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Jumbo Floating Restaurant on tow, Hong Kong

A rare sight of Jumbo Floating Restaurant on tow in open sea. The vessel is on the way back to Aberdeen Harbour after a scheduled overhaul. Two tug boats are towing the vessel through Lamma Straight.

 

From Wikipedia:

 

"The Jumbo Floating Restaurant appears in Jackie Chan's The Protector (1985),The God of Cookery (1996), Godzilla vs Destroyah and Infernal Affairs II. The Tai Pak Floating Restaurant was featured in the 1955 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing and the 1973 Enter the Dragon. The Sea Palace, another floating restaurant located in the same area, was featured in the 1960 The World of Suzie Wong and in Enter the Dragon. "Bons baisers de Hong Kong (From Hong Kong with Love)(1975)", James Bond The Man With The Golden Gun(1974), Contagion (2011)

 

It's shown in The Amazing Race 17, Leg 10. It has also featured on the first season of Australian version of The Amazing Race and some openings of The Amazing Race Asia."

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Uploaded on May 16, 2016