[Leica] IMG: 3 from Hong Kong

[kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner)]

Enjoyed this group especially. Also liked a lot you previous twenty-three 
shots.

Herbert Kanner
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On Jan 19, 2014, at 4:25 PM, 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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