[Leica] Fengdu

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Tina,
Thanks for looking
Cheers
Jayanand

On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 9:37 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wonderful!  We went to Fengdu, too, but you got to meet more people up
> close and personal than we did!  My favorites are the portraits of the
> farmer and his wife and the ones of the children in school.
>
> Tina
>
> On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 1:14 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Continuing on our trip down the Yangtze, after passing the Three Gorges
> > (Xiling, Wu and Qutang), we came to the old city of Fengdu, where over
> > 100,000 people were resettled in the aftermath of the Three Gorges Dam,
> > when their villages were inundated due to the rising waters of the
> > reservoir.
> >
> > We came to the city early morning in the gloaming:
> >
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141015-1128.jpg.html
> >
> > We were to do a shore excursion in the morning, but so many tourists were
> > about that there were no local guides available, and we disembarked only
> > after lunch! First stop was to meet some farmers' families, both original
> > inhabitants and resettled ones. I just got some portraits:
> >
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141015-1621.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141015-1674.jpg.html
> >
> > Walking on the streets and alleys of this town, card and mahjong players
> > were around every corner - it seemed to be an extremely popular pastime:
> >
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141015-1704.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141015-1744.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141015-1761.jpg.html
> >
> > We then visited a local kindergarten school - kids, as ever, were curious
> > and friendly, with no inhibitions whatsoever in interacting with us:
> >
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141015-1716.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141015-1738.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141015-1728.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141015-1742.jpg.html
> >
> > Even on the roads, mothers and kids were everywhere:
> >
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141015-1766.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141015-1769.jpg.html
> >
> > Finally, in a vegetable market:
> >
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141015-1753.jpg.html
> >
> > Please see LARGE
> >
> > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
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