had at least one hamburger that didn’t taste like beef.
Spent more time that I liked in Olongapo PI. Interesting times
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When people say ‘I would NEVER eat that’, I kind of remind them of eating the ‘goodies on the stick’ in Olongapo and other ‘exotic’ Navy towns of the Far East.
Think the story on ‘Mary Hsu’ in Hong Kong was she would paint the USN ships in the harbor for their garbage then separate it and sell it to the Restaurants as ‘fresh produce’.
Didn’t really bother with us ‘Normal’ Enlisted types, most wouldn’t waste the time or money to eat in any fancy Restaurant in Hong Kong, too many ‘dives’ to drink at.
Yes, the late 50’s early 60’s and beyond were some interesting times especially for the ‘Westpac Warriors’.
We were working on building a power plant and had a small living complex. Our showers and laundry room waste would run through a culvert and we would see the Philippinos using it to wash their clothes.
I was a fairly normal enlisted type and my buddies and I would stay at a different 5 star hotel every night when we were in Singapore or Hong Kong. We became connoisseurs of hotel lobbies, each hotel striving to outdo the others in the opulence and expanse of the lobby. It was wonderful but expensive. We were on Enterprise and that ship didn’t spend a lot of time in port so we had the money.