Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks so much for all your help.....I appreciate every bit of knowledge you can share......happy new year! At 11:31 PM 12/30/97 -0700, you wrote: > >-----Original Message----- >From: Five Senses Productions <fls@5senses.com> >>Does anyone know how the weather has been in these 3 places lately? I have >>heard that Bangkok is over 90F now, that Bali is about 85F and slightly >>rainy, and >>that Hong Kong is about 70F. >> >>I'd love to hear from any LUG members in these cities, or anyone who has >>taken Leica gear to these places......tell me your experiences and stories! >> >I've not yet been to Hong Kong, but in Singapore and Bangkok, my impression >was that the well-to-do are not ashamed to display signs of their >prosperity, in a tasteful, expensive, impeccable manner (good clothes, gold >Rolex, Mercedes-Benz, Motorola cell phone etc) I did not have the least >discomfort in using a big, professional SLR in either place. Just use your >common sense and have fun. > >I was pretty wretchedly ill by the time I reached Indonesia, so I'm afraid I >can't say much, save that there are worse ways to spend one's convalescence >than sitting in a wicker lounge chair and watching small finches fly by. If >you don't actually need the stuff in your backpack, maybe you'll want to >leave it behind here. I don't get the impression that theft is the problem, >so much as appearing that you a potential customer for touristy knicknacks! >No baggage = not a likely customer, it seems. Indonesian souvenir hawkers >can be really aggressive. > >I visited Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia in the spring. It was very warm, >still and steamy in all places, though air conditioning in some high class >places can be frigid. Fast-drying clothes that "breathe" are a plus. I saw >some clear blue skies, and lots of misty and overcast ones. > Francesco Sanfilippo, Five Senses Productions webmaster@5senses.com http://www.5senses.com/