It’s 1955, and my father is disembarking at Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour (22° 17’9.54″ N 114° 10’15.02″ E) having just arrived from Southampton, England as part of his National Service. Dad, however, had another agenda upon his arrival…
When you are staring up-close at a 12-foot (4 meter) crocodile that is over 2,500 years old, you realize that venturing around the world is, without a doubt, the best way to learn about history. His name was Sobek, and he was once worshipped as a living incarnation of the God of the River Nile.