[Leica] Fengdu

Tue Nov 11 06:31:31 PST 2014

I am taking this to the forum.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 7:51 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Of course, why not? Pollution export is a fact after all, from the first
> world to the developing world...
> Jayanand
>
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 7:29 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Actually the EU the is largest trading partner of China and China the
>> second largest trading partner of the EU-not the US. (2013
>> figures-European
>> Commission)
>>
>> So it also can be said that "Let us not forget as well that
>> a fair part of the pollution is a direct consequence of the *European*
>> consumer's
>> insatiable thirst for cheap goods...and as such can be seen as an export
>> from rich countries to poor ones, where life is cheap..."
>>
>> Right?
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 11:58 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com
>> >
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Nathan,
>> > Thanks for looking. I suppose everybody has to make do the best they can
>> > with the hand they have been dealt - the industrial pollution is  the
>> trade
>> > off for higher living standards, after all. Let us not forget as well
>> that
>> > a fair part of the pollution is a direct consequence of the US
>> consumer's
>> > insatiable thirst for cheap goods...and as such can be seen as an export
>> > from rich countries to poor ones, where life is cheap...
>> > Cheers
>> > Jayanand
>> >
>> > On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > When I saw the first images, with the pollution, I thought “this place
>> > > must be hell”. But the smiles you show towards the end of the set
>> paint a
>> > > different picture. Interesting to see parts of China other than
>> Beijing,
>> > > Shanghai and Hongkong.
>> > >
>> > > Cheers,
>> > > Nathan
>> > >
>> > > Nathan Wajsman
>> > >
>> > > Alicante, Spain
>> > > http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> > > http://www.greatpix.eu
>> > > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> > > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>> > >
>> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator
>> > >
>> > > YNWA
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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>> > >
>> > > On 06 Nov 2014, at 07:14, 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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>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Sonny
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