Our evening started at the Fenwick Pier in the Fleet Arcade, which specializes in serving Navy personnel who come to Hong Kong. It has Western style food and lots of gift shops for the military people to buy souvenirs. In fact, it has the best American bookstore on Hong Kong, I think!
We took a ferry from the Fleet Arcade to the Nimitz on a COOOOLLLLDDD February evening. It was raining and bumpy and the sea was so very rough! I didn't get good photos, but it was a wonderful experience. The shot below is from the ferry over.
We were treated to dinner and drinks in the main hangar (Mark is in the hangar below.) We learned that the Nimitz has the ability to exist independently (on its nuclear power generator) for about 20 years; can desalinate water - usually used to cool the reactor, but can be used to provide drinking water in emergency situations; it has 3 hospitals onboard which can house 200 patients at a time; has more fire-power than 95% of the world's countries; the kitchens provide 3 meals for the 5,000 onboard service men and women, and can provide up to 20,000 more per day.
We were escorted everywhere by the military personnel - - even to the restrooms (not luxurious, but Western styled!). The shot below is from the deck of the aircraft carrier...
More on the flight deck...
All in all a wonderful experience. It was huge! Wish I had gotten more photos in the hangar during the festivities and speeches.
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