[Leica] IMG: 3 from Hong Kong

[richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)]

It's hard to tell :-) that was Mui WO, and Leo, I think you are right.
Howard does look a bit like Saint Ansel.
On Jan 20, 2014 12:42 PM, "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry, I thought the shot of Howard was along the path at the peak.
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 10:35 PM, Leowesson <leowesson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I think Howard looks a LOT like Ansel!
> >
> > Leo Wesson
> > leowesson.com
> >
> > > On Jan 19, 2014, at 19:25, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > First,my gracious photo buddy from yesterday, Howard. Howard looks
> like a
> > > handsome scholarly gentleman and was stopped by a Mainlander asking for
> > his
> > > photo!!
> > >
> > > http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/L1022360.jpg
> > >
> > > Next is a depressing image. The pollution can be so bad.. well, see for
> > > yourself:
> > > http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/L1022311.jpg
> > >
> > > The bad air from China blows down. China needs to fix its problems. By
> > some
> > > accounting, 50,000 Mainlanders daytrip to HK EVERY DAY. They are
> stocking
> > > up on food and medicine, carrying them in their giant suitcases.
> > >
> > > Another aside - no less than 3 occasions, Mainlanders asked me for
> > > directions. At least I know how to say "I do not speak Mandarin" in
> > > Mandarin :-) May be I look like a Hong Konger from Mainland :-)
> > >
> > > Lastly, a more cheerful image:
> > >
> > > http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/L1022339.jpg
> > >
> > > Here's Silvermine Bay, which I remembered was a HUGE beach and with
> > > glistening white sand. It turns out to be much smaller with generic
> beach
> > > sand. OK, it was high tide, but still... ah, childhood memory I tried
> to
> > > remember the dirt path to my grandparents' house, but a) it was long
> time
> > > ago, b) the dirt path is now paved. In fact, I think it was part of the
> > > 2008 Olympic (training?) Trail, c) apparently some/most of the old
> > villages
> > > were razed.
> > >
> > > Just asked my sister the name of the village. With that, possibly I can
> > at
> > > least find the approximate area next time.
> > > --
> > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
> > > // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto
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