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Subject: [Leica] Fengdu
From: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2014 20:11:08 -0800
References: <CAH1UNJ25im=pMckoFHPaQFbAutFmU_6dpzhKQg1d9K=sxD176Q@mail.gmail.com> <CA+yJO1Cb=LYCRDj1BBjmpgy+5kXCYZXMKQtPmirA3Ot7sxAt0Q@mail.gmail.com> <CAH1UNJ0hDovMfCywFduwd9g7UqZBdCXff93NGfnNO9A02C1=Rw@mail.gmail.com>

Jayanand, I am interested in how you engaged the people. Did you ask the
guide to do some translation, or did you make some hand motions?...

On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 7:45 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Tina,
> Thanks for looking
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 9:37 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Wonderful!  We went to Fengdu, too, but you got to meet more people up
> > close and personal than we did!  My favorites are the portraits of the
> > farmer and his wife and the ones of the children in school.
> >
> > Tina
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 1:14 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at 
> > gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Continuing on our trip down the Yangtze, after passing the Three Gorges
> > > (Xiling, Wu and Qutang), we came to the old city of Fengdu, where over
> > > 100,000 people were resettled in the aftermath of the Three Gorges Dam,
> > > when their villages were inundated due to the rising waters of the
> > > reservoir.
> > >
> > > We came to the city early morning in the gloaming:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141015-1128.jpg.html
> > >
> > > We were to do a shore excursion in the morning, but so many tourists
> were
> > > about that there were no local guides available, and we disembarked
> only
> > > after lunch! First stop was to meet some farmers' families, both
> original
> > > inhabitants and resettled ones. I just got some portraits:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141015-1621.jpg.html
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141015-1674.jpg.html
> > >
> > > Walking on the streets and alleys of this town, card and mahjong
> players
> > > were around every corner - it seemed to be an extremely popular
> pastime:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141015-1704.jpg.html
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141015-1744.jpg.html
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141015-1761.jpg.html
> > >
> > > We then visited a local kindergarten school - kids, as ever, were
> curious
> > > and friendly, with no inhibitions whatsoever in interacting with us:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141015-1716.jpg.html
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141015-1738.jpg.html
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141015-1728.jpg.html
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141015-1742.jpg.html
> > >
> > > Even on the roads, mothers and kids were everywhere:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141015-1766.jpg.html
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141015-1769.jpg.html
> > >
> > > Finally, in a vegetable market:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141015-1753.jpg.html
> > >
> > > Please see LARGE
> > >
> > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Jayanand
> > >
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> >
> >
> > --
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> >
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