Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not only are there no trains in the Mosquito Coast, there are also no roads. The only way to get around is by boats or small airplanes. I have gone in both ways - 3 days in a pipante (dugout canoe) or 3 hours in a Cessna. All in all, I prefer the Cessna but the boat is an interesting trip! I'd do it again anytime. Tina On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 1:55 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Wonderful expression! Do they have trains there? I ask because in Puerto > Rico, which is certainly much more advanced than Central America, there are > no trains?the terrains and relatively modest size of the island made > railways impossible/impractical to build. I remember one of my > brothers-in-law visiting us in Belgium in the 1990s?we passed a level > crossing when driving and he asked me how I knew there was no train coming? > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 28 Jun 2017, at 18:13, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > PESO: > > > > No choice on this one since it was shot on TMax! > > > > http://www.pbase.com/image/165739730 > > > > The funny thing was that these Miskito people had never seen a train > before! > > > > Tina > > > > -- > > Tina Manley > > www.tinamanley.com > > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0- > 4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html