weenie OVERKILL about the\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">TELEPHONE !<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9964\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9964\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9964\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78741-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7874[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78741-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78741-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78741.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes it is a little bit of an overkill <span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde';\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">BUT\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it truly is a BIG DEAL to have in right in my room to call Patti and others using my PCCW Telephone Card.<\/p>\n<p>Moving right along below you see the view looking directly out the above window.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9942\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9942\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9942\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78091-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7809[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78091-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78091-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78091.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not much of a view looking straight out is it? Well take a look with my camera out the window pointed down. Oh My! Not much to gaze upon down there either!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9943\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9943\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9943\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78101-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7810[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78101-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78101-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78101.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now we will go to the window beside my bed. \u00a0First looking straight out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9946\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9946\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9946\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78151-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7815[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78151-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78151-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78151.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And below with my camera out the window pointed down.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9947\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9947\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9947\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78161-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7816[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78161-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78161-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN78161.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">I HAD PLANNED TO KEEP THE CURTAINS PULLED SHUT\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">BUT\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">THE BREEZE COMING INTO MY ROOM FROM THE TWO WINDOWS WHEN I HAVE THEM FULLY OPENED UP IS HEAVENLY !<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Just for the heck of it .. I will show you .. you know to refresh your memory (from my room in Part 1 above) .. my views yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9901\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9901\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9901\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN776111-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7761[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN776111-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN776111-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN776111.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9904\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9904\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9904\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77711-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7771[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77711-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77711-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77711.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9885\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9885\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9885\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77631-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7763[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77631-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77631-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77631.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=9883\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9883\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9883\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77761-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN7776[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77761-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77761-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN77761.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sports Fans Listen Up .. with this room change I feel like I have been\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">HAD!\u00a0<\/span>I did not notice anything wrong with the plumbing. Maybe a long time favorite customer showed up unexpectedly and\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">VOILA\u00a0<\/span>yours truly got the shaft! Something happened here and what it is ain&#8217;t exactly clear.<\/p>\n<p>So knowing I have been HAD but not having a single clue as to why .. what to do?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 24pt;\">SMILE AND SAUNTER ON !<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=8873\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8873\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8873\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCN6411-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN6411\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCN6411-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCN6411-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCN6411.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">BOTTOM LINE\u00a0<\/span>is simply this. Yes this room is small. \u00a0But is is clean to the point of being absolutely immaculate and my room served me\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">EXTREMELY WELL !<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 24pt;\">&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde';\">DECEMBER 24th 2014 .. CHRISTMAS EVE DAY ..<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">CHUNGKING MANSON .. 14th FLOOR .. ROOM NUMBER 11 ..<\/span><\/p>\n<p>At the top of this Post I showed you photographs of the .. CHUNGKING MANSION .. 14th FLOOR .. ROOM NUMBER 18 ..<\/p>\n<p>Here is ROOM NUMBER 11 .. again .. on the 14th FLOOR .. It is a SINGLE BED ROOM ..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=10422\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10422\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10422\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88511-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8851[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88511-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88511-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88511.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>IF you look straight ahead .. on the table you will see a telephone. It worked just fine and I called Patti several times using my PCCW Telephone Card.\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">NOTICE THE WINDOW\u00a0<\/span>at the head of the bed. In these rooms you cannot assume you will have a window. Both in the bedroom and in the bathroom the windows open up fully. Very nice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=10423\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10423\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10423\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88521-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8852[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88521-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88521-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88521.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>NICE TOUCH having an operational telephone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=10424\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10424\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10424\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88531-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8853[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88531-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88531-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88531.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another nice touch is having\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">AMPLE SPACE UNDER THE BED\u00a0<\/span>to put your luggage and other items you want out-of-your-way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=10433\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10433\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10433\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88661-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8866[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88661-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88661-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88661.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking towards the foot of the bed out the door into the hallway. Yes that is a television set.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=10425\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10425\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10425\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88541-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8854[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88541-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88541-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88541.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pure safe water .. COLD and BOILING HOT for instant noodles which I am eating many cups of.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=10435\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10435\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10435\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88681-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8868[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88681-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88681-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking up the hall in the other direction from the above photo. The two corridors are at a 90-degree angle to each other. THE HOSTEL IS CLEAN .. VERY CLEAN !<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=10434\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10434\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10434\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88671-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8867[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88671-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88671-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88671.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking into the bathroom. \u00a0NOTICE the fully operational window.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=10427\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10427\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10427\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88581-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8858[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88581-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88581-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88581.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Almost like an airplane lavatory. Pretty compact. But what more do you need really.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=10426\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10426\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10426\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88571-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8857[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88571-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88571-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88571.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">SCALDING HOT WATER\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span>but it does have a mixer faucet. I used the hot water in a basin to wash up with.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=10428\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10428\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10428\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88591-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8859[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88591-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88591-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88591.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking straight ahead out my window.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=10431\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10431\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10431\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88621-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8862[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88621-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88621-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88621.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking down.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=10432\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10432\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10432\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88631-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8863[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88631-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88631-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88631.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking to the right.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=10429\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10429\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10429\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88601-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8860[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88601-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88601-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88601.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I show these views because here in Hong Kong .. people in these buildings will live their entire lives with such views. This is what reality is for many people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=10430\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10430\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10430\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88611-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8861[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88611-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88611-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88611.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">DAD .. DOWN HERE DAD .. OH DAD ..\u00a0<\/span>Dad IF you don&#8217;t take my photograph it will never ever be taken. I have heard about you Dad. Please Dad snap my photograph.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?attachment_id=10436\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10436\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10436\" src=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88911-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8891[1]\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88911-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88911-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSCN88911.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aren&#8217;t you happy that you are not hearing such inanimate objects calling out to you!<\/p>\n<p>Time to sign off .. Having fussed with this post through several revisions. \u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; font-size: 18pt;\">Cap<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IN THIS POST YOU ARE GOING TO SEE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THREE ROOMS IN THE CHUNGKING MANSION. Rooms I stayed in on December the 6th .. 7th .. and 24th. 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