[Leica] Fengdu

[Richard Man]

Yes, "Yindu" is the Mandarin for Indian :-) In Cantonese, it's more like
Yan Dou

Thanks for the info. Yes generally, it should be quite safe!!

On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 12:17 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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