[Leica] Mandalay

[ric at cartersxrd.net (RicCarter)]

keep 'em comin'!

ric


On May 3, 2013, at 8:31 PM, H&ECummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote:

> Hello again Luggers,
> On day 4 we flew from Bagan to Mandalay. Four domestic airlines fly small 
> turbo prop planes on the same circular route twice a day - Yangon - Bagan 
> - Mandalay - Hiho (for Inle Lake)  and back to Yangon. All passengers for 
> all flights wait in a single large un-air-conditioned waiting room and 
> leave from the same exit. For boarding the airline ground staff hold up a 
> sign with the flight number and airline name on it and shout out 
> "Boarding! Boarding!" in Burmese and English. There is a rush to line up 
> and passengers for other flights are turned away until it is their turn 
> with another sign. The ground staff counts boarding passes collected for 
> the flight and then, if the count is short, they search for stragglers, 
> wagging the sign as they walk through the terminal shouting "Last Call, 
> Last Call!" Few people get left behind, I'm told, so the simple system 
> works well enough.
> 
> In Mandalay, we went to see the U Bein Bridge, made of teak, 1.2 km long 
> and over 200 years old. We were advised to charter a boat to get the best 
> view of the bridge and the sunset.
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/HCSunseteakbridgeMandalayw.jpg.html>
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/cucf63h
> 
> And here is the bridge the monks silhouetted against the setting sun. The 
> X Pro 1 and the 90 Elmarit from the boat.
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/BridgeSilhouw.jpg.html>
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/dx5lxae
> 
> In the lake at sunset, a buffalo herder floated by riding the head buffalo 
> and directing him to swim to shore leading the rest of the herd home:
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/WaterBoyCUw.jpg.html>
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/cfnje66
> 
> Here's another view of the buffalo boy:
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/WaterBuff2Hw.jpg.html>
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/d7n6nsr
> 
> Please look large. C&C always welcome,
> 
> Howard (in bright sunny hot vancouver)
> 
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