Anyone got any hot dolphin eye candy?

Whaddya mean, no pink bits? Hong Kong dolphins are pink!

Meemiathai, tell Chownah that HK dolphins are pink!

These are googled, but I have seen them in real life on a few boozy junk trips - aaahh, colonial life! They are just gorgeous!

Whaddya mean, no pink bits? Hong Kong dolphins are pink!

Meemiathai, tell Chownah that HK dolphins are pink!

These are googled, but I have seen them in real life on a few boozy junk trips - aaahh, colonial life! They are just gorgeous!

Boozy junk trips - did you ever attend the Mud Olympigs? Now that was boozing to perfection - except I went swimming afterwards with my Nikon still round my neck.

Glad to see there are still dolphins there - when Chek Lap Kok was built there were concerns that they would vanish.

They are endangered. You an old China Hand too, Humph? When were you there? I was there as a kid ('78 to 80), again in 1990, and then '94 to 2001.

The mud thing - no, I never went. Wasn't that held in a pub on one of the islands? Frog n Toad or something? I went to the pub, but not when the 'festival' was on.

November Rain,

Do you think they are related to Kayo?

Chownah

Hey, I was in HK in 93-95. (I absolutely hated it except for the great friends I made). Best dim sum: City Hall cafeteria.

Right, Asian dolphins. Chownah, could I do an orca instead? I don't think we have dolphins in Canada except at the zoo, mebbe. CVic will know; he lives in Victoria and they get lots of sea life there, despite the fact that Victoria (the city) dumps all its raw sewage in the Strait. (oops)

OK, I found an Irrawaddy dolphin (Indonesia)

Here's Flipper. He is really Susie and she lived in Florida.

Flipper Theme song:

"They call him Flipper, Flipper, faster than lightning,

No-one you see, is smarter than he,

And we know Flipper, lives in a world full of wonder,

Flying there-under, under the sea!

Filmed in South Florida and the Bahamas, Flipper is the story of Coral Key Park Ranger Porter Ricks (Brian Kelly), a widower, and his two sons, Sandy (Luke Halpin) and Bud (Tommy Norden). Flipper did extraordinary feats in capturing bad guys.

OK, here's an Orca (killer whale). As usual, Canada doesn't f* around when it comes to wildlife size. Just don't give the two-leggers any diplomatic work.

Can I tell a story? OK. A baby orca got lost from his pod and adopted some Indian fishermen. The village thought he was the reincarnation of one of the elders. Unfortunately, the whale loved all boats and used to create havoc with the fishermen and the big ferries as it followed them, thinking perhaps they were part of its pod. Died from propeller cuts.

Hi Jet,

I used to pilot ships up through BC's and Alaskas Inside Passage. If you get the chance take the BC ferry up through Johnstone Strait. You'll see lots of orcas. You'll love it.

Hi Jet,

I used to pilot ships up through BC's and Alaskas Inside Passage. If you get the chance take the BC ferry up through Johnstone Strait. You'll see lots of orcas. You'll love it.

Wow! You are lucky, LB. I'm trying to move to one of the islands near Port McNeill (Solintula or Alert Bay). Not much housing and Inet connections can be fickle.

I have to be by the sea to be content, and having sea lions and orcas nearby would make me even more so.

Tastes like chicken.

Chow,

I hope you are right. I'd be honoured to be related to p1sshead dolphins.

Right then, not exactly asian dolphins, but when I definitively left LOS in 2004 I was very sad and melancholic. T'was summer time in Europe, and I went sailing with some chums around the mediterranean for a few weeks.

One of the things that cheered me up no end, and helped me keep my mind off the Asia that I missed, were the morning swims with dolphins.

So these are Mediterranean Dolphins, but with an asian mentality. Maybe they swam over from Asia, who knows?

They are endangered. You an old China Hand too, Humph? When were you there? I was there as a kid ('78 to 80), again in 1990, and then '94 to 2001.

The mud thing - no, I never went. Wasn't that held in a pub on one of the islands? Frog n Toad or something? I went to the pub, but not when the 'festival' was on.

Absolutely correct - Frog & Toad it was. Forget the name of the island.

Was working there from 90 to 92, previously there in 78/79.

Lived in Kowloon Tong - worked in Tai Po Market area, building roads and training rivers.

Well - I say I lived in Kowloon Tong - I had an apartment there, but spent most evenings either on a Hash or rugby training (early evening) and Wanchai / Joe Bananas later in the evening. two and a half years with three hours sleep a week. Terrible place!

Joe Bananas - oh the memories! I met my ex husband in Wanchai. Do you remember a place called "Crossroads" bar? Used to be where the British & US sailors went. Of course, that's not why I used to go there... My sister used to live in Tai Po. I was on Clearwater Bay Rd. Yeah, I remember no sleep. Used to party until 6am Sunday morning, go home & sleep for 4 hrs and then go out for the day. I think I'd die if I tried that now :D

Joe Bananas - oh the memories! I met my ex husband in Wanchai. Do you remember a place called "Crossroads" bar? Used to be where the British & US sailors went. Of course, that's not why I used to go there... My sister used to live in Tai Po. I was on Clearwater Bay Rd. Yeah, I remember no sleep. Used to party until 6am Sunday morning, go home & sleep for 4 hrs and then go out for the day. I think I'd die if I tried that now :D

Sunday morning was for recovery from Saturday.

But in the afternoon was the Wanchai H3. Sometimes there was a marathon, or half marathon early on Sunday, the people daft enough to go on that would frequently turn out for the afternoon Hash. One time three of our Filipinas went to Macao for a marathon, came in 1st, 2nd and 3rd - turned out on the Hash in the afternoon and then complained of feeling tired. No stamina.

Joe Bananas - free breakfast if you'd been there all night, some nights. Then off to catch the KCR to work.

Crossroads - Jaffe Road? Don't really remember it - the name sticks in my mind, but it was not one of my regular haunts. Curry Club, Casa Pepe (remember drinking a couple of jugs of Margaritas one night - by the jugful) and many other assorted things I try very hard to forget.

Hey - this thread's about dolphins!

Joe bananas is gone now! for just 2 years I think.

Joe bananas is gone now! for just 2 years I think.

How can it be gone? It was an institution - best Thai food in Wanchai - maybe in the whole of Hong Kong. And after a few beers you could have it again - briefly.

I did not frequent the Lang Kway Fong area, so can't ask about that, but round Wanchai there were places like the Wanch pub, New Makati disco, Venus disco - just off the top of my head.