Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]But that is why we travel. There is good, not so good, and truly awful out in the world everywhere you go. If you don't get out you don't really know. Thanks for showing the not so good. On Mon, Mar 30, 2020, 11:14 AM Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Five takes today - the last one is BW > > > The first three illustrate a point made by Xavier B on the Leicareflex > list, who remembered well extremely poor sanitary conditions on the road > back from Saqqarah. > > > Here, a canal in Cairo in which I even saw the decaying carcass of a horse > ... > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020+-+Egypt+-+Flotstam-0760.jpg.html > > And yet people live and work there - this street stank like hell and I > felt sick over the two or three miles of its length ... > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020+-+Egypt+-+And+yet-0789.jpg.html > > Kids and adults toil in the midst of refuse, plastic bags, and more ? long > live plastics ... > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020+-+Egypt+-+Hygiene-0782.jpg.html > > > On a lighter note, I also felt sorry for this poor chap, for other reasons > bringing me back in time ... > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020+-+Egypt+-+Hard+luck-0800.jpg.html > > > But I wouldn?t finish the series without something more aesthetic (in > spite of the presence of the armed soldier) and in BW :-) > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020+-+Egypt+-+Contrejour-1095.jpg.html > > Some may be viewed large for better appreciation. > > Amities > > Philippe > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information