Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They do live right on the water but most of their houses are elevated because it has always been flooded there during the monsoon season. Transportation is most often by boat. They have a lot more boats than cars! I'm also impressed with how much they are doing to fight climate change - more than the USA right now!! Thanks for looking. Tina On Sat, Mar 2, 2019 at 1:09 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Beautiful set. Also a graphic illustration of the danger climate change > poses to these people. Bangladesh is like the Netherlands in terms of > altitude, but with ten times as many people and ten times fewer resources > to deal with rising sea levels. > > 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 26 Feb 2019, at 00:24, Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > > > PESO: > > > > I've made it to January 7th when we left on our own boat for a 3 day trip > > through the Sundarbans. > > "The Sundarbans is a mangrove area in the delta formed by the confluence > of > > Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers in the Bay of Bengal." The purpose > > of the trip was to photograph birds and animals in the area. I much > prefer > > people. The trip started with a ferry ride at dawn: > > > > https://pbase.com/tinamanley/image/168853035 > > > > and hit Next until you get to the end. There are lot more people than > > birds ;-) > > > > TIA for any comments. > > > > Tina > > > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley > > www.tinamanley.com > > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley > > < > 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.pbase.com/tinamanley <http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html>