[Leica] Fengdu

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Richard,
Eye contact and a smile, followed by hand motions. Never asked or used the
local/tour guide for translation. In many places, the people would come to
me and enquire "Hindu?", which apparently is the generic name for Indians,
and on getting an affirmative, would break out into a big smile with
evident friendliness, and shake hands. After that, getting to photograph
them was a cinch! Of course, in the smaller places, quite a few ladies
would wanted their photos taken with one of our wives. It was all quite
friendly. I never ever felt threatened or uncomfortable walking around
alone anywhere during the whole tour - the only thing that irritated me was
the fact that if I was walking anywhere in Shanghai and Beijing without
Neela by my side, I would get accosted for sex every ten yards or so!
Cheers
Jayanand


On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
wrote:

> Jayanand, I am interested in how you engaged the people. Did you ask the
> guide to do some translation, or did you make some hand motions?...
>
> On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 7:45 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > 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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